The team, therefore, is identifying more local grassroots level NGOs whose network could be used to reach remote areas. These local organisations under local leadership may be in a better position to use their influence and goodwill to prevent looting of materials. However, before taking a final decision, the rapport and goodwill enjoyed by the local organisations in their respective operational areas will be assessed. The team is in the process of hiring country boats and will visit interior villages together with representatives of the local NGOs. Flood in Malda, West Bengal Malda district in West Bengal further down stream from Bihar, on the river Ganga, is severely inundated.
All rivers passing through the district are in spate.
The Ganga has breached its embankments in numerous locations. Several hundred villages from nine blocks out of the fourteen blocks in the district are seriously affected. Another Rapid Assessment Team from LWS - India is at the moment assessing the situation. Thank you for your attention.