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India, Nepal agree to tame Kosi by early next year

	October 06, 2008

The India-Nepal Secretary-level meeting that took place after four years’ interval in Kathmandu ended on Oct. 1 in the background of unprecedented flooding caused in the Indian State of Bihar after the mighty Kosi river breached its embankment. The two sides reached an understanding to complete the reconstruction of the ravaged portions of the Saptakoshi embankment and bring the river to its original course by March next year. “We have agreed to complete the repair of embankment by M ...