Patna: Bihar is currently witnessing deadly floods amid heavy rainfall and major rivers in the state including the Kosi and Bagmati are flowing over the danger mark. Amid the ongoing floods ...

A family loads their possessions onto a boat. When photographer Eklavya Prasad documented the harsh realities of North Bihar’s floods through his lens, he was met with bitter sarcasm.

Bihar, a poor, populous state in northern India, is ravaged by floods during the monsoon season every year. This year has been no different, with some seven million people affected. I travelled ...

Flood situation in several parts of Bihar worsened on Monday (September 30, 2024) as embankments of Kosi river in Darbhanga district and Bagmati river in Sitamarhi were breached, officials said.

According to the Bihar water resources department, all major rivers in Bihar are flowing above the danger mark.Over three lakh people are still in the grip of floods, of which 1.58 lakh people are ...

Patna: Senior politicians in Bihar recalled how the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conducted an aerial survey to review the flood situation in the districts of north Bihar in 2008. He ...

The Bihar government had recently authorised DMs to take a call on the closing of schools if a flood-like situation arose in their respective areas of jurisdiction. Darbhanga reported the highest ...

Until today, floods and rains have killed 127 people in Bihar alone. The situation is similar in Assam where monsoon floods killed 82 people and displaced 5.8 million. Natural calamities like ...

Each photo was a glimpse of the impact of floods on their daily life, and the intricate dimensions of the deluge and survival. Prasad, who has been working in Bihar as a social development ...

Among the key demands, Chaudhary called for collaboration with the Nepal govt to build high dams to tackle the annual flooding issue in north Bihar. "Every year, north Bihar faces the curse of ...