Update Bihar Flood 3-8-07
The overall situation in Bihar worsened on Thursday with the swollen Bagmati
breaches its embankment in Samastipur.
The UNDP of Bihar sources
District-16
People Effected 83.55 lakh
Death –41 people
14 animal
Agriculture field-6.343 lakh hectares
Crop destroyed-4509.68
Acceding to newspaper Hindustan
Death by snake bite, during birth delivery and water flow deaths –150
Govt machinery totally failed
A central water commission sources told that all major rivers were maintaining
rising trend fallowing heavy downfall in their catchments area over the past 24
hours.
Chief secretary of irrigation department has said that average rainfall
recorded 800-900
M.M. Our guess was 150 to 200 M.M.
Mean while the Government appeal to NGO for help Government in relief work.
Federation of Volunteer Agencies says that there are no updates of web site of
Home
Ministry Govt. of India and U.N.D.P. Bihar.

Nadi Bachao Andolan has organized a meeting yesterday at Patna. Prominent
People
Of Patna, NGO, Funding agencies attended the meeting for people’s effort.

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