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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding desilting of the Defence Colony drain in Delhi before the monsoon, 16/04/2025

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 …

Emergence of Orientia tsutsugamushi as an important cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in India

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 …

Floods grim in 7 districts, Ganga & Burhi Gandak still in spate

Patna: The death toll in the floods in the state increased to 72, but the situation slightly eased on Wednesday. Water resources department officials claimed the rivers, except the Ganga and Burhi Gandak, were showing receding trend across the state. State disaster management department said around 69.42 lakh people in …

45% infant deaths take place within 24 hours of birth, says study

Patna: Early neonatal mortality (deaths within 24 hours of birth) still makes the highest contribution to Bihar's infant mortality rate. A study in the state's ten districts has found 45% infant deaths take place within 24 hours. Neonatal deaths within 28 days are also high with 21% dying during the …

Fund nod for parallel roads in four bordering districts

The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday approved Rs 393.09 crore for the construction of parallel roads in four bordering districts of the state. These roads would be constructed under the NABARD loan scheme in Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Kishanganj and East Champaran. The construction of altogether 58 small and medium size bridges are …

Minutes of the meeting of the Programme Approval Board for Mid Day Meal Scheme for Bihar held on 23.04. 2013

The meeting of the Programme Approval Board Mid-Day Meal to consider the Annual Work Plan & Budget 2013-14 in respect of state of Bihar was held on 23.04.2013 at New Delhi.

Bihar govt confirms 100 deaths, suspects encephalitis

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 …

Bhagalpur reeling under Ganga fury

More than 70,000 families are facing the wrath of the turbulent Ganga in Bihar's Bhagalpur district. Aerial survey On Sunday afternoon, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who conducted an aerial survey of the areas ravaged by the river, however, told journalists here that “flood waters were receding” and that no major …

Two drowned in river, flood situation worsens

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.

Officials unmoved by court order

A high court order has not deterred a distillery in Sitamarhi district of Bihar from discharging effluents into the Bagmati. On January 27, the Patna High Court had ordered the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (spcb) and the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) to check pollution from Righa Sugar Company …

Officials unmoved by court order

A high court order has not deterred a distillery in Sitamarhi district of Bihar from discharging effluents into the Bagmati. On January 27, the Patna High Court had ordered the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (spcb) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to check pollution from Righa Sugar Company …

Bagmati breaches embankment

Probe may put Buta Singh in a fix on august 1, when the Bagmati river breached its sand embankment in Sitamarhi district, Bihar, it brought unforeseen trouble for the state

Fresh flood fear over riverbank erosions

ANAND S.T. DAS PATNA While the flood situation in north Bihar eased with water levels in some rivers falling down the danger marks, there were fresh worries on Wednesday from continuous erosions of embankments at several places and a new breach seen in the Bagmati's embankment. Officials said the flood …

Bihar: Flood waters recede

ANAND S.T. DAS Aug. 4: Reeling under swirling waters of swollen rivers for three days, large parts of north Bihar found some respite from the floods on Tuesday as water levels in several rivers receded. But authorities are still struggling to address the huge human distress caused by the floods. …

Drought far more serious than Bagmati flooding: Kumar

THE large-scale destruction unleashed by the Kosi river last year is still fresh in the minds of the people and, not surprisingly, when the river Bagmati breached its embankment at Runisaidpur in Sitamarhi district on Saturday, it created a scare which many felt would only compound the problems of the …

Centre rushes more rescue forces to flood-hit Sitamarhi

New Delhi: With breach in the embankment of swollen Bagmati river leaving nearly one lakh people homeless in Sitamarhi district in north Bihar, the Centre on Sunday rushed an additional contingent of its National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)

Bihar flood situation worsens

ANAND S.T. DAS PATNA The flood situation in north Bihar worsened on Sunday with the Bagmati's marauding waters entering fresh areas and the NH-77, connecting Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur, getting inundated. The number of affected people rose to 1.5 lakh since Saturday's embankment breach. As chief minister Nitish Kumar made an …

Nepal radio plays saviour in Bihar floods

A Nepalese community radio station has become the only source of news for flood-hit villagers in Bihar's Darbhanga district. Radio Janakpur is a popular station for people in Bihar's Darbhanga and Sitamarhi districts, even in normal times. But with people not getting newspapers, and with the local radio station submerged …

Battling Bihar

As northern Bihar reels under heavy floods, the worst in a decade, the State government struggles hard to take relief to the people. THE flood that ravaged the northern districts of Bihar in July is arguably the worst in the past decade. According to unconfirmed reports, around 150 people lost …

The North Bihar earthquake of the 15th January, 1934

On Monday the 15th January 1934 Calcutta experienced an earthquake shock of fair intensity which lasted for over three minutes. News from the country was available only next morning, showing that Patna, Monghyr and Jamalpur had suffered severely. News from the most affected region arrived only two or three days …

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