More than 30,000 villagers in a dozen VDCs in Sunsari district including Paschim Pipara, Haripur, Madhuvan, Kuswaha and Shripur have been displaced due to inundation caused by Koshi River. Closure of most of the doors in the Koshi barrage caused the flooding in the villages, reports say. In the initiatives of the local administration, 40 doors out of 56 have been opened to give outlet to the water. The locals began to flee the villages after 8 p.m. Sunday as the water started to swamp the villages. The flood will badly affect the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve as well if it is not controlled immediately. The chief district office of Sunsari Durga Prasad Bhandari and security officials visited the incident site early morning. Local administration has asked Bihar government to take initiative to control the disaster. The river water has washed away a vast paddy field in the area