Overview
- Tejashwi Yadav wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday seeking a formal national-disaster declaration for Bihar and an immediate ₹5,000 crore emergency grant to fund relief and rescue operations.
- State officials reported swollen rivers have inundated large areas, with accounts ranging from 13 districts and about 27 lakh people affected to Tejashwi’s claim that 20 districts are hit and thousands are trapped.
- Yadav demanded deployment of additional boats, Army and Air Force helicopters, food, clean water, medicines, cattle fodder and temporary shelters, and he urged a long-term Flood Resilience Mission to fix embankments, drainage and forecasting.
- He accused the Bihar government of diverting contingency funds to routine expenses and asked for an independent or CAG audit; Bihar BJP leaders countered by accusing him of politicising the crisis and defended ongoing relief efforts.
- RJD leaders renewed calls for bilateral talks with Nepal on river management as part of a permanent solution, a move that would tie immediate relief needs to longer-term cross-border water and embankment reforms.