Several parts of Bihar are ravaged by the floods, with nearly 5 lakh people in the state being affected. Critics of the incumbent government call the calamity an "annual affair" in the state recurring each year during Monsoon. They accuse the Nitish Kumar-led regime of taking insufficient measures to avert the crisis. The state and central disaster management teams, over the past three days, are working strenuously to minimise the loss of lives and property.