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Nitish says Bihar prepared for floods as coronavirus cases rise in state

At a high-level meeting that he chaired here, Kumar directed officials to make arrangements so that those displaced by floods are relocated at camps without compromising on social distancing norms

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar takes aerial survey of the flood affected districts of Bihar, Sunday

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Nearly a dozen districts in north Bihar were devastated by flash floods last year, which followed torrential rain in the catchment areas of Nepal

Press Trust of India Patna

2 min read Last Updated : Jun 14 2020 | 8:21 AM IST

Amid forecasts of the monsoon reaching Bihar in a couple of days, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday stressed on the need for dealing with floods, which may follow the downpour, without neglecting the measures in place for containing the spread of COVID-19.

At a high-level meeting that he chaired in Patna, Kumar directed officials to make arrangements so that those displaced by floods are relocated at camps without compromising on social distancing norms.

"I wish that floods do not ravage north Bihar this year. But, we must need to be prepared," he told the officials, referring to the natural calamity which is

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