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No matter how much we donate or civilians come ahead and start putting in whatever they have, we have to look for long term solutions," he told NDTV. While we cant control nature, I feel theres so much we can do to minimise the damage.Floods have killed more than 100 people in Bihar and affected more than 80 lakh in 12 districts.National Award-winning filmmaker Rima Das, who belongs to a village in Assams Kamrup district, said she has been seeing the devastation and destruction caused by floods since she was a child..Hussain, who belongs to Assams Goalpara district, said the country has not been able to come up with a "concrete plan" for tackling the problem even 70 years after Independence,"Since India claims to be more wise in terms of its technology and we have more resources as we are growing economically as a power and since the entire world has more hands-on and evolved ideas vis-a-vis problem-solving, why is it that we have not come up with a concrete plan. Its time for remedy, relief and compensation.

We need immediate help relief and permanent remedial measures," he added."Lives are lost, livelihoods affected, homes are destroyed, animals are washed away.Actor-TV host Shekhar Suman, who belongs to the Bihar capital Patna, said floods can no longer be passed off as a natural catastrophe by both state and central governments."People are suffering.?" he asked. Sooner the better..The actor underscored that an individual may contribute through the CM relief fund, but eventually it is the state machinery which has the power to bring about a change."Maybe it has not yet come to your doorstep but it will come to your childrens doorstep in future. In Bihar, there are also areas which are dry," he told PTI.Hussain said every year there is a flood-like situation in Assam and the authorities need to find a permanent solution. Its time professionals, administration and people put aside their differences and come together for the larger cause," Das told PTI."But my question is: Is that a solution? Is that a solution to a problem which has been recurring for years. In Assam, the toll is nearly 70 with 28 lakh people hit in 19 of the states 33 districts. There will be more unpredictable showers and rains in a limited period of time.The problem has reached our doorstep and we are "unintelligent" if we dont realise it, he said."We cant just pass it off as a natural calamity, a catastrophe every time and say this is beyond our control. We have to think of a permanent solution to the existing problem.Mumbai/New Delhi: Distressed over floods in Assam and Bihar, showbiz personalities such as Adil Hussain, Pankaj Tripathi and actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha are demanding a permanent solution to the annual cycle of deluge and destruction in their homelands. People have come out on the streets and are living in the so-called shelter homes with minimum or no facilities. This happens the world over but the consistency with which it has been happening in India and especially Bihar, where so many people lose their lives, its a cause of great worry," Suman said."At an individual level, we can contribute to the CMs flood relief fund.Patna-born Sinha said it is as if a bad omen is upon his home state, which was reeling under Crochet the effect of an encephalitis outbreak, extreme heat and now floods.Manoj Bajpayee, born in Bihars West Champaran district, is equally anguished, asking people to come forward and donate as much as possible."If that means to sit with the Nepal authorities and sign some kind of treaty, then so be it," he added. Its pathetic," the veteran actor-politician told PTI. A permanent solution is needed."

The plan now has to incorporate the fact that climate change is real. Interlinking of rivers, building on multiple smaller dams are some of the solutions professionals have suggested. Either we make our dams stronger or revive the network of canals.Tripathi, who hails from Bihars Chhapra district, also called for a long-term solution to tackle floods in his state. We have been doing nothing about it. We need to find out how it can be channelised as you cannot control a river in its entirety, it can only be channelised so that if none, fewer lives are affected by the floods," the actor told PTI. But every year floods will happen and a relief fund will be started."This happens year after year. This also means we have stopped loving people and our country. But this is not the time to play the blame-game. We are not patriots and not worthy of calling ourselves responsible citizens," he added..A permanent solution is imperative, he said.