Guwaradih village is located in Naugachhia sub-division of Bhagalpur district in Bihar. Several priceless artefacts have been found at the site during the excavation of a mound over the past year.
- According to some archaeologists, these items could be 2,500-years-old and could be of interest for historians.
- Unfortunately this historical site is facing threats from the Kosi river- known as the “Sorrow of Bihar”. The Kosi currently flows around 300-400 metres from the site, while its old course is about two kilometres from the village.
- The Bihar government has planned to divert the course of the Kosi river in Bhagalpur district to save this archaeological site Guwaradih discovered recently.
- However, Bihar Government’s decision has not gone down well to some environmentalists. They say that changing the Kosi’s course could be disastrous for Bihar as seen in 2008.
- In 2008, the river had breached its mud embankments at Kushaha in Nepal causing extensive damage to life and property downstream in five densely populated districts of namely Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura, Purnia and Araria.
(Source: Down to Earth)
