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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Stuti Mishra

India warns people to avoid catching ‘unusual’ fish after Nepal flash floods

Authorities in the north Indian state of Bihar have warned residents not to buy, sell, or eat unfamiliar fish appearing in local rivers, after floodwater from Nepal's deadly glacier collapse carried large, unusual catches downstream and left some people ill.

Water from the Trishuli river in Nepal has been flowing into Bihar via the Gandak and Kosi rivers, two of the state's major waterways, since the disaster struck last week, bringing with it ruins, unusual fish, and even bodies.

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