02-01-2009 As flood waters recede in the villages of Bihar in eastern India, people are returning to their homes to find poverty and disease. Absence of clean water and sanitation, filth and decaying carcasses are constant reminders of the horrors faced a few months back by those displaced.
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29-12-2008 Bihar's flood submerged farmlands will make land reallocation a difficult task for the state government, says an independent fact-finding report. Millions of poor villagers in eastern India rendered homeless by the Kosi river's change of course lack formal land records, and still await state relief.
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21-10-2008 For Kosi flood victims in eastern India, dawn may still not be in sight but some organisations coming to their rescue have kept their hopes afloat. An NGO called AID-Bihar was among the first to reach out to people stuck in far-flung areas inundated with water.
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20-10-2008 The European Commission has allocated a further Euro 4.5 million in aid for flood victims in Bihar, India and Nepal. It had earlier moved quickly to provide Euro 2 million in relief funds when floods followed the collapse of the Kosi river embankment, displacing hundreds from their homes.
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06-10-2008 More than a month after the Kosi floods in eastern India, the state and union governments are busy passing the buck. The state’s water resource minister feels that the setting up of separate enquiry into the breach of embankment is only going to delay the repair and rehabilitation process.
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03-10-2008 Fresh out of peer group training sessions delivered by government departments, young adults of Nepal are addressing the problems of flood survivors in several relief camps. From reporting to raising awareness about health and sanitation, this young brigade has emerged as an agent of change.
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25-09-2008 People in Nepal’s eastern districts remain uprooted due to last month’s Kosi river overflow. With recent torrential rains having caused massive flooding in the western districts, aid agencies are finding it difficult to reach out to those displaced.
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24-09-2008 Another year of devastating floods in India yet we remained unprepared to avert the great human tragedy, says Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment. Engineering solutions to tie down the rivers are actually increasing both the incidence and intensity of floods, she points out.
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22-09-2008 A month after river Kosi inundated large parts of eastern India and left millions stranded, journalist Rashmi Sehgal takes a trip to the flood-affected areas. Food shortage, lack of medicines, and the absence of facilities for pregnant women reflect the state's failure to provide relief, she notes.
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19-09-2008 In Nepal's flood hit districts NGOs are engaged in providing psycho-social care to traumatised and displaced children. Meanwhile reports from India say traffickers have become active in flood-ravaged Bihar.
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