Help the Helpless

The Kosi flood of this year has ruined at least 6 districts of Northern Bihar.Saharsa,Madhepura,Purnia,Araria, are the worst affected area.In the madhepura town itself the flood water has been flowing over 6ft on main roads.The town has been declared unsafe and people have been asked to evacuate.Over 20 lakhs of people have lost their everything.Not to mention about the property loss.It has been declared a national disater.Such flood has not occurred in the last 100 years.The Kosi river has changed its course and has shifted by more than 190 kilometers.In this time of disaster Mother India calls all her children for paying off our debts to her.Don't we feel our moral responsibility to volunteer for helping those victims of flood who have lost their homes,their families,livelihood,everything.A small step by us can save the lives of millions from further ruin.You can contribute by.
Donating cash to NGOs and Government Relief Funds.
Donating used clothes to NGOs and other organization
Participating in rescue operations if you know swimming
Helping other relief agencies in their operation
Creating awareness in flood watch areas(where flood is likely to come)
In the purview of the last point i.e creating awareness among the people about safety during flood and safe escape,you can get a help from Flood Safety Guide.Additional resources can be found by clicking here.In case you need any help ,please contact me at my mail id abhishek@abhishekbharadwaj.co.cc

My Bihar's Sorrow

Since my childhood I have found in the books of General Knowledge the river Kosi as Bihar’s Sorrow. I really doubted the truth of this statement when more devastating rivers like Baghmati were there.

But all those doubt melted away  on 18^th  of last month when the river broke its barriers at Bhimnagar. Within 10 days the situation has reached so critical that Govt. has asked  to evacuate the Madhepura  town. Today morning it read that the  main road of Madhepura was submerged with 6 ft of water. I don’t  expect any further chances of survival of that city. But the real question is what will be the future of those whose everything has been ruined. Neither I nor you can answer this question. Central Govt has offered a package of 1000 crores INR for the relief and rehabilitation. While I really doubt its implementation I am damn sure that most of the politicians,govt employees will make a good fortune out of it. Yesterday one of my friend told me that most of the restaurant’s in Patna were flooded with Red Light Vehicles(don’t confuse I mean those used by politicians).When he enquired he found that some sort of celebration was going on. While such massive celebration at the time of disaster should be avoided, it actually indicated  huge grants from Govt  offered for relief  works. These shameless creatures have started planning how to forge out the huge money which basically belongs to helpless people ruined in flood.