India, Sept. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Union Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan today visited flood-affected areas of Bihar on the directions of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and took stock of the situation on the ground. Accompanied by Bihar Chief Minister Shri Samrat Choudhary, state ministers and senior officials from the Centre and the state government, Shri Chouhan conducted an extensive review of the flood situation in Hajipur, Vaishali, Munger and Bhagalpur. He travelled by motorboat, country boat and tractor to reach affected villages and agricultural fields and also conducted an aerial assessment of the situation. Interacting with flood-affected fa...