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Bhagalpur flood camp runs classes for 30 children
The Indian Express··5d ago
Hundreds live in plastic-sheet shelters at Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University after floods submerged homes for nearly a month, The Indian Express reported. Raj Kishore, 25, lost documents, cash and grain to water. An anganwadi centre runs classes for about 30 children in two shifts. Migrant workers who returned from other states said unpaid wages added to their losses.
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What It Means For You
- Families in the university camp cannot return while home floors stay underwater, so daily life stays inside the temporary lanes.
- Children attend anganwadi classes in shifts while adults salvage floating belongings when visits to submerged houses yield items.
- Migrant workers who left jobs in other states face unpaid wages on top of destroyed savings and soaked grain stocks.
What's Happening
- Black plastic sheets on bamboo poles form shelters along cement paths inside the Tilha Kothi settlement.
- Raj Kishore keeps a salvaged cot that serves as bed, chair and storage for what little remains.
- Arguments break out often, residents said, as cramped quarters and lost property raise tensions.
Bihar relief camp routines
- Many camp residents are migrant labourers who returned when flood news reached them in cities like Ludhiana and Hyderabad.
- Kishore said dirty floodwater still covers his house, forcing repeated trips to check for floating salvage.
- District staff also station medical teams and an anganwadi centre at the camp entrance.
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