Uproar over lack of facilities at relief camps as Bihar reels under severe flood

HUNDREDS of villages remain marooned in flood-hit Bihar districts two days after river embankments were breached at many places.

- RAMASHANKAR

Major rivers are flowing above the danger mark as people displaced by the floods have been forced to live under the open sky on roads and elevated parts of the villages.

They have been struggling for food, drinking water, milk for children and fodder for their animals. "We have nothing to eat or feed our animals. We are forced to drink flood water," said Ramadhar Das, a resident of Dhankaul in Sheohar district. Sources said at least 12 lakh people have been affected by the floods and inundation.