Unseasonal Rain storms Hit Bihar

Forty-two persons were killed and over 100 injured as cyclonic storms hit Seemanchal belt of Purnia and Katihar and Kosi region of Madhepura and Saharsa on Tuesday night. Farmers of Kosi-Seemanchal belt are the latest to be affected by the devastation wreaked by unseasonal rain and heavy winds just around the time Rabi crops’ harvesting and arrival in the markets. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar conducted aerial survey of the affected areas. Besides corn, large areas under wheat, mangoes, banana and litchi grown in the belt have also suffered damage.