Ground Report

The devastating floods that left a trail of havoc, death and diseases in south Nepal and Bihar have also swept away the training camps of underground rebel groups and destroyed arms and ammunition.The raging Saptakosi river that destroyed tens of thousands of homes in Nepal’s Sunsari district and India’s Bihar state across the border has also wiped out the secret training camps of at least three Nepali armed groups and swept away the rebels’ guns, ammunition and explosives.Just as the Maoists had set up training camps for its guerrillas in the border areas of Nepal and India, where concealment was easy and arms easily available, the three Nepali underground organisations had their training centres in Sunsari’s Shripur, Haripur and Basantapur villages as well as Araria and Supaul districts of Bihar.