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 …
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday launched a two-day vaccination campaign in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district hit by a suspected encephalitis outbreak that has claimed the lives of at least 139 children. “The campaign has been launched to ensure 100 percent immunization of children in the affected areas,” Dr. Vardhan …
The Centre and Bihar Government will undertake a special vaccination drive immunising children in select districts of Bihar affected by the killer Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) on June 22 and 23 but concerns about its effectiveness will still remain as no vaccine has been developed so far to treat the …
One among three long-standing mystery diseases listed in Wikipedia is acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. This disease has remained for over two decades without determining a cause for; hence it is called mystery disease. It occurs annual seasonal outbreaks during the months of April-July, affecting hundreds of children …
PATNA: Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) will hold a two-day final public hearing on tariff petition for 2014-15 here on February 12 and 13. The hearing for Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. The public hearing in Chhapra and Gaya would be held on February 5 …
The latest Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has found gross irregularities in mining and quarrying in Bihar, which caused estimated revenue loss of Rs 442 crore in 535 cases between 2008-09 and 2010-11. According to the report district mining officers of the State are totally ignorant of the situation …
A study done by International Growth Centre (IGC) said that 71% of the budget for hot cooked meals at around 200 anganwadi centres (AWCs) in Bihar was lost in leakage. It also revealed that 38% of the Take Home Ration (THR) fund too gets lost in leakage. IDinsight, one of …
Flood waters entered over 100 villages in Bihar in the past 24 hours, forcing people to abandon their homes, as many rivers in the state rose and posed a threat to other villages too, officials said Thursday. All the inundated villages are in the flood-prone districts of Purnea, Araria, Kishanganj, …
The Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) has gone out of control here as seven children have died at S K Medical College Hospital (SKMCH) and Kejriwal Hospital in the last 12 hours taking the toll to 39 in 35 days. Of the seven, who died in the last 12 hours, six …
The dreaded encephalitis that has reared its head in summer in Bihar has claimed the lives of 30 children so far. Most of the deaths have been reported from Muzaffarpur and adjoining districts, officials told The Hindu . As many as 108 cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), marked by …
Seven more children have succumbed to encephalitis in Bihar, taking the total deaths in the state since early May to 18, officials said Thursday. Two of the children died Wednesday and one Thursday morning in hospitals in Muzaffarpur district, a health official said. Over half a dozen children were warded …
A six-month-old baby succumbed to a deadly mosquito-borne disease in Bihar Thursday, taking the toll from the disease to three in 2013, and 16 children have been admitted to hospitals in Muzaffarpur, officials said. Six-month-old Himanshu Kumar died of suspected Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), at Sakra Referral Hospital, Muzaffarpur Civil …
While the district health department is still busy in making preparations for providing better medicare to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) patients in SK Medical College Hospital (SKMCH) and Kejriwal Private Hospital here, children with symptoms of suspected encephalitis have started pouring in the two hospitals. During the last 36 hours, …
The prevailing intense cold wave has claimed 11 more lives in Bihar, taking the total number of deaths in the state due to inclement weather to 18, an official said Thursday. "The inclement weather claimed 11 more lives within a span of 24 hours, taking the death toll to 18 …
Off-grid biomass plants light up villages; experts demand clarity on tariff regulation It is 10 pm. Too late in the night by village standards. But the four benches around Mote Singh’s tea stall are occupied. People are chatting while sipping tea. More than a year ago, the stall in Sahebganj …
Encephalitis toll in Bihar has risen to 221 since May this year following death of 12 more patients on Wednesday, official sources said. Altogether 153 children have died due to symptoms of encephalitis in the Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital and Kejriwal Charitable Hospital in Muzaffarpur, while 52 children …
The Bihar government confirmed on Tuesday that 100 children aged below 13 have died because of suspected encephalitis this season, mostly in Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Motihari, Sitamarhi and also in peripheral Patna. Health Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey said: “We confirm 100 deaths in last two months but are yet to know …
A growing number of renewables based off-grid solution providers in Bihar area working with villagers who have inadequate grid access and with commercial and industrial consumers facing poor grid reliability. Some of these consumers, who resorted to the use of expensive diesel generator (DG) sets, now report that renewable-based-off-grid solutions …
Bihar has set out to match Mumbai with its own version of the Marine Drive. The 21.5km Ganga Path, coming up in Patna by June 2015, will be one of the country’s biggest public-private-partnership projects at an estimated cost of Rs 2,234.46 crore. The Bihar State Road Development Corporation will …
Sixteen SUVs which the Union Health ministry had provided for its vector-borne disease control programme — to be used for surveillance purposes — have become a bone of contention between the ministry and Bihar government after a Central inspection team on a recent visit to the state found that only …
