Sadanand Menon / New Delhi September 05, 2008, 0:14 IST

The jacketing or embanking of the river systems in north Bihar must go down as among the most ill-thought out schemes in Independent India.

M.S. Swaminathan

Action to revive livelihoods when thefloods recede is as important as savinglives. This will call for a proactive,

BHUBANESWAR: Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) has contributed Rs 4 crore to the Prime Minister

BJP appeals to people to donate generously for the victims, constitutes disaster fund

AWAY FROM DELUGE: A family from flood-hit Madhepura district of Bihar arrives at New Delhi railway station on Tuesday to begin a new life in the Capital.

NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to donate Rs.10 crore for relief works being carried out for flood victims in Bihar. The announcement was made by Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra here on Tuesday.

It was also decided that one lakh packets of gram and kheel each weighing one kg would be prepared and despatched to Bihar.

State To Undertake Massive Vaccination Drive, Asks Centre For 1L Vials Of Vaccine
Kounteya Sinha | TNN

New Delhi: Spurred by fears of a measles outbreak in the flood-affected districts of Bihar, the state health department has decided to undertake a massive vaccination drive against the highly contagious viral disease from next week.
Speaking to TOI, Bihar

BY RASHME SEHGAL
NEW DELHI

Water expert D.K. Mishra, who has been studying the Kosi river from 1984, blames the Department of Water Resources (DWR) of the Bihar government for the devastating floods which have displaced more than two million people.

Mr Mishra, who has written eight books on Bihar

GANGTOK, Sept 2

By B G Verghese

The Kosi crisis should bond India and Nepal as it underlines a deeper truth, namely, a geo-physical relationship.

SAHARSA DISTRICT, India: Indian authorities rushed doctors and medical equipment to flood-devastated northern India on Monday to ward off outbreaks of disease among the hundreds of thousands of victim

Nikhilesh Jha

As Bihar is undone by disaster, it is time to commit to long-delayed water management projects