Flood condition in Bihar on further course of improvement

The flood condition in Bihar today showed further improvement with water receding in several places and people continued to return homes.

Only 2,887 people now remained in eight relief camps in 19 districts, a state disaster management department statement said.

There is no change in figure of death toll in the flood devastation which remained at 514.

The department said 1,88,801 beneficiaries received flood assistance of Rs 6000 each in their bank accounts from the state government during the day to meet their immediate household needs.

So far, 10,48,374 beneficiaries have got the amount of assistance totalling Rs 629.2 crore, the statement said.
 

Contribution for Bihar flood victims kept pouring even today.

Gujarat minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama handed over a cheque of Rs 5 crore to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on behalf of Gujarat government.

In 2010, Kumar had returned a cheque of the same amount given by the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for victims of Koshi flood.

Kumar also received Rs 5 crore contribution on behalf of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh governments each.

Rs 11 lakh donation also came from Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's office.