Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
A close examination of Bihar's recent growth experience reveals several paradoxes. These are paradoxes only with reference to certain orthodox positions widely held in development economics. Resolving these paradoxes helps formulate a more incisive understanding of what bottlenecks lie in the way of eliminating poverty in Bihar and opens the …
What impact has the award of the Fourteenth Finance Commission had on the resources and spending of state governments? Does it necessarily have to lead to a decline in outlays in the social sector? An illustrative and preliminary exercise for Bihar.
Patna: In probably a first in recent years, a Patna district administration team on Sunday night intercepted a wedding procession on Sinha Library Road and ordered it to stop playing the band as it was well past 10pm, the deadline after which playing loud music at public places has been …
With an aim of bringing down the level of pollution in Ganga, the Centre will hold a meeting with heads of all 1,657 villages situated along the river here next week. During the day-long conference 'Ganga Swachhata - Gramin Sahabhagita', scheduled to be held on January 30, Union Water Resources …
PATNA: Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) chairman Subhash Prasad Singh on Wednesday asked Patnaites to lend their support in controlling the noise pollution levels in the state capital. While launching the first phase of an extensive awareness campaign against noise pollution, Singh stuck stickers reading 'Don't Honk - Noise …
Patna: The Centre for Environment and Energy Development (CEED), which on Sunday released its report 'Towards Healthy Air for Patna', claimed that vehicles contributed to about 12% of air pollution in Patna and government should provide effective public transport to curb this alarming situation. CEED's programme manager Ankiya Jyoti said …
People in Patna are forced to inhale air containing Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) much above the permissible limit, an environment body has said, urging the Bihar government to take immediate action to check the pollution. A report titled "Toward Healthy Air for Patna", released on Sunday by the Centre …
Authorities on Sunday demolished more than 120 stone crushers operating illegally in Bihar’s Rohtas district, the police said. “It was part of action against the stone-mining mafia who have been operating in violation of the rule of law,” a district police official said. Agitated over the action, a group of …
Patna: More than 400 students of St Xavier's High School (SXHS) took out a road show outside the school campus on Tuesday in association with Patna traffic police to create awareness about ill effects of noise pollution. The event, organised by Students' Oxygen Movement, saw the Xaverians telling passers-by the …
Patna: At a time when poor air quality has become a matter of concern in major cities of the country and efforts are being made the overcome the situation, residents of Patna are forced to inhale probably the worse ambient air with no solution in sight. One major source of …
State election commissioner (SEC) Ashok Kumar Chauhan on 4 January 2016 announced that toilets will be mandatory requirement for eligibility to contest panchayat elections. This declaration means that no one can contest the Bihar panchayat elections scheduled in 2016 without having a toilet at their home. SEC said that candidates …
Open defecation is practised by over 600 million people in India and there is a strong political drive to eliminate this through the provision of on-site sanitation in rural areas. However, there are concerns that the subsequent leaching of excreta from subsurface storage could be adversely impacting underlying groundwater resources …
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday proposed banning sirens in vehicles barring those of the Governor, Patna High Court Chief Justice, fire engines and ambulances to check increasing sound pollution. Presiding over a Home Department review meeting, Mr Kumar stressed on measures to contain noise pollution by blaring …
Bihar will seek financial assistance of Rs 55,970 crore from the Centre for the construction, development and renovation of various national highways (NHs) and mega bridges when deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav will call on Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi on December 30. …
Patna: Unhappy with the state government's reply on "excessive noise pollution" in major towns of Bihar, the Patna high court on Monday sought a detailed report from it. Acting on a PIL filed by one Samir Kumar, a division bench of acting chief Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari and Justice Chakradhari …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in this report highlighted gross irregularities in implementation of the midday meal (MDM) scheme. The states were fudging numbers to claim more funds for procuring foodgrains revealed the report presented in Parliament on Dec 18, 2015 . Despite the existence of the …
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said his government was committed to achieving its target of providing safe drinking water to all and to construct toilets in all households in the state. "The Grand Alliance government is working to get rid of open defecation in Bihar," he said after …
PATNA: In a bid to provide some relief to Patnaites choking in the very poor quality ambient air, the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) seems to have taken a cue from the recent Paris climate accord and issued a five-point advisory to the state's chief secretary. The advisory includes …
JHARKHAND -- Mild tremors of 4.2 magnitude were felt in parts of Bihar and Jharkhand on Tuesday morning. People reported feeling mild tremors in Gaya and Jamui of Bihar and Deoghar and Dhanbad of Jharkhand. No loss of life or damage to property has been reported yet. "I was reading …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ratneshwar Prasad Singh Vs. Banka Municipality & Ors. dated 15/12/2015 faulty construction of sewerage system, Banka Municipality, Bihar. Previous Related Order
