Bihar to send memorandum to Centre on floods: Nitish

Stating that floods have caused serious damages to the state, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the government would send a memorandum to the Centre seeking help to tide over the flood situation.
"There is an estimated loss of Rs 350 crore during the first round of floods in the state while the assessment of damages caused by floods in 12 districts in second round of floods would be made. The state would need a huge amount of funds to deal with the situation and a memorandum would be sent to the Central government in this regard," Kumar told reporters at estate hangar here after visiting the flood affected areas of Bhagalpur and Katihar.

Kumar asked the Centre to send an expert team as soon as possible to assess the flood situation in the state as it was done during Kosi tragedy so that accurate estimation of floods and damages caused by it can be made.
He expressed satisfaction over the relief work being carried out in the flood affected areas.
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad yesterday asked the state government to submit a memorandum at the earliest on the damages caused by floods in the state.
He had promised the Centre will provide all kind of possible help to Bihar to deal with the flood situation.

"Bihar government should get the survey done and send its memorandum at the earliest to the Centre on damages caused by floods in the state...Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said the government will act immediately after getting the memorandum in this regard," Prasad had said.
The memorandum should have details of crops and houses damaged, list of flood-affected persons and damages caused to bridges, culverts and roads due to the floods, he said.
The Union Minister was talking to reporters after visiting flood-affected areas and relief camps in Patna yesterday.