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| Deadly Nepal flood river diverted | Deadly Nepal flood river diverted |
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| The river responsible for floods that displaced millions of people in India and Nepal five months ago has been diverted back to its original course. | The river responsible for floods that displaced millions of people in India and Nepal five months ago has been diverted back to its original course. |
| The Kosi river burst its man-made embankment in Nepal close to the Indian border in the middle of August and went massively off-course. | The Kosi river burst its man-made embankment in Nepal close to the Indian border in the middle of August and went massively off-course. |
| Nearly 400 people died in the ensuing floods in India's eastern Bihar state and millions were affected. | Nearly 400 people died in the ensuing floods in India's eastern Bihar state and millions were affected. |
| Tens of thousands of people in Nepal were left homeless in the floods. | Tens of thousands of people in Nepal were left homeless in the floods. |
| Restoring the Kosi to its old route has involved a team of more than 500 construction staff. | Restoring the Kosi to its old route has involved a team of more than 500 construction staff. |
| They have worked frantically to build coffer dams out of sandbags, concrete and galvanised wire and thereby restore the man-made embankment that was breached. | They have worked frantically to build coffer dams out of sandbags, concrete and galvanised wire and thereby restore the man-made embankment that was breached. |
| They finally managed to re-divert the river late on Monday. | They finally managed to re-divert the river late on Monday. |
| A disaster prevention official in south-east Nepal says that all the river water is now flowing along its original channel, far to the west of the new course it had taken since August. | A disaster prevention official in south-east Nepal says that all the river water is now flowing along its original channel, far to the west of the new course it had taken since August. |
| Original channel | Original channel |
| For months after the breach, work was impossible; it is only now that water levels have receded enough to enable it to be completed by the Indian company given the job by the government in Delhi. | For months after the breach, work was impossible; it is only now that water levels have receded enough to enable it to be completed by the Indian company given the job by the government in Delhi. |
| See how the river changed course | See how the river changed course |
| For millions of displaced people, however, the suffering will not be over for a long while. | For millions of displaced people, however, the suffering will not be over for a long while. |
| The rerouted Kosi swept across a vast part of the Gangetic plain, destroying millions of homes and killing hundreds of people, mainly in Bihar. | |
| Two months ago the BBC visited the affected part of Nepal, where formerly fertile farmland had become covered in a thick layer of silt and sand and made completely uncultivable. | Two months ago the BBC visited the affected part of Nepal, where formerly fertile farmland had become covered in a thick layer of silt and sand and made completely uncultivable. |
| Eyewitness in Bihar say many government-run camps have closed but that the displaced people have nowhere to go. | |
| In Nepal some people have been able to go home but camps remain open while people wait for dwellings promised by the government to be built. |