Saharsa, Bihar, Sept 16 : Self help groups, working in flood-hit Bihar, fear that desperation and poverty could lead to rise in incidents of child trafficking.

The incidents of children being sold by their parents to contractors are already quite high in the state, considered as poorest in the country.

Recently, the police rescued several children from a train in Saharsa district, who were being taken by a contractor after ''purchasing'' them from their parents.

Saharsa (Bihar), Sept 12 Unaware of the numerous relief camps run by the State Government, scores of flood victims still continue to languish on roadside in Bihar.

Languishing under the sun and lacking food and other bare necessities, these people are struggling for existence, under the tents, in Saharsa district.

Every day is a new challenge for them, as they gamble with their lives living on the roadside, where their safety is a major concern.

Though officials pay them a visit, these flood victims allege apathy on their part.

Saharsa (Bihar), Sep 4 : Authorities and self -help groups have stepped up relief work and set up community kitchens in flood-hit Saharsa district of Bihar.

The district is among the worst affected areas in the state ravaged by the Kosi river.

The state government is endeavouring to create make shift shelters for the people who have lost their houses in the devastating floods.

Many voluntary groups have also come forward to mitigate the miseries of the victims and provide them food.

Saharsa/Patna/New Delhi, Sept 1: People continue to flee flood-affected parts in Bihar for safer places, even as the authorities have stepped up the tempo of relief work.

At a railway station in New Delhi, hoards of migrants were seen on Sunday, sitting with their families and whatever they could collect in the name of belongings.

Recounting his harrowing experience, Mohammad Jabbar of Supaul District, where water breached the walls of thousands of dwellings, said that they first took the news of the floods in the region as a hoax.

Saharsa (Bihar), Aug. 30 : With the monsoon fury leaving millions of people marooned in north Bihar, the boat makers here are working day-and-night to meet the high demand for boats from the affected families.

As it takes two days to prepare one boat, people are staying near the boat making yards since they can''t return without a boat to save their family. A normal large sized boat costs between 6,000 and 15,000 rupees.

On their part, the boat makers are capitalising on the urgent needs of the public.