Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sitesh Kumar Gunjan & Others Vs State of Bihar dated 15/05/2020. A report was sought from the Bihar State PCB with reference to the allegation of illegal encroachment and water pollution of a stream at village Pokharpur, District Nalanda, Bihar …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sitesh Kumar Gunjan & Others Vs State of Bihar dated 15/05/2020. A report was sought from the Bihar State PCB with reference to the allegation of illegal encroachment and water pollution of a stream at village Pokharpur, District Nalanda, Bihar …
Factual and action taken report in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order of October 16, 2019 in the matter of Sitesh Kumar Gunjan & Others Vs State of Bihar. The matter related to illegal encroachment and water pollution of stream at village Pokharpur, district Nalanda, Bihar by the running …
The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposal of energy department under Chief Minister's New and Renewable Energy Scheme for installation of 3,000 solar pumps and one kilowatt offgrid power plants on residential and commercial buildings. Principal secretary (cabinet secretariat) Brajesh Mehrotra said the cabinet OK'd a grant of Rs …
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 …
PATNA: The flood toll in the state mounted to 24 with five more deaths on Tuesday. One person was killed in Patna district and four in Nalanda. The official figure, however, is 16 only. Twelve persons had died across the state in flood-related incidents till Sunday and the figure increased …
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 …
Nine districts of Bihar have been hit by flood which has claimed two lives so far and affected around four lakh people. chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, accompanied by chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh and Disaster Management Department (DMD) principal secretary Vyasji, conducted an aerial survey of the inundated areas …
With the detection of 23 fresh dengue positive cases at Noorsarai and 17 at Islampur in Nalanda district in the last three days, the total number of dengue positive cases detected in the district since its outbreak some 15 days back, crossed the 100 mark. Most of these patients have …
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 fund and grain flow for the Midday Meal (MDM) scheme suffers from major inefficiencies resulting in poor implementation of the flagship programme. A study by Accountability Initiative — PAISA district survey of MDM — in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has found significant problems with the way MDM is managed …
This study conducted by Accountability Initiative found several inefficiencies and widespread irregularities in implementation of the flagship Mid-Day Meal scheme in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. This study attempts to fill this gap in the context of the Mid Day Meal scheme (MDM). It employs a unique method to track fund …
An innovation needs support to survive. The same innovation can make a revolution, provided it gets the recognition and support from the government. The Bihar government has shown how an innovation when transformed into a revolution can influence food production.
Work has started on the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded project of Rs 650 crore in seven towns of power-starved Bihar for upgrading electricity transmission lines to cut down losses. The project will be completed by June 2016, said sources in the Power Ministry, which facilitated the loan. The seven towns …
For a change, farmers in Bihar may well look up to the Sun now than cloud. Awadhesh Kumar, a resident of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s native village Kalyan Bigaha under Nalanda, had a different kind of irrigation experience this month, with his fields experiencing the functioning of a solar photo …
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s dream of India’s second green revolution taking off from Bihar seems to be coming closer to reality thanks to his namesake, Nitish Kumar, a young farmer of Darveshpura village in Nalanda district who has set what is claimed to be a world record in potato production …
Alarmingly deficient monsoon rains, canals with little water and defunct tube wells have brought back the fear of a drought in large parts of Bihar for the second consecutive year. Sensing the farmers
Patna: Sixteen persons, including three children, were killed and more than 25 injured when a high velocity storm struck eastern Bihar on Friday morning. This is the second instance of a thunderstorm hitting the State after a Nor'wester hit West Bengal, Bihar and Assam last month, claiming more than 130 …
