Kishanganj – fondly called the Heaven of Bihar has undoubtedly got the nature’s worthless bounties including a beautiful landscape, lush greenery, soothing climate and numerous waterbodies. However, the rivers in the district wreck havoc among common people with the onset of monsoon. Every year, the district witness heavy rain fall that results into flood affecting the thousands of people and destroy crop and houses as well.
Fact is that, the Monsoon woes for the district of Kishanganj is not at all new or recently developed issue. This problem is faced by the locals since independence and the situation is becoming worst with every passing year. Reason, all the blocks of Kishanganj are criss-crossed by rivers including one of India’s biggest river Mahananda River that flows through the blocks of Kishanganj, Thakurganj and Kochadhaman. Other major rivers flowing through the district are Kankai (Bahadurganj, Terrhagachh, Kochadhaman & Dighalbank), Mechi (Thakurganj), Ram Chandra & Ratwa (Terrhagachh) and Kaul (Kochadhaman).
The rainy season starts in the district of Kishanganj from April and ends by October. So, the rainy season altogether remains in the district for six months that causes flood. And the neighbouring country of Nepal releases connecting rivers many times during rainy season. Of course, we don’t have technology to curtail the amount of rain received by Kishanganj. But at the same time, we can control the damage caused by the floods that happen due to incessant rain almost every year.
Nature’s call is the prime reason behind the floods, but apart from this the human negligence is also a major reason. And most importantly, the local leaders especially MPs and MLAs haven’t given attention to this issue. The former MPs like Taslimuddin, M J Akbar and Syed Shahbuddin, or prominent MLAs didn’t plan anything crude to sort out the heavy flood issue in Kishanganj. Even the state or Central governments didn’t have any type of talk with Nepal on water releasing issue.
Nature’s call is the prime reason behind the floods, but apart from this the human negligence is also a major reason. And most importantly, the local leaders especially MPs and MLAs haven’t given attention to this issue. The former MPs like Taslimuddin, M J Akbar and Syed Shahbuddin, or prominent MLAs didn’t plan anything crude to sort out the heavy flood issue in Kishanganj. Even the state or Central governments didn’t have any type of talk with Nepal on water releasing issue.
In May 2009, the people of Kishanganj elected development pro MP Maulana Asrarul Haque. A fair portion of Kishanganj population even declared the independence of district with the victory of Maulana Asrarul Haque. The victorious leader was enthralled over his success, and didn’t shy away from making promises that also included a special project called ‘Mahananda Besin Project’ to connect the rivers of the district together. Even, in an interview conducted by me about one and half years ago, Maulana Asraul Haque explained about the Mahananda Besin Project and his effort to implement the project.
In the year 2010, the MP in a statement to a local newspaper of Kishanganj said that the Centre has released fund for the Mahananda Besin Project. Since then almost one year has passed, but no any update has been given by the MP Asrarul Haque about the Mahananda Besin Project. It is true, we can’t doubt the role of State Government for delaying the project that can control the floods upto a certain extent. But, at the same time, it is the role of local MP who had been elected by the people of the area to co-ordinate the local MLAs, namely Akhtarul Imaan (Kochadhaman), Dr. Jawaid Azad (Kishanganj), Naushad Alam (Thakurganj) and Tausif Alam (Bahadruganj).
Bottomline is that an educationist by heart, and President of Milli Council, Maulana Asrarul Haque failed to prove himself as a good political leader. He never fails to make the tall claims on the issues faced by the locals, but hardly he cares to fulfill his promises. Before signing out, I can only say, MP sahab it’s not your fault the political setup of whole country is running on false promises, and you are not an Exception. Overall, you have to carry the agenda of your Party that hardly cares for deprived people of the country especially Bihar. Hope, people of Kishanganj will take some lesson from their mistakes in the coming time.
Read Maulana Asrarul Haque’s interview on TwoCirlces.net by clicking the link
Dear Friends,
ReplyDeleteI know the problems caused by the rivers in our area.Last time I had visited many villages which were affected by the river either Mahananda or Kankai or kaul and even Retua.It is very painful to see the report of the MPLADS funds which is now 2 crore per annum that our MP had spend only 31.6% of it.one should not become the part of the system but they should work against the system for the upliftment of the poor people.