Tue, Aug 07, 2007 - Page 5 News List

India, Nepal bicker over cause of flood

`DAM IT' While Bihar faulted Nepal's failure to build dams to control water from the Himalayas, Kathmandu said Indian dams were to blame for the rash of flooding

AGENCIES , KATHMANDU AND PATNA, INDIA

"There is every possibility of an outbreak of epidemic in the state," said Nareswar Dutta, president of the state branch of the Indian Medical Association.

"We have asked all our mem-bers in Assam to provide all possible services to the people in flood-affected areas," Dutta said.

Health workers said Assam's overcrowded relief camps have become unhygienic as people are crammed together with cattle and poultry.

"Most of the sick are children," one official said.

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