LAST month in Bihar many rivers swelled, spilling onto floodplains and inundating farms, settlements and roads, and displacing more than two million people. Due to very heavy rains between September 27 and 28 in Nepal, a high volume of water suddenly entered the Kosi, Gandak, and Bagmati rivers on September 28.
Within 24 hours, embankment breaches along the Indo-Nepal border in several blocks led to severe flooding, affecting large settlements. All major transboundary rivers in Bihar such as the Kosi, Bagmati, Mahananda, Parman, Kamla, Adhwara, Gandak and the Burhi Gandak were in spate. The flood situation worsened in the first week of October as floodwaters entered new areas.
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