THE large-scale destruction unleashed by the Kosi river last year is still fresh in the minds of the people and, not surprisingly, when the river Bagmati breached its embankment at Runisaidpur in Sitamarhi district on Saturday, it created a scare which many felt would only compound the problems of the state already reeling under the severe drought-like conditions. It was finally left to chief minister Nitish Kumar to quell these fears about the Bagmati flood, as he tried to put things in perspective by declaring that the impact of the flood would be limited to only a few low-lying areas. The CM added the spectre of drought now looming large in Bihar was far more real than the Bagmati flood, which he said will be tackled by the state without much difficulty.