The Nepal disaster could become an Indian flood emergency

Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent The Kosi river floods in Bihar in 2008. The river flows through Tibet and Nepal before entering India The devastation in Nepal also serves as a warning for India. Nepal’s Himalayan rivers feed several major Indian river systems, including the Gandaki and Kosi, as well as the Bagmati, Kamla-Balan and others, before flowing into the densely populated plains of Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Bihar, India's most flood-prone state, is unusually exposed. Only about 3