Floods in bihar

 SEEDS are reaching out to 20,000 affected families with immediate

support for water, health and hygiene in Assam and Bihar.

 Our community-driven local task force in Bihar has helped evacuate

families through early warning systems, saving thousands of lives.

 SEEDS and its partners have carried out recovery programmes in the
past that seek to revive traditional practices keeping people at the
centre of all their actions.
 The states of Assam and Bihar in India are witnessing torrential rains and devastating
floods that have ravaged lives of over 12.6 million people.

 As of 21st July 2019, the crisis has affected over 5.7 million people across northern Assam,
claiming 67 lives. Whereas in Bihar, flash floods caused by heavy rains in catchment
areas of Nepal have affected over 6.9 million people and claimed 97 lives.

 Inundation has caused contamination of drinking water across the two states. The
situation is made worse as the community is forced to defecate in the open. As the water
recedes, new challenges will emerge. Structural damages of houses and schools are
expected to be very high, rendering them inhabitable.

 Rebuilding for the affected families begins from day 1. Getting back a home is a primary
concern. Surrounding issues around immediate medical attention, contaminated water
sources and hygiene & utility items also urgently need to be addressed.
Situation after floods
Floods continue to wreak havoc in Bihar, Assam;
death toll mounts to 166
 According to the disaster management department, all the fresh deaths
in Bihar were reported from Madhubani district, which accounted for
23 casualties.

 HIGHLIGHTS

 The toll climbed to 64 in Assam and 102 in Bihar since Saturday

 In Bihar, 72.78 lakh people form 12 districts of the state have been hit
by the calamity

 In Assam 38.37 lakh people were affected in 18 of its 33 districts

 floods continued to wreak havoc in Bihar and Assam, with around 1.11 crore
people continuing to reel under the deluge in the two eastern states where the
death toll reached 166 on Sunday.

 The toll climbed to 64 in Assam and 102 in Bihar, with five more casualties
being reported in each of the two states since Saturday.

 In Bihar, 72.78 lakh people form 12 districts of the state have been hit by the
calamity while in Assam 38.37 lakh people were affected in 18 of its 33 districts.

 According to the disaster management department, all the fresh deaths in

Bihar were reported from Madhubani district, which accounted for 23
casualties.
 With 27 deaths, Sitamarhi remained the worst-affected by the flash floods, which hit the state
in the wake of torrential rains in Nepal's Terai region last week.

 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited relief camps in Sitamarhi and Darbhanga districts.

 In Assam, of the five fresh deaths, two were reported from Morigaon district and one each from
Dhemaji, Goalpara and Kamrup districts, according to the Assam State Disaster Management
Authority (ASDMA).

 Flood water, however, receded in five districts of the northeastern state and the displaced
people returned to their kuchcha houses to find most of their dwellings swept away by the
torrential rains.

 The death toll at the Kaziranga National Park stands at 141, the ASDMA said.