Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anil Kumar Rai Vs Ministry of Environment & Forest & Others dated 29/07/2019 regarding M/s. Broadson Commodities Pvt. Ltd., illegally undertaking sand mining on the riverbeds of Sone River in Bhojpur District, Bihar, in the process of which many temporary …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anil Kumar Rai Vs Ministry of Environment & Forest & Others dated 29/07/2019 regarding M/s. Broadson Commodities Pvt. Ltd., illegally undertaking sand mining on the riverbeds of Sone River in Bhojpur District, Bihar, in the process of which many temporary …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amarshakti Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 14/02/2019 regarding illegal sand mining in rivers Sone and Ganga at Koelnar and Patna in Bihar. The illegal mining was resulting in affecting the flow of the rivers. The Tribunal had directed …
CM Nitish Kumar undertakes aerial survey; boats evacuate people With the water level in the Ganga rising, the flood situation in Bihar was grim on Sunday. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed apprehension that the situation could worsen by Monday in view of the release of water from Bansagar dam. …
BHOJPUR: A committee of locals here has held a demonstration, putting forth a six-point demand including immediate compensation for the damage caused by the under-construction Eastern Hydropower Project in Pikhuwa Khola, Bhojpur. The locals protested after the project, under construction for over six years affecting fertility of villagers’ arable lands, …
PATNA: The panchayati raj department (PRD) has admitted before the Patna high court that solar lights worth over Rs 24.92 crore were purchased in an irregular manner and without following the prescribed norms by different panchayats in Bhojpur district. While submitting a supplementary counter-affidavit in the Nagrik Adhikar Manch versus …
A mass drug administration program is to be undertaken in 40 districts of the country beginning February 8 under the Elephantiasis Control Program. The program would be conducted in two phases. In the first phase medicines would be administered in Bhojpur, Ilam, Jhapa, Morang, Okhaldhunga, Panchthar, Saptari, Siraha, Sunsari, Udayapur, …
Advances in agricultural development have largely been a direct result of increased usage of new technologies. Among other important factors, farmers’ perceptions of risks associated with the new technology as well as their ability or willingness to take risks greatly influences their adoption decisions. In this paper we conduct a …
The flood situation in 20 of the 38 Bihar districts remained grim on Wednesday with the toll rising to 176, including five persons - three in Munger and two in Bhagalpur district - drowning in the floodwaters during the last 24 hours. The flood fury is unlikely to relent over …
Around 5.5 million people have been affected due to floods in 20 districts of Bihar , with the death toll going up to 160, official figures showed. With the flood situation remaining critical, thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes and struggle for survival under the open …
ARA: The flood situation in Barahara, Shahpur, Bihia, Udwantnagar, Koelwar and Ara blocks in the northern part of Bhojpur district became all the more grim after the swirling water of the Ganga inundated at least 40 fresh villages on Monday. Thousands of people have taken shelter on the village dam …
The flood situation in Barahara, Shahpur, Bihia, Udwantnagar, Koelwar and Ara blocks in the northern part of Bhojpur district became all the more grim after the swirling water of the Ganga inundated at least 40 fresh villages on Monday. Thousands of people have taken shelter on the village dam or …
The rampaging floods that has hit at least five out of 14 blocks in Bhojpur district have started taking its toll of precious human lives. With three more drowning in flooded rivers, the death toll in the current flood has gone up to seven in flood-ravaged Shahpur and Barahara blocks …
Thirty-five more Maoist affected districts will now be able to divert forestland for creation of critical public utility infrastructure like schools, hospitals, police stations and rural roads without having to seek mandatory forest clearance. The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) recently extended the ‘relaxed’ norms to these districts, taking …
The road link between Ara-Barahara, Ara-Salempur, Keshovpur-Saraiya has been snapped as swollen Ganga has overtopped the roads and flowing two feet above the roads. Flood water has entered at least two dozen villages under Barahara, Ara Sadar and Koelwar blocks in Bhojpur district inundating Bakhorapur, Neknam Tola, Karaza, Bhasuhala, Mahudahi, …
This analysis examines what the ubiquitous presence of political “brokers” who mediate many people’s access to state institutions reveals about the Indian state and the complex causes of corruption in Indian public life. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Bihar since 2002, it reveals the role of brokers within both …
Shoumojit Banerjee Ara (Bhojpur): Fears of cameras haunt the Brahmin-dominated village of Simaria-Ojhapatti in Bhojpur district, the hub of arsenic-infested drinking water in Bihar.
Alto gether 18 children were born blind in the arsenic affected blocks of Bhojpur district during the past three months, Bihar health minis- ter Nand Kishore Yadav confirmed on Wednesday. The cause of the blindness was not yet known, but health department officials were in touch with ophthal- mologists, he …
PATNA: Altogether 18 children were born blind in the arsenic affected blocks of Bhojpur district during the past three months, Bihar Health Minister Nand Kishore Yadav confirmed. The cause of the blindness was not yet known, but health department officials were in touch with ophthalmologists, he said. The arsenic affected …
The middle and upper Ganga plains covering the upstream part from Rajmahal Hills, were earlier considered to be free from arsenic groundwater contamination. Initially, the contamination (>0.05 mg/l) was reported in 2002 from two villages, Bariswan and Simaria Ojhapatti of Bhojpur district of Bihar. Studies by the Central Ground Water …
