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According to the media reports, the flood caused by the release of approximately 6.61 lakh cusecs of water from the Birpur Barrage of the Koshi river is one of the most disastrous in the history of floods in Bihar. Local residents said that they had seen this type of large amount of water 56 years ago in the Koshi river. [3]
A recent fact-finding report on the Kosi floods of 2008 – prepared by a civilian organization, the Fact Finding Mission on the Kosi, composed of various experts such as Sudhirendar Sharma, Dinesh Kumar Mishra, and Gopal Krishna – highlighted the fact that although India has built over 3000 km of embankments in Bihar over the last few decades, the propensity for flooding has increased by 2. ...
An anonymous Bihar Disaster Management Authority official said that many of the participants had ignored the dangerously elevated water levels, resulting in the tragedy. [ 12 ] Many families of the deceased blamed disaster management organizations for not deploying crowd management staff by any of the locations where victims drowned. [ 10 ]
The 2004 Bihar flood was one of the worst floods in Bihar, India in a decade. 885 people and 3272 animals had lost their lives and nearly 21.299 million human were affected. 20 districts of Bihar were affected.
Bihar cabinet sanctioned the amount when the toll was 400. Rs 6,000 will be given as gratuitous relief to every flood-affected person. The money would be deposited in the beneficiaries' bank accounts. [34] Aamir Khan donated Rs 25 lakh to the Bihar Chief Minister’s Relief fund for a smoother relief operations for Bihar floods victims. [35]
The flash flooding in Patna was the result of Ganga River overflowing following heavy monsoon rains. [8] Patna city was filled with water for several days even after the rain stopped due to a sewer blockage. In many areas of Patna, 6 to 7 feet of water has accumulated on the roads. [9] This was the worst flood in Patna since 1975. [10]
The 2008 Bihar flood was one of the most disastrous floods in the history of Bihar, an impoverished and densely populated state in India. The Koshi embankment near the Indo-Nepal border (at Kusaha VDC, Sunsari district, Nepal) broke on 18 August 2008. The river changed course and flooded areas which had not been flooded in many decades. [2]
The 2007 Bihar flood occurred in August 2007 in the east Indian state of Bihar. It was described by the United Nations as the worst flood in the living memory of Bihar. [ 1 ] Although annual floods are common in Bihar, [ 2 ] heavier than usual rainfall during the monsoon season that year led to increasing water levels.