Indian MP charges Bihar govt of Koshi havoc

SAPTARI, Sept 8 - An Indian parliamentarian on Monday charged the Bihar government for the Koshi disaster and said that India did not betray Nepal in the Koshi Treaty.Devendra Prasad Yadav, member of Indian lower house Lok Sabha and leader of Rashtriya Janata Dal, today accused the Bihar government of ...

...that ended up with the inundation of many Nepali and Indian villages and affected millions. Yadav said, “The Bihar government misleadingly presented a report on the Koshi Barrage saying everything was normal even before two days of the havoc.

Yadav opined, “Keeping in mind the cordial relation between two countries, it would be wrong to take the Treaty for deception also.

Talking to the reporters in Rajbiraj today, Yadav said India has no problem if Nepal wants to review old treaties.

He also claimed that the reconstruction of the breached embankments is not being done scientifically.

A six-member team of Indian parliamentarians led by Yadav came here on Sunday to inspect the flood-hit areas via bordering point of Jaynagar by land.

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