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 …
PATNA: The state government on Tuesday handed over three of its power generation plants to National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd on 30-year lease. The plants are Barauni Thermal Power Station (BTPS), Kanti Bijli Utpadan Nigam Limited (KBUNL) and Nabinagar Power Generating Company Limited (NPGCL). A memorandum of understanding (MoU) …
PATNA: All school buses, vans, traveller buses and trucks in Patna will have to undergo fitness and pollution test from May 23. The permits of those commercial vehicles, except auto-rickshaws, will be cancelled if they failed to pass the test, Patna divisional commissioner Anand Kishor said on Tuesday. He has …
PATNA: In a bid to minimise pollution level, the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) on Thursday decided not to allow commercial diesel vehicles more than 15-year-old to ply on city roads from December this year. The action plan envisaged by BSPCB for reducing air pollution in the city will …
PATNA: The air quality near Maurya Lok Complex, Bihar Veterinary College and Walmi has been found to be “very poor”, as per ‘An Assessment Report of Air Quality of Patna City at Different Micro-Environment’ released by deputy CM and minister of environment and forest department Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday. …
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday differed from the recent report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) that ranked Patna the fifth most polluted city in the world. The situation in Patna is not so bad as it has been mentioned in the WHO report, he said. …
PATNA: State energy minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav along with state road construction minister Nand Kishore Yadav on Wednesday laid foundation stones of two projects related to solar power plants and solar street lights in Patna Sahib area. The projects will be completed by September this year. Under one of the …
Patna: Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who also holds the forest and environment portfolio, hinted at banning plying of vehicles that are over 15 years old. "At present we cannot ban their plying because it comes under the Motor Vehicle Act, which is a central law," Sushil said at …
Patna: The Bihar State Pollution Control Board has written a letter to the district administrations for restricting the use of firecrackers and disc jockeys during weddings to curb pollution. The letter issued to the district magistrates, senior superintendents of police, and superintendents of police says air pollution "increases tremendously with …
PATNA: The state tobacco control coordination committee (STCCC) on Monday decided to recruit state and district level officers in tobacco control cells under the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) of the central government in order to curb the use of tobacco in Bihar. Chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh may also …
PATNA: The state capital has only 132 public toilets for over 20 lakh population, causing inconvenience to the denizens, said Vishal Anand, the deputy commissioner of Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC), on Monday. The city vying for the Smart City tag with population floating every day also fairs quite poor in …
Patna: Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) plans to expedite the process of introducing compressed natural gas (CNG) in the city to address air pollution after a World Health Organization (WHO) report noted that Patna is the fifth most polluted city in the world in terms of PM 2.5 concentration …
Centre meets target of 18,000 villages but household metering remains a challenge The Narendra Modi-led government on Sunday celebrated meeting the target of connecting all villages of the country to the national electricity grid. The government started electrifying 18,000 villages, which did not have access to power, in 2015 and …
This study includes a seasonal analysis of sediment contamination of the River Gandak by heavy metals. It passes through the many small, medium and big cities of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in Indian Territory. To explore the geochemical condition of the streambed sediment of the river, seven heavy metals, namely …
PATNA: At least 115 malaria cases were reported across Bihar from January till March this year, as per the monthly surveillance report available on the state health society’s website. Of these, 102 were caused by plasmodium vivax parasite and 13 by plasmodium falciparum parasite. The health department has also identified …
PATNA: The Eco Club of Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) on Wednesday organised a series of programmes as part of the Earth Day which was observed across the globe on April 22. A seminar on ‘Reduce plastic load’ was also organised. The event was inaugurated by professor-in-charge of CUSB’s …
PATNA: Even as water is supposed to be an important instrument of poverty alleviation and plays a key role in the economic development of the country, it is not getting due attention of the planners and policy makers. Investment on water resources has been receding as the percentage of expenditure …
A plea challenging an office order issued by the Bihar government modifying the use of fly ash in construction-related activities near thermal plants prompted the National Green Tribunal today to seek responses from the Centre and the state government. A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore issued notice to …
PATNA: Patna University will soon install solar energy panels on its important buildings and take up rainwater harvesting projects with a view to creating an eco-friendly environment on the campus. PU will also bring out books on indigenous and traditional knowledge and flora on PU campus. These decisions were taken …
PATNA: The state cabinet has approved the modification in the Loknayak Ganga Path project. Of the 20.5km proposed driveway along the Ganga in Patna, a stretch of 11.7km will be now an elevated structure. The IIT-Roorkee had been assigned to study and modify the driveway project in 2016 in view …
Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) is a dreaded disease in India including the state of Bihar. Every year several people specially children, succumb to this disease and often the survivors are left with permanent residual disorders. The present research throws light on specific etiological agents that may cause AES and have …
