About BKFRP The Kosi River rises in China and drains the Everest massif, flowing off the Himalayas, across the Nepal plains into India to flow across Bihar. On August 18, 2008, the Kosi River burst through its eastern embankment 11 km upstream of the Kosi Barrage in Nepal, 8 km north of the Indian border. This created major flooding in Nepal and Bihar with about 3.3 million people affected in Bihar alone. The 2008 Kosi floods are considered the worst flood disaster in the last 50 years in India and were declared a national calamity by the Government of India (GoI). About 1 million people were evacuated, and 460,000 people were provided temporary shelter in 360 relief camps with medical and maternity facilities. The floods had a devastating impact on people and their livelihood: more than 500 people lost their lives; thousands of families dependent on farming, lost land due to siltation, and standing, paddy and other seasonal crops were destroyed. Massive damage occurred to housing and infrastructure in the five most affected districts of Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura, Araria and Purnea. The Bihar AapdaPunarwasEvamPunarnirman Society (BAPEPS) is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 formed with the objective of rehabilitation and reconstruction of disaster affected areas and bringing convergence between all agencies working in this field. The Bihar AapdaPunarwasEvamPunarnirman Society (BAPEPS) has been given the mandate to implement the US $ 259 million World Bank assisted Bihar Kosi Flood Recovery Project (BKFRP) in Kosi flood affected area. Bihar AapdaPunarwasEvamPunarnirman Society (BAPEPS) is a special purpose Society registered under the Bihar Societies Registration Act, 1860 under the administrative control of the State Planning and Development Department. BAPEPS is the designated primary entity responsible for planning, co-ordination, implementation and monitoring of the project, other than the Livelihood component which will be implemented by the Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (BRLPS). The first phase would address the immediate needs of the State for recovery from Kosi flood disaster (through emergency financing), while the second phase will develop a comprehensive programme of support for the state's longer term needs on overall disaster management and would be a multi-sector state-wide programme. Thus the need arises to establish dedicated office for the society and deploy personnel. Therefore it is proposed to hire human resources agency to assist BAPEPS to deploy the identified personnel. The first phase would address the immediate needs of the State for recovery from Kosi flood disaster (through emergency financing), while the second phase will develop a comprehensive programme of support for the state's longer term needs on overall disaster management and would be a multi-sector state-wide programme. Thus the need arises to establish dedicated office for the society and deploy personnel. Therefore it is proposed to hire human resources agency to assist BAPEPS to deploy the identified personnel.