Click to play videoPurnia: The devastation and havoc caused by the floods in Bihar have led to an acute shortage of food in many parts of the state.
Some people have been surviving on half cooked rice for the last 7 days. Yet they count themselves lucky as they know that for many others like them, even this meal is a luxury.
In flood hit north Bihar, tales of hunger do not move hearts anymore. More than a million are surviving with less than adequate.
Fighting hunger is the biggest problem before the Bihar Government in its effort to tackle the floods.
There have been no shortage of food material. The problem is in getting it across to people who need it most.
A few hundred packets have been air dropped from choppers. Army and paramilitary personnel too have been distributing food material among the flood victims.
District Magistrate, Purnia Sridhar Cherevellu said, "We are dropping food packets in Supaul and Araria districts"
However, there is still a vast mismatch between the quantity needed and the quantity distributed.
Reports show that more than 2 million people are directly affected by the floods. More than 5 lakh people are still trapped in the flood zone.
However, the government admits that it has distributed only 1.5 lakh food packets so far using choppers and 800 odd boats.
Food is also made available in 160 odd relief camps where 1.5 lakh people have taken shelter.
Army choppers are serving as lifeline for lakhs of marooned people cut off from the rest of the world.
The food packets dropped from the choppers are helping them keep afloat.
Three kilos of beaten rice, pulse and few matchboxes may not be enough but it is certainly sending out a message to them that the world outside still cares for them and is trying to reach out to them.
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