Kosi floods and embankment breaches
In July 2024, the Kosi barrage discharge reached 3,00,860 cusecs, 41 of its 56 gates were opened, and about 350 villages between the embankments were threatened. In late September 2024, the district magistrate said the river had reached an unprecedented 6.61 lakh cusecs, and a breach on the West Kosi embankment was repaired.



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