Telegraph (UK): Flood-affected people wait for a rescue team at Chondipur village of Madhepura district in India’s eastern state of Bihar Photo: REUTERS The authorities fear an outbreak of cholera and other water-borne diseases as those stranded have no access to food or clean drinking water. Fierce fighting erupted as thousands of evacuees attempted to board 800 overcrowded army boats deployed for evacuation, each capable of ferrying no more than a dozen passengers at a time …