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You all must be aware of the flood situation in Bihar. This is considered to be the biggest evacuation in the last hundred years. Millions of the people have been affected and thus on the behalf of the targetgenx team, we appeal to all the concerned citizens to donate generously and help in the rescue opertaions in any way possible. You can donate food, cloth, match box, torches, utensils, blankets, chlorine tablets/liquid etc.

There are many organization working towards the relief work. In case you don’t know how to go about the donations. Please check the link below.

Targetgenx is supporting Doctors for You in their relief operation.

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Flood Releif Bihar

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This is the latest update from Hindustan Times on the ground situation in Bihar.

The flood situation in Bihar, triggered by the surging waters of the Kosi river, continued to be grave for the 13th day Saturday with hundreds of villages under water, millions displaced and many still crying for rescue.

“There is no let up in the flood situation, it has spread to new areas and the water is not receding. But relief and rescue operations are going on in a big way,” an official of the state disaster management department said here.

“We cannot say that the situation is improving; it will take some more days. The situation remained grim,” he said.

The floods have claimed 35 lives, with 20 people dying Friday when their boat capsized in Madhepura. Over 2.5 million people have been affected.

Bihar Minister for Disaster Management Nitish Mishra told IANS that evacuation would be intensified in the next 48 hours with the help of more boats, motorboats, army personnel and the National Disaster Response Force.

“The government is doing everything with the available resources to speed up efforts of relief and rescue,” he said.

Bad weather hampered rescue operations on Thursday and Friday.

Several Bihar districts were flooded by the swirling waters of the Kosi river following a breach in an embankment upstream in Nepal. According to official sources, the worst affected districts are Madhepura, Saharsa and Supaul, where panic-stricken people have taken shelter on rooftops, railway tracks and canal embankments.

“People have fled in large numbers from the affected areas in the last four days. All bus stands, railways stations in these areas are crowded with an unending rush of people trying to get out of flooded areas,” an official said.

According to official sources, more than 300,000 people had been evacuated by government agencies. “Over 100,000 people are being sheltered in 102 relief camps in the areas,” he said.

The floodwaters have destroyed hundreds of houses and 100,000 hectares of farmland.