INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI | Updated: Aug 04, 2019 14:40 ISTSamastipur (Bihar) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): With their homes damaged due to waterlogging caused by heavy
rains, residents in Manikauli village here are resorting to carrying mud stuffed inside gunny bags to build temporary huts and roads."For
twenty days there is water-logging here
We have collected mud to build temporary huts and roads
All the men and women of the village have been carrying mud in bags and moving them on boats
There is no help from the government," said a villager Sanjit Kumar said."Gita Kumari, a graduate student said, "We have been facing
waterlogging for the past 20 days now we are carrying mud to make huts.""There is no help from the government
No water and food packages were provided by the government
Every year we face the same situation during the rainy season," she added.Around 1.25 lakh people have been evacuated from multiple
districts in the state so far
However, a total of 1,243 villages in the state are still facing the brunt of the calamity
