In videos: Floods play havoc in Assam, Bihar and West Bengal
India TV News Desk | Aug 17, 2017, 10:03 AM ISTLet’s have a look at following India TV videos that capture the destruction caused by these massive floods:
Let’s have a look at following India TV videos that capture the destruction caused by these massive floods:
The fury of floods is refusing to die down in Assam, Bihar and north Bengal with more deaths reported from these states.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will seek a special package when he meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this month to fund schemes worth a whopping Rs 2.75 lakh crore.
Death toll due to floods has risen in Assam, Bihar and West Bengal where over a crore people have been affected.
Yesterday, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, accompanied by Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh, made his second aerial survey of flood-hit areas in the state.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi's car was attacked near Kala Pahar village in Vaishali district on Tuesday.
The death toll in Bihar flood has risen to 56 as 69.81 lakh people have been hit by inundation in 13 districts of the state.
Floods in Assam, Bengal and Bihar have paralysed normal life, snapping rail link to the Northeast from the rest of the country.
In eastern and northeastern states, rains caused havoc, triggering floods in Assam and parts of Bihar, West Bengal and neighbouring country Nepal also
The state disaster management department has asked people living in low lying areas to move to higher places as heavy rains continued
The invitation comes after the JD(U) joined hands with the BJP to form the government in Bihar after it walked out of alliance with Lalu Prasad’s RJD.
In the suicide note that was recovered from the spot, Pandey, a 2012-batch IAS officer, said he was fed up with his life and has lost his "belief in human existence"
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