Bihar flood

Vajpayee donates for Bihar flood relief works
Zee News - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
Patna, Sept 28: Former Prime Minister and BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee has donated Rs 25 lakh and his one month salary for flood relief operations in ...
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Bihar flood 2008 - Weekly report 22 - 26 Sep 2008
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
It is indeed rewarding and not to forget a great challenge for EHA to respond to the Bihar Kosi flood. The relief operation is still effectively continuing ...
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Film has students pitching in for flood funds
Times of India - India
Mumbai: A chance conversation with his mother on the plight of Bihar flood victims had 13-year-old Shiv Row thinking of how he could mobilise his school to ...
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Book Review: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND DEEP WATERS
By madhesi
The river that Dinesh Kumar Mishra writes about in this unusual book is not the river that we are all familiar with — an angry torrent that wreaks havoc in Bihar and Nepal almost every year, sweeping away villages, people and animals as ...
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floods in bihar - Sri Sri addresses Bihar flood survivors by ...
By Purushottam Raina(Purushottam Raina)
Bihar Flood Pics-Biharflood.co.cc (07:39) Video clip of images from Araria district.Ghazal is by Jagjit Singh called " Garaj Baras". WE went to narpatganj block of Araria district in Sept,2008 for the flood relief operation, ...
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~Pankhudi Sahayata: Bihar Flood Relief Collection Drive
By admin
We at ~Pankhudi are starting with a Collection Drive for the Bihar Flood Relief Fund. The collection drive will go on from 27th September 2008 - 4th October 2008. At the end of this drive we shall send all the collected material across, ...
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CM at Kangra
By Bijender Sharma(Bijender Sharma)
Sheela Dhumal, Chairperson, HP Red Cross Hospital Welfare Branch, flagged off a truck loaded with relief material for the assistance of Bihar flood victims. Relief material include rice, sugar, cereals etc. and blankets, cloths, shawls, ...
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Floods-2
By Nirmal Kumar(Nirmal Kumar)
That's how press has worked which has become worse with electronic media. The news memory is till the next news. And after Bihar flood it may be the Mehrauli blast. So from one flood to another blast, tragedies are forgotten. ...
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Bihar Today: Bihar flood destroys Rs 150-crore crop ( Economic Times)
Flood waters started flowing into Bihar when the Kosi river flowing from Nepal breached its banks ... Ficci to raise fund from abroad for Bihar flood vi. ...

 

Koshi Flood

Politics of Double Talk
Bihar Times - Patna,Bihar,India
In the aftermath of the Koshi flooding, many politicians have used grandstanding to gain notoriety. Some have accused Mr. Nitish Kumar for the flooding ...
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Voice of America

UN Says Tens of Thousands Of Flood Victims in Western Nepal Need Food
Voice of America - USA
The floods in western Nepal come on top of severe flooding last month in eastern Nepal, when the Koshi River, one of the largest river basins in Asia, ...
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Flood death toll reaches 16 in Kailali
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
... shelter under a camp at Jhumka in Sunsari district. With this, the death toll reached 13 in different camps where the Koshi flood victims are being housed.
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Koshi course being corrected
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
The 10 km long canal, being built along Prakashpur and Paschim Kusaha VDCs to Koshi Barrage will help in the outflow of water from the flood affected VDCs ...
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Koshi Deluge Leaves HIV/AIDS Patients in The Lurch
Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
HIV/AIDS patients from Udayapur, Saptari, Siraha, Sarlahi, Mahottari and Dhanusha have been bearing the brunt of the August 18 Saptakoshi flood havoc. ...
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Koshi Flood
By Vachak(Vachak)
KalingaTimes Bihar flood was worse than the flood in Odisha KalingaTimes - Bhubaneswar,Orissa,India But in terms of degree of damage and destruction, it does not stand comparison to Koshi river flood in Bihar. ...
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UN Says Tens of Thousands of Flood Victims in Western Nepal Need Food
By Bobbi Lea(Bobbi Lea)
The floods in western Nepal come on top of severe flooding last month in eastern Nepal, when the Koshi River, one of the largest river basins in Asia, breached its embankment. Flooding there has caused widespread devastation, ...
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News…
By Cassandra Clifford
More than 60000 people are displaced after the Koshi RiverNepal’s largest – burst its banks last month, flooding the Sunsari and Saptari districts. Of these, an estimated 20000 are children younger than 18. ...
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Google Web Alert for: Koshi Flood

YouTube - Koshi Medical Camp (Koshi flood)
Video summery of Koshi Medical Camp, August 31, 2008. Bhardah, Saptari.Koshi flood has already displaced 107000 peoples in Nepal and millions in India - rea ...

 

Bihar flood

Bihar flood situation improves
Zee News - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
Patna, Sept 26: There was significant improvement in the flood situation in Bihar on Friday with Kosi river stabilising and other major rivers flowing below ...
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Oneindia

A Marriage Made In Relief Camp!
Oneindia - Tamilnadu,India
They are sometimes solemnised in relief camps in flood-ravaged Bihar! And cupid can strike at the most unlikely of places. Ms Darun Devi of Saurbazar in ...
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AMDA emergency relief activities for Bihar flood, India
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
The recent spell of floods in Bihar, India has raised the death toll to 235. According to the local news papers, even though the water level of Kosi, Ganga, ...
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Coastweek

for the BIHAR FLOOD RELIEF
Coastweek - Mombasa,Kenya
Earlier, His Holiness had also donated a cheque of rupees 25 lac to the Bihar CM Relief Fund in Patna for the same cause. His Holiness has bestowed ...
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Contingency plan for Bihar's flood-hit farmers
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
... sowing paddy instead of wheat are some of the suggestions in the contingency plan for flood hit Bihar prepared by India's top agriculture research body. ...
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Hearty farewell to guests from flood zone
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
25: Humanity was at its best when a city-based businessman today bade farewell to 34 Bihar flood victims with loads of food-grain and clothes. ...
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Krishna Arpanam (Mumbai) & SSVK (Bihar):Flood relief action in ...
By admin
Krishna Arpanam (Mumbai) and SSVK (Bihar). Response to flood relief needs in Madhepura MurliGanj area: Update 1. Krishna Arpanam the name for all NM Budhrani Trust programs, came true once again, when we were presented with an ...
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ICAR ASKS BIHAR's FLOOD-HIT FARMERS TO SOW MUSTARD
By Dr.V.N.Sharma(MUKHIYA JEE)
पटना : Cultivating mustard in areas with sandy soil and sowing paddy instead of wheat are some of the suggestions in the contingency plan for flood hit Bihar prepared by India's top agriculture research body ...
Bihar Today - http://www.bihartodayonline.com/

YFE is agrieved on death of its member
By Youth For Equality(Youth For Equality)
The 40 resident doctors from Nair Hospital, KEM Hospital and Sion Hospital were sent to the six worst affected districts in Bihar, to help with flood relief operations. Five of them returned on Monday evening, while the rest will come ...
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Agricultural scientists team to assess flood-affected areas in Bihar
By admin
Patna, Sept 26 (ANI): The Centre will send an agricultural scientists team to Bihar to review the losses in the flood-affected areas in the state. Agriculture Secretary T. Nand Kumar has said that there was a shortfall in Kharif area ...
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Koshi Flood

KalingaTimes

Bihar flood was worse than the flood in Odisha
KalingaTimes - Bhubaneswar,Orissa,India
But in terms of degree of damage and destruction, it does not stand comparison to Koshi river flood in Bihar. “We were pressed into service in flood-ravaged ...
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Illegal Energy Lamps Flood The Market
Graphic Online - Accra,Ghana
The rest are: Gava, Vyba, Oscar Mettro, Miracle Koshi, SL-Prismatic, Ouqi, Philips, Bruder, Ground, Sunsea, Focus, Marksonic (Fine) and Eurolite. ...
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UN Seeks $15 Million for Flood-hit
Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
While the appeal is helping agencies address chronic problems in Nepal across all sectors, the flood emergency has added acute needs to an already ...
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UN seeks US $ 15.5 million for flood relief
Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu,Nepal
The United Nations on Thursday issued an appeal seeking $15.5 million to cover the needs of at least 70000 people affected by the Koshi floods over the next ...
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Govt to import motorboats for Koshi
E Kantipur - Kathmandu,Nepal
The Ministry of Physical Planning and Works has allocated Rs. 300 million for reconstruction of varied structures wiped out by the Koshi flood in Eastern ...
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Kosi Medical Camp - Part 2
By Administrator
When Upasana asked us to join the team going for a health camp in the Koshi flood hit area I readily agreed, but I didn’t know what I was getting into. I had seen news reports in the media, I had felt bad about the whole situation, ...
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Bam Dev visits flooded districts
By nepalbc
... displacement and disappearance of large number of people in Kailali, Kanchanpur, Doti, Bajhang including other districts of western Nepal due to incessant rain no sooner the wounds of Koshi flood in the east got relieved. ...
NepalBC.com - http://nepalbc.com

indianrail BIHAR FLOOD Relief: Victims served with food at Saharsa .
Peoples are given food at Saharsa Railway station. These arrangements are been made by Indian Railways. View Photos Here: http://koshi.co.in/koshilive/photogallery/
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Illegal energy lamps flood the market
By Emmanuel Bonney(Emmanuel Bonney)
The rest are: Gava, Vyba, Oscar Mettro, Miracle Koshi, SL-Prismatic, Ouqi, Philips, Bruder, Ground, Sunsea, Focus, Marksonic (Fine) and Eurolite. Dr Ahenkorah explained that in 2002, the government, upon the recommendation of the Energy ...
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By Kareena's Blog(Kareena's Blog)
BIHAR FLOOD Relief: Victims served with food at Saharsa . (01:35) Peoples are given food at Saharsa Railway station. These arrangements are been made by Indian Railways. View Photos Here: http://koshi.co.in/koshilive/photogallery/ ...
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Koshi Flood

Humanitarian agencies launch flash appeal for flood-affected Nepal
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
The flooding occurred in eastern Nepal, when the Koshi River, one of the largest river basins in Asia, breached its eastern embankment on 18 August. ...
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Flood survivors remain separated by Kosi waters
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
It also aims to prevent trafficking and abuse of flood victims, and to provide them psychosocial support in the worst-affected districts - Araria, Supaul, ...
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Health and protection concerns for flood-displaced women in Nepal
By womensphere
Among the 7000 families living in camps for the displaced since the Koshi River – the country’s largest – burst its banks on 18 August, women and girls are most vulnerable, say agencies, as facilities in Sunsari and Saptari districts ...
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Giant India-Nepal hydel projects may finally get going
By Indian Daily News(Indian Daily News)
The Sapta Koshi project had been described as a top priority programme since 2004 by India when a devastating flood by the Kosi river wreaked havoc in India's Bihar state. Now, in view of the recent disaster unleashed by the same river ...
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Regional initiatives, global strategies
By Murari Sharma
As you know, when a monsoon downpour lashed at Nepal recently, the swelled Koshi River ran amok and broke its embankment. The resulting flood has taken many lives and swept out the homes and property of 70000 people in Nepal and ...
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Bihar flood

Bihar looks at Gujarat and TN for houses for flood-hit
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
Patna, September 25 With the Bihar Government planning to provide the “best” house models, as offered to victims of 2004 tsunami and 2001 Gujarat earthquake ...
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Not A Sexy Story To Tell
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
But one that's somehow being reported as `The Bihar Flood.' And therefore a localised problem. Like a bad annual rash you may get on your arm in the monsoon ...
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Bihar flood situation improves; action plan ready
Times of India - India
PATNA: Bihar government has prepared an extensive action plan for completing Kosi breach closure work by November 30 as overall flood situation in the state ...
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Voluntary Doctor dies as lightning struck near relief camp
Bihar Times - Patna,Bihar,India
Members of 'Doctors For You' volunteered to give time to the hapless victims of the North Bihar flood. However, now the disheartened and broken doctors have ...
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TopNews

Lightening Killed A Young Doctor Helping Bihar Flood Victims
TopNews - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
Helping Bihar flood victims proved deadly for Chandrakant Patil, a 25-year-old resident doctor at the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Mumbai. ...
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Bihar flood
By Vachak(Vachak)
Dow Chemicals to contribute Rs 1 cr to Bihar flood relief Zee News - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India "Dow Chemical's decision to render support to the Bihar flood victims emerges from the Company's global commitment to work towards ...
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Contingency plan for Bihar's flood-hit farmers
By India PRwire
Cultivating mustard in areas with sandy soil and sowing paddy instead of wheat are some of the suggestions in the contingency plan for flood hit Bihar prepared by India's top agriculture research body.
India Business News - http://www.indiaprwire.com/

BIHAR FLOOD
By Ashok K.Jha(Ashok K.Jha)
Flood survivors remain separated by Kosi waters; Bihar scuttles Centre probe into Kosi breach; Flood fallout: India opens office to help move Nepali goods; Lightning kills Mumbai doctor at relief camp; Judicial probe into Kosi breach ...
KOSHI DARPAN - http://koshidarpan.blogspot.com/

See and Wake up !
By Youth For Equality(Youth For Equality)
These are some of the pictures from Bihar, sent by our team members.
YFE Bihar Flood Relief - http://yfebiharfloodrelief.blogspot.com/

Flood Relief: Houses From Assam
By admin
The report from Yahoo News quotes the director of CBTC, Kamesh Salam as “Time has come to seriously think about the permanent rehabilitation of the flood survivors of Bihar. Thus we have developed a hut for the victims that is simple, ...
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Bihar flood

Dow Chemicals to contribute Rs 1 cr to Bihar flood relief
Zee News - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
"Dow Chemical's decision to render support to the Bihar flood victims emerges from the Company's global commitment to work towards sustainability and ...
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Improvement in Bihar flood situation, toll rises to 235
Hindu - Chennai,India
Patna (PTI): With 18 more deaths, the toll in the recent spell of floods in Bihar on wednesday rose to 235 even as the overall situation improved with the ...
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India Flood Toll Rises; Bihar Camp Conditions Poor, Oxfam Says
Bloomberg - USA
The deaths occurred in the northern states of Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Orissa and West Bengal in the east, Dev Kumar, director of the ...
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BBC News

Indian navy joins in flood rescue
BBC News - UK
Meanwhile, a month after the Kosi river breached its bank in Nepal and flooded vast tracts of land in the northern state of Bihar, hundreds of thousands ...
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Bihar flood
By Vachak(Vachak)
IBNLive.com Mumbai doc loses life while saving Bihar flood victims IBNLive.com - New Delhi,India Dhule, Mumbai: The gushing waters in Bihar washed away many lives and homes and they also proved fatal for those who went to extend a ...
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Rs 1 lakh to kin of medic died during Bihar flood relief
The Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) has decided to give Rs one lakh to the family of a Maharashtra doctor, who died during a flood relief mission to Bihar.
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Relief to Bihar Flood Victims
By barunroy
Five Trucks left for Bihar with relief collected by Bhojpuri Yuva Manch. The Truck See Off Ceremony was attended by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha General Secretary Roshan Giri, Darjeeling Municipality Vice Chairman Dinesh Gurung, ...
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Bihar flood situation improves, toll rises to 235
With 18 more deaths, the toll in the recent spell of floods in Bihar on Wednesday rose to 235 even as the overall situation improved.
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Down to Earth: Editorial on the Bihar Flood
By admin
Image & Content Courtesy: Down To Earth. A hard hitting editorial from Down to Earth peels away the layers of human excuses, embankment failures and river siltation to lay bare the havoc that has been brought about by ignorance & a ...
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Bihar flood

IBNLive.com

Mumbai doc loses life while saving Bihar flood victims
IBNLive.com - New Delhi,India
Dhule, Mumbai: The gushing waters in Bihar washed away many lives and homes and they also proved fatal for those who went to extend a helping hand. ...
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Bihar flood situation improves
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
PTI / Patna September 23, 2008, 17:40 IST As the overall flood situation in Bihar registered significant improvement with the water level all major rivers ...
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Northern India Faces More Rain as Monsoon Toll Reaches 2400
Bloomberg - USA
18, flooding the Supaul district 7 kilometers downstream. The river shifted 120 kilometers eastward, inundating 16 districts in Bihar, one of India's ...
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Delhi schools come forward to help Bihar flood victims
IndiaEduNews.net - New Delhi,India
New Delhi: After a massive flood relief campaign by Delhi University (DU), the city schools have now come forward to help the flood victims in Bihar. ...
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Why Bihar, not Orissa
Express Buzz - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
The employees were agitated over the fact that their contribution should go to the flood-affected people of Orissa, not Bihar. Upon finding that a day’s ...
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GCCI sends aid to Bihar flood victims
Times of India - India
... Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) have dispatched 2000 kits containing household items to the people affected by recent floods in Bihar. ...
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Naveen sees flood politics
Express Buzz - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Incidentally, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi had promptly made an aerial survey of the Bihar flood situation.
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Lafarge India Donates Rs 10 MLN for Bihar Flood Victims
Yahoo - Bangkok,Thailand
... said it has donated Rs 10 million (US$220750) to support relief operations in the flood-affected areas of Bihar, which is a key area of its operations. ...
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Lightning strike kills city doctor working with Bihar flood victims
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
But barely a week in his stay at a flood-hit district of Bihar, the 24-year-old doctor met with an untimely end after he was struck by lightning late on ...
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Music concert for Bihar flood victims in Bangalore Tuesday
Mangalorean.com - Mangalore,India
Bangalore, Sep 23 (IANS) A group of musicians from India's IT hub will hold a concert Tuesday to raise funds for the flood victims of Bihar. ...
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Delhi schools come forward to help Bihar flood victims
New Delhi: After a massive flood relief campaign by Delhi University (DU), the city schools have now come forward to help the flood victims in Bihar. Many schools in city have donated money to various funds to help the flood-affected ...
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RTI Area 2 Bihar Flood Relief Report
By RTI Blog Moderator
The first Report on Area 2 Relief Initiatives for Bihar Flood victims. At this moment would also like to thank Mr President for recognizing the. exemplary efforts of our tabler Captain JS Krishna. CLICK TO VIEW REPORT. With Best Regards ...
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Sad Demise of Dr. Chandrakant Patil during Bihar Flood Relief work
By Vivek Kumar(Ashok)
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Lightning-strike-kills-city-doctor-working-with-Bihar-flood-victims/364826 http://patnadaily.com/news2008/sept/092208/doctor_killed_by_lightening.html "His death has come as a shock to his parents, ...
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India: Help Bihar flood victims
By Rezwan
To Revolutionize India informs of an innovative site to help the flood victims of Bihar, India. You just have to answer simple questions, and the sponsors will pay to the NGO on your behalf.
Global Voices Online - http://globalvoicesonline.org

Help Wanted-Bihar flood relief-CNN IBN coverage
The leading news channel of India has featured our Fb group named ' Help Wanted- Bihar relief fund" for there special show titled " Who will save Bihar" on 31st of August. for further detail about the relief campaign by us, ...
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