Saptari , Sept 5 (ANI): While the people in flood ravaged parts of Nepal are already facing tough times fighting with the Kosi catastrophe, the threat of outbreak of epidemic is adding to their woes.

More than 1000 cases of diarrhoea and dysentery have been reported in the flood-hit areas of Nepal. The civic authorities apprehended that the situation might worsen, as the conditions in the camps for the victims of the recent Kosi floods are far from satisfactory.

Kosi Barrage, Sept 5: Engineers working at the Kosi Barrage in Nepal have said that the river would continue to change its course if heavy silt deposits are not removed.

A dam on the river in Nepal breached earlier this month causing the Kosi to change its course, swamping hundreds of villages in Bihar and destroying more than 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) of farmland.

Till date, the river has breached its embankment 8 times in a span of just 50 years and government officials as well as the engineers are being blamed for the catastrophe said to largely manmade.

Over the last 250 years, the river has shifted its course over 160 kilometres from east to west.

Kathmandu, Sept 5: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias ''''Prachanda'''' will visit India on September 14.

Prachanda will arrive in New Delhi on September 14 and return back home on September 18, nepalnews quoted Nepal Ambassador Durgesh Man Singh in New Delhi, as saying.

This will be his first visit to India after becoming the first elected Prime Minister of the federal republic Nepal.

However, he has already broken a tradition by traveling north to China to attend the closing ceremony of Beijing Olympics on his first foreign visit as a PM.

Kushna Dam (Nepal), Sept 4 : Indian flood victims have alleged that they are being discriminated by the authorities at relief camps in Nepal.

The Indians, hailing from the flood hit Bhawanipur in Bihar, who had taken refuge over the Kosi dam in Nepal were shifted to relief camps after the repair work on the dam started.

These victims accused the relief authorities at the camp of discriminating against them while distributing food relief.

The authorities at the relief camp have issued coupons to the flood victims that need to be shown at the time of distribution of relief material.

Kathmandu  - The Nepalese government on Thursday declared a state of emergency in more than 24 villages in southern Nepal that have been hard hit by flooding on the Koshi River.

The decision to declare the areas in Sunsari district, about 400 kilometres south-east of Kathmandu, as "disaster-hit" came as thousands of people displaced by floods faced the risk of disease, a senior minister said.

The government move enables the supply of relief material and eases the rehabilitation of nearly 50,000 people displaced by the floods, Health and Population Minister Giriraj Mani Pokharel said.