(A Havoc Of Flood ).
Who played the key role in the rescue operation of the floods? What steps were taken up by the government?
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Flooding is a perennial problem in the state of Bihar, India with
devastating impact on the livelihood of people. In spite of the
government's measures of flood mitigation, households continue
to live with suffering on account of severe damage to their mate-
rial and non-material assets. In this background, the objectives of
the study are: (1) to explore the differential role of the community
and government support in livelihood resilience; (2) to assess the
impact of flood experience and flood education in livelihood resil-
ience; and (3) to explore the impact of level of education, reflected
in average years of schooling of the male-headed households in
livelihood resilience. The primary data were collected from 472
households by using a multi-stage random sampling technique
over seven blocks in river basins of Ganga and Kosi in the dis-
trict of Bhagalpur, Bihar. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics
and structural equation modeling were used. The findings of the
study show that prompt and spontaneous community action was
more effective than government help. Flood experience also plays
a crucial role in the revamping of livelihood. Flood education is
not found to exist in the area; people learn the skills of survival
during and after floods from their elders. Moreover, difference in
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, December 2015, Volume XLII, Number 4
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