For an action plan for Bihar : Action to revive livelihoods when the floods recede is as important as savinglives. This will call for a proactive,“beyond-the-flood strategy.”
| Title | For an action plan for Bihar : Action to revive livelihoods when the floods recede is as important as savinglives. This will call for a proactive,“beyond-the-flood strategy.” |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | Swaminathan M.S. |
| Journal | The Hindu |
| Date Published | 09/2008 |
| Keywords | displacement, earthquakes, natural calamities, The Hindu, tsunamis |
| Abstract | The Kosi floods are still causing immense human hardship in some parts of Nepal, but more severely in Bihar. In Bihar, over 2.5 million children, women and men are experiencing mental and physical shock and suffering due to displacement from their homes, deficiency of food intake, lack of access to clean drinking water and spread of epidemics. Women and children as well as the poor suffer the most. Fortunately, there is a spontaneous outpouring of concern and compassion in our country in the case of natural calamities such as earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones, droughts and floods, and civil society organisations try their best to help. We have rich experience dating back to the colonial times in launching immediate relief measures designed to reduce hunger and suffering and prevent disease epidemics. |
