PATRAGHAT, August 29, 2008 The people in Bihar are still experiencing a lot of problems after being stranded for about a week in the flood water।The government's relief supplies are yet to reach many flood affected areas। Only 2,500 food packets are being distributed in a day.
In the last one week, only 46,000 food packets were distributed।
Without the support of ordinary people, the scale of the destruction caused by the floods would be much worse। In many areas it's the local people who are providing food to flood victims.
And in what is potentially a dangerous situation there are no doctors and no medicines in many flood affected areas।
There is also a severe shortage of boats for rescue operations।
In many areas, flood victims have only got plastic sheets for temporary shelters and little else।
The worst affected areas are Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Katihar, Purnia and Danapur on the outskirts of Patna and Muzaffarpur।
The breach in the river has been about 20 kms upstream of the Kosi barage।
What has happened is that on one side excessive siltation has forced the river to pile on pressure on the other side of the 12 km long bund which is parallel to the Kosi river।
The breach which initially was five meters has now become 1.5 km.
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