Floods and diseases worsen South Asia condition

Rains continued to storm the country heavily on Sunday causing fresh flooding in India and the neighboring countries like Bangladesh. India's east and northeast are suffering badly due to the flood destroying crops, mud embankments, swamping villages and causing deaths.

Authorities also are struggling to supply food and medicines to victims of the worst flood in South Asia in years.

Shockingly more than 1000 people have died either due to the house collapses, drowning, snake bite or diseases like diarrhoea in the region. Thousands are still homeless and are yet to receive aid.

The fresh floods have brought misery to another 100,000 people in India's northeastern state of Assam.

"Water flowing down from Bhutan has caused the flash floods and aggravated the flood situation in the state," said Bhumidhar Burman, the oil–rich state's relief and rehabilitation minister.

Rivers swollen by heavy rain burst embankments and flooded dozens of villages in the neighboring state of West Bengal.

"Filthy water has seeped into water pipes and flooded our area," said Roopesh Chatterjee, a resident.

Health workers were struggling to contain diarrhoeal attacks, which had so far infected about 61,000 people, 3,000 of them since Saturday, officials said.

Concurrently Christian NGO's and volunteers in India and worldwide are striving hard to help the flood victims by providing shelter and basic necessities to the people.

Visit the following Christian websites that accept donation to help these flood victims

Eficor: Eficor.org
Christian Aid: christian–aid.org.uk
Tearfund:tearfund.org
Canadian Food for the Hunger International (CFHI) : cfhi.ca
World Vision: wvi.org