Over 17 Lakh Lives Affected in Bihar Floods - Be Their Hope

As July came to a close, Bihar was drowning. Relentless rains across the state and in Nepal’s hills swelled the mighty Ganga, Kosi, Gandak, Bagmati, Punpun, and Ghaghra, pushing them far beyond danger levels. By August, these rivers had burst their banks, swallowing villages, towns, and fields, leaving behind a trail of unimaginable loss and destruction.

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The Life Affected

More than 17 lakh people across districts including Patna, Bhagalpur, Vaishali, Begusarai, Munger, Khagaria, Bhojpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Purnia and Katihar are struggling to survive. Families who had homes yesterday now live in relief camps or on broken embankments. Children are out of school. Elders wait without medicines. Mothers stand in line for a packet of food or a bucket of clean water. Seventeen lakh people have been directly impacted by overflowing rivers and torrential rains. The government has transferred 456 crore rupees directly into the bank accounts of more than six and a half lakh families, giving each family seven thousand rupees as immediate relief. Rescue operations are still underway, with NDRF and SDRF boats bringing stranded families to safety, but the losses are far greater than what has been saved. Crops are destroyed, livestock is stranded, homes are broken, and roads and bridges that once connected villages now lie under water.

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Faces of Bihar’s Flood Tragedy

A mother in Bhagalpur sits with her children on a broken embankment, her home gone, her field under water, wondering what she will feed them tomorrow. In Supaul, a farmer stares at his drowned paddy, knowing that a year of labour has been washed away. In Munger, children drink unsafe floodwater because there is nothing else to drink. In Araria, cattle cry out for fodder as families fight to keep their only source of livelihood alive.

Source: Outlook India

Your Support is Their Lifeline

Your hand today can pull a family from despair into hope.

1. It will put food into the hands of hungry families.
2. It will provide safe drinking water where children are drinking floodwater.
3. It will keep animals alive, protecting the livelihood of farmers.
4. It will bring back books and hope to children who lost their schools.
5. It will give shelter and dignity to families who have nothing left.

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Every rupee counts. A small contribution will become a lifeline. Together we will bring food, medicine, clean water, fodder, and hope to Bihar’s flood victims.

When the water takes away everything, only humanity can bring it back.