Usual rash of promises
Bihar assembly election manifesto issues |
| Dams in Nepal | Drainage | Embankment | Relief |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | Only solution to flood control; state government helpless | No mention | No mention | Demands more money in disaster relief fund. Gloats on saving people with helicopters |
| Janata Dal (United) | Push Nepal to make dams | Desilt river beds; set up a technology mission | No mention | No mention |
| Lok Janshakti Party | Centre should talk to Nepal | Developing livelihood on waterlogged land a priority | Better embankments for 700,000 hectares of flood-affected land | Village-level training on disaster management. Distribute first-aid kits. Create flood proofing zone |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | No mention | Integrated water policy. Bridges along all canals, roads, railway to allow drainage | Expert team to assess maintenance, repair work Assess embankments that breach every year | No mention of disaster management. Need to empower fisherfolk and control riverbank erosion to prevent land disputes |
| Congress | No mention of dams. Need for a geological survey and new policy | Bridges along all roads for drainage. No mention of pucca roads in villages | No mention, but wants a re-look at entire flood control exercise (indirectly acknowledges mistakes of past Congress governments | No mention of disaster management or relief. Need for
a flood proofing zone policy
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