Actor Manoj Bajpayee has questioned the political willpower of the government in taking up flood prevention efforts, after over 100 people died in the Bihar floods. Actor Adil Hussain said his mother had to be moved from their house in Goalpara in Assam after the region got flooded. Both actors have offered to do a movie to create more awareness around the disaster that floods in Bihar and Assam leave behind every year.
Flash floods caused by heavy rains in catchment areas of Nepal have ravaged a dozen districts of Bihar so far, claiming 78 lives and affecting 55 lakh people, the state's disaster management department said on Thursday.
A tiger escaped from the Kaziranga National Park in flood-ravaged Assam and stretched out on a shophouse bed Thursday, startling residents and shining a spotlight on the plight of animals caught up in the deluge.
Chest-deep in brown, flowing monsoon water and holding bags of clothes and utensils above their heads, residents in Bihar are hungry and in despair.
A 24-year-old woman in flood-hit Assam gave birth to a baby boy in a boat on Monday and named him Krishnaafter the Hindu Godwhowas also believed to have been born during massive floods.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday expressed solidarity with flood victims in the north and north-eastern states.