Bihar floods over in monsoon 2016

From the archive record

Bihar has been battling floods despite receiving less than normal rains this year. Long at the receiving end due to release of water from Nepal, this time though the blame lies squarely on mismanagement of a dam and a barrage in neighbouring states of Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. The Bansagar dam+ had been accumulating water for the past over one month. But it started releasing water only when it was 95.22% full and had little capacity to store any more water. The dam authority had opened 16 of its 18 gates on August 19, releasing a huge amount of water in one go. It led to the Ganga rising to unprecedented levels in Patna and elsewhere in Bihar and UP. Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wildern