SUNSARI : Flooding due to Koshi Barrage Collapse (19 Aug. 2008) 87°0'0"E 87°7'30"E Barahachhetra Beltar On August 18th the Koshi River broke through an eastern retaining Bashaha wall roughly 10 Km north of the East West Highway. The waters have floodedThoksila significant portions of the following VDCs of Sunsari District: Haripur, Shripur, Laukihi, Paschhim Kushaha. Ghuski, NarshingDharanN.P. and Udayapur Madhuwan VDCs are also affected, but to a lesserBharaul extent. The East Tapeswori West Highway is currently impassable due to flood waters at the Sundarpur entrance of Koshi Tapu National Park and the NTC mobile phone 26°45'0"N 26°45'0"N network is down in the Eastern Region. It is estimated that 15,000 Map Locator people are displacedMahendranagar due to the flooding. 050 100 200 300 Kilometers Bakalauri Fatepur Koshi Tappu Wildlife Odraha Prakashpur Singiya Kamalpur BhadgauSinawari Pakali Dhodhanpur Koshi Tappu Wildlife Dharampur Pipra(Purba) Koshi Tappu Wildlife Dumaraha Aekamba Rupnagar Kanchanpur Madhuwan Saptari Embankment Breach Point Madhesa Madhelee Jagatpur Bhokraha 26°37'30"N 26°37'30"N PaschimKasuha Chadwela Badgama [ Sunsari InaruwaN.P. Baramjhiya Laukahi Badgama Trikola Aurabarni Bairawa Babiya Narshinhatappu Simariya Portaha Sripurjabdi Jalpapur Santerjhora Bhardaha Tanamuna Bhaluwa Haripur RamnagarBhutaha Chhitaha Joginiya-1 Gautampur Harinagar GobarGada BIHAR, INDIA Basantapur Chimdi 26°30'0"N 26°30'0"N Madhyeharsahi RamganjBelgachhi RamganjSenuwari Legend Dhuskee Amahibelaha Boundaries Dewanganj District VDC Major Roads Highway Kaptanganj Amaduwa Feeder Road District Road Sahebganj Other Road Affected VDCS Municipalities Water bodies 87°0'0"E 87°7'30"E Map produced by The boundaries and names shown and the designations 31.5 0 3 used on this map do not imply official endorsement or Last updated Km OCHA Nepal acceptance by the United Nations August 19, 2008 I.