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mercy of the Bagmati, officials  A village at the mercy of the
Bagmati, officials  July 08, 2010 17:26 IST  Dinesh Kumar Mishra
narrates the travails of a village uprooted by the mighty
Bagmati.  Rampur Kanth, with only 90 families, was a small
village located on the right bank of the Bagmati in Bairgania
block of Sitamarhi district of Bihar in early1970s. In order to
protect some areas against flooding, the Bagmati was embanked in
then in its upper reaches and the village got trapped within two
embankments of the river and had to be relocated in the
protected countryside of the eastern embankment of the river.
The village has 259 families according to the census report
(2001) with a population of 1,009.  Reorganisation of blocks
brought Rampur Kanth into the Suppi block of the same district.
Relocation meant that any displaced family would get a small
plot of land for building a house a