India, Oct. 10 -- The Bihar government is preparing to place a demand of more than Rs.10,000 crore before the Centre as compensation for the widespread damage caused by the recent floods to people, agriculture, and public infrastructure, a senior officer familiar with the assessment process said on Friday.

The first wave of flooding struck in the opening week of September, setting multiple highest flood levels (HFL) and affecting over 50 lakh people across more than 2,000 villages in 576 panchayats of 15 districts by the first week of October.

"The assessment of damages is in the final stages. We hope that the assessment will conclude next week and the final demand will be sent to the Centre soon after," a principal secretary-rank offic...