Overview

• Authorities have relocated over 280 families from four erosion-hit blocks after entire villages like Janjalitola and Bhasaramtola disappeared beneath shifting riverbanks.
• Emergency embankment protection works are underway at sites including Srikantatola, Jotpatta, Kamaltipur, Parlalpur and Paschim Ratanpur to stem further erosion.
• Relief operations have distributed more than 3,230 tarpaulins, dry rations and baby food, set up gruel kitchens, four medical camps serving 549 patients and installed 16 temporary tube wells.
• A Rs610 crore detailed project report has been finalised to reinforce 163km of embankments, construct spurs, activate a 15km paleo channel and close the Koshi channel as part of a larger Rs1,550 crore anti-erosion project.
• West Bengal has formally submitted the DPR to the Centre and is coordinating with Bihar and Jharkhand after the July 24 GFCC meeting, targeting a December 2025 start pending approvals.