Patna, March 13: Senior JD(U) leader Jagannath Mishra on Friday asked the Bihar government to send detailed project report (DPR) to the Centre for release of Rs 14,800 crore package for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Kosi region devastated by the deluge.
"The Bihar government has not sent the DPR for the
approval of a package worth Rs 14,800 crore for the
rehabilitation in Kosi-ravaged region, whereas the central
team had directed on January 5, 2009 itself to send the same,"
the former Chief Minister said here.
"This indifference on the part of the state government is
quite amusing", Mishra, President of Human Rights Protection
Foundation (HRPF), said.
Nearly 33 lakh people were displaced in five districts of
Saharsa, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura and Purnia following breach
in the embankment of river Kosi at Kusaha in Nepal on August
18, last year.
Advocating for increasing the number of labourers and
machines to complete the work on time, Mishra said "three
coffer dams have been designed for release of 10,000 cusecs of
water at the site of Kusaha breach. This work has been
completed but danger is apprehended in case of release of more
than 10,000 cusecs of water in Kosi."
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, March 13, 2009, 00:00