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Utpal Bhaskar 09:26 PM | December 17,2008
The Kosi, which runs through the two neighbouring countries, began to breach its embankments in early August, resulting in massive floods that displaced 2.5 million people in India and Nepal
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10:07 PM | September 30,2008
What this crisis has taught us is that a global watchdog that looks at global interests and not just those of one country is needed at this hour
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Sudhirendar Sharma 11:46 PM | September 26,2008
This painstakingly collected data proves that the Bihar floods are indeed man-made
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Utpal Bhaskar 11:48 PM | September 24,2008
Nepal’s water resources ministry official says India had ‘psychological’ problems with building Kosi barrage at Chatra
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08:04 AM | September 22,2008
The flood in Orissa is yet another story of man-made disasters, coming just after the Bihar one, on account of gross apathy by government agencies
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Utpal Bhaskar 07:55 AM | September 22,2008
The Himalayan country fears the river might change its course eastward and breach embankments again
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Krishnamurthy Ramasubbu 07:52 AM | September 22,2008
N.K. Singh, deputy chairman of Bihar’s planning commission, says the state has demanded around Rs9,000 crore from the Centre for reconstruction efforts
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Bappa Majumdar/ Reuters 10:27 PM | September 11,2008
The floods changed the course of the Kosi, a tributary of the Ganga, shifting it 120km towards a dry river channel it last flowed through 250 years ago
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Tripti Lahiri / AFP 11:07 PM | September 04,2008
Many villagers in the area, submerged after the Kosi river breached its defences in Nepal and swung east, have lost their lives trying to make it to safety
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PTI 04:53 PM | September 03,2008
Paddy and maize crops have been washed out completely, pulses, vegetables and plantation crops such as banana have also been damaged
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Reuters 12:46 AM | September 01,2008
The state government says it needs more boats and rescuers to reach people stranded in remote areas
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10:10 PM | August 28,2008
What is unfortunate for the people of Bihar is the deadly combination of geographic features that make floods a regular feature and the utter lack of capability of the state government
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Between the Lines | Jyoti Malhotra 12:02 AM | August 28,2008
Despite several water-sharing agreements (such as the 1954 Kosi treaty and the 1996 Mahakali treaty), bad blood between India and Nepal prevented both sides from looking at water as a common resource
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