The on Tuesday computed the details of the Rs 3,763-crore damage caused by the three-phase of floods this year and submitted the same to the six-member central team headed by R K Singh, joint secretary in the Union Home ministry, sources said.
The central team, which made an aerial survey of some of the 16 flood-affected districts, including Darbhanga and Bhagalpur, in the last two days, will make its own assessment of the extent of the damage before comparing it with the details submitted by the state government to reach at the amount of Money that could be given to the state as central assistance.
The maximum damage worth Rs 1,469 crore has been suffered by the Resources“>Water Resources department (WRD) whose Ismailpur-Bindtoli embankment in northern Bhagalpur, besides minor bunds at Dagmara in Supaul district and long stretches of zamindari bunds in south Bihar were damaged. The department has also pointed to the erosion being caused by the rivers as floodwaters have started receding.
Similarly, the rural works department has suffered damages to its rural roads worth Rs 234 crore, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department Rs 661 crore, road construction department Rs 203 crore and the energy department Rs 14 crore. Several school buildings were also washed away by the floodwaters.
The Disaster Management department has spent Rs 1,159 crore on providing gratuitous relief to flood-hit families, food to displaced people at community kitchens and other relief materials.