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September

Army, NGOs Doing The Best

Tuesday, 02 September 2008

Chief of Staff (central command) Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee on Sunday visited flood-hit areas to take stock of the situation. A high-level meeting with senior government officials of the state. Senior Army officers, including Danapur sub-area commander Brig Abhimanyu Raut, BRC commandant P S Rathi and deputy commandant Col Manjit Singh also participated in the meeting. "The rescue operation is to be intensify and more technical information about the geography of far-flung areas is required", said a senior Army officer after attending the meeting.

Relief Camp In Flood-Hit Areas Only

Tuesday, 02 September 2008

A senior Bihar government official on Monday appealed to all flood victims that they be concentrated in their areas as relief camp is being at their home place. Talking to the media in Patna on monday he informed that govt. is not going to organise relief camps in Patna and what is witnessing here is run by social organisations, ngos and self-help groups.
We dont want that our energy be deviated in many directions. To get political mileage the flood victims has been transported to Patna at free. But we are not organising a relief camp here.

Flood situation grim, Water Enters Purnia Town

Monday, 01 September 2008

The surging waters of the Kosi river continued to rise in Bihar for the 14th day Sunday, inundating more areas as hundreds of villages remained under water and millions waited for rescue, and food.
The water level in the flooded areas rose by two to three feet in several places as the river inundated new areas in Saharsa, Supaul, Araria and Madhepura - the worst-hit districts late Saturday night. From sunday morning the water begin to enter the purnia town though the bandh is not strong enough to face the current. while the govt. is concentrating on evacuation and relief camps this gets ignored. On appeal from some social organisation the DM has been informed about the situation.

A Scene From Flood Aftermath

Monday, 01 September 2008

The scene is extremely touching as families after families are made to lose their family string. As they are not educated enough, facing the outer world for the first time actually does not know that how tough is the days ahead for them.
A 8 years boy named Anil is stranded at KATIHAR railway station, searching for his mother and other family members who were left somewhere during evacuation. He has a 2years sister in his lap who is not ready to live without her mother. Anil is so naive that he don't know even the name of his district.
The situation of N. Bihar has never been good in terms of education. For Woman and Children here, world outside their village and districts are like next planet. In history whenever the turbulent Koshi played havoc leaves scores of women and children in penury. Some dies in hunger, some becomes target of the flesh trade.

"Gajaraj" Arrives Patna With Relief Items

Monday, 01 September 2008

The special plane of Center "Gajaraj" landed at Jayprakash Narayan Airport in Patna on sunday. The state had demanded 25 columns of army out of which 14 has already begin its work in affected areas. By monday morning 20 more columns will reach Patna. Navy has already been pressed into service which had 46 boats with trained divers. Moreover, Gujrat govt. has send 12 boats to Bihar. On special demand of Nitish Kumar the Central dissaster management team is to visit the state.

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