IndiaTomorrow.net,
Patna, Aug 22: While media reports say a large number of areas marooned by flood waters in Bihar are yet to get even the first help from the government, young Samaritans have been seen loading relief materials on their shoulders and walking in water to reach the cut-off villages as residents there are without food and water for days.
Members of SIO carrying relief materials on their shoulders to affected villages in Bihar
Members of SIO (Students Islamic Organisation of India) took relief materials to several villages in East Bihar districts of Araria and Purnia which are badly affected by floods for the last 10 days.
Members of SIO distributing relief materials among villagers in flood-affected Bihar.
According to the government, more than 300 people have been killed by flood in the last one week while locals say the toll could be much much higher and will be known once the water recedes from the villages.
Several other civil organizations are also engaged in distributing relief materials among the flood victims.
