 NOT THE ONLY KILLER: Sita Devi Mochi, 60, lost her husband a week ago to diarrhoea in a relief camp in Jhumka, where hundreds of flood victims took shelter. Reports of deaths at the shelters have been frequent, as poor hygiene and harsh weather cause victims to fall sick.  PREPARE THE FEAST: Sanju Yadav, 13, Susila Devi Yadav, 35, and Dhanik Lal Yadav, 50, carry a dried log from the river shores to their temporary shelter along the road at Paschim Kusaha to use as fuel for cooking.  RECONSTRUCTION: Workers reinforce the river embankment at Kusaha to prevent further erosion by the raging Kosi. Reconstruction work has begun partially, as India dispatched engineers to repair and rebuild the embankments breached by the river.  NOT ANYMORE: Workers Hari Lal Shah, 35 and Bakshwar Shah, 28, reinforce the river embankment at Kusaha, to prevent further erosion by the raging Kosi river.  EMPTY NETS: Fisherman Hira Lal Bahadar, 40, looks on at the sand mound, where it was once water, at Kusaha. Before the Kosi broke its embankment, Hira used to come and fish by boat, but now, he comes by bicycle to do his daily fishing.  FESTIVE SWINGS: A child swings in on a Dasain swing at Jhumka in Sunsari. While some celebrate the coming of the Dasain and Tihar, flood victims of the Kosi river have little cash and spirits to revel this year.  BROKEN ROADS: Throngs of homebound Nepalese during this Dashain are forced to cross the Kosi river by boat and ferries at one of the six places where the new river channel has cut off the East-West Highway in Sunsari.  LONG WAY BACK: Kishun Devi Yadav, 30, looks at the river crossing that was once the East West Highway. She had to make the arduous crossings a month ago to deliver her baby in Biratnagar, and now, the same perilous journey awaits her as she brings her 10-day-old baby back home to Kanchanpur in Saptari.  ONE FOR THE ROAD: People going home for Dasain carry bicycles on their backs as they cross a shallow stretch of the Kosi on foot.
 DASAIN AAYO: Homebound Nepalis carry babies, pots, umbrellas as they try to make their home for Dasain.
 BETTER HOMES: Some of the relief camps, such as this one in Jhumka, have already been evacuated as flood victims find better alternatives to spend their Dashain. But others in more remote areas are still langushing in makeshift shelters that offer little protection against the elements. | | | | | | | | | | |
