Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
In Bangladesh, women are often more vulnerable to climate hazards than men, as their mostly farming-based livelihoods are highly vulnerable to flooding and cyclones. However, women are often left out of community decisions and their views are not incorporated into climate change adaptation planning or disaster-risk reduction activities. Christian Commission …
Farm produce on 1.61 lakh hectares of land has been damaged so far as per a survey. With one fresh death reported from Gopalganj, the toll in Bihar floods on Wednesday increased to 61 with many areas in 13 districts still under water in the state. The floods have affected …
Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is used to control visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in India, but it is poorly quality assured. Quality assurance was performed in eight VL endemic districts in Bihar State, India, in 2014. Residual dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) was sampled from walls using Bostik tape discs, and DDT concentrations [grams of …
The flood situation worsened in Bihar on Sunday with two more people losing their lives, taking the death toll to 36, even as flood waters entered fresh areas, pushing up the number of affected districts to 17. “One death each has been reported from Patna and Gopalganj district on Sunday …
At least seven more persons were killed on Monday as flood situation remained grim affecting over 7 lakh people in 13 districts of the state. Six persons were killed in the worst hit Nalanda district and one in Sitamarhi, official sources said. Twelve persons had been killed due to flood …
The Bihar Government has sounded alert in 28 flood-prone districts following a warning issued by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in the wake of cyclone Phailin that pounded Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Bihar is experiencing incessant rain accompanied by strong winds since Sunday morning affecting the festive mood. Heavy downpour in …
An alert was sounded in Bihar after two youths were drowned in a flooded river on Monday. The flood situation worsened in Gopalganj, Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur districts with rivers swelling.
Shoumojit Banerjee PATNA: At least 25 North Bihar villages were flooded when waters from the Gandak river breached the makeshift embankment in the early hours of Sunday morning in the State's Gopalganj district. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held an emergency meeting in the morning with top officials of the Disaster …
Bihar government sounded red alert in Gopalganj and Chhapra after Gandak breached Saran embankment by 10 feet on Thursday afternoon. The stand-by embankment running to the breach point, however, is still intact. Even though over 3,000 workers have been trying to save the second embankment
PATNA: The Saran embankment, under severe strain from the rising Gandak river, gave way on Thursday afternoon causing a breach in a 500-metre stretch of the embankment near Simaria village in North Bihar's Gopalganj district. The State government, which has been mobilising resources since Tuesday, has started relief operations in …
Shoumojit Banerjee Patna: North Bihar faces the prospect of a severe flood with the turbulent waters of the Gandak putting a huge strain on the Saran embankment near Simaria village in Gopalganj district. State Water Resources and Disaster Management authorities told The Hindu on Wednesday that the embankment was in …
There is no let up in the overall flood situation in Bihar with major rivers in spate even as 1.5 million people continue to be affected by the deluge in 11 north Bihar districts, official sources said. The Central Water Commission sources said major rivers like Kosi, Mahananda, Bagmati, Kamala …
Fish worth about Tk 10 lakh of three enclosures owned by a fish trader were poisoned to death as a consequence to previous enmity at Damakair village in Sadar upazila last midnight. Barun Kanti Biswas, owner of Demonath fish project, at the same village incurred the loss when he found …
