Times of India Bihar: Many Champaran villages hit by floods BETTIAH: While incessant rain since Sunday has claimed 114 lives and four dozen people are reported missing in the wake of landslides in the upper reaches of Nepal, the turbulent waters of the Narayani, Gandak in India, now threaten lives and property in the catchment areas of Bihar’s West Champaran and neigbouring Kushinagar district of UP. Read more Editor’s Note: Incessant rain and floods have claimed hundreds of lives in India during 2020. Here Abhay Mohan Jha, Chandra Bhushan Pandey and Tirthraj Kushwaha provide the latest updates on the situation and warn about further damage in the coming days. |