Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of 'News item titled "Jamshedpur Sidgoda mein nadi se avaidh rup se Baalu dhulai ka khel jaari prashashan maun" appearing in Prabhat Khabar dated 24.12.2023' dated 26/02/2024. The news item disclosed that in Subarnarekha river at Sidhgora police station area, large …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of 'News item titled "Jamshedpur Sidgoda mein nadi se avaidh rup se Baalu dhulai ka khel jaari prashashan maun" appearing in Prabhat Khabar dated 24.12.2023' dated 26/02/2024. The news item disclosed that in Subarnarekha river at Sidhgora police station area, large …
RANCHI: The iron ore mines of Kiriburu and Meghatuburu in East Singhbhum district are likely to be thrown open to tourists for the first time in early 2017. The directorate of state tourism department has drawn up a list of sites across the state for implementing its proposed mining, adventure, …
The Union Cabinet is yet to clear the proposal of building three crore houses for the rural poor.The Union Cabinet is yet to clear the proposal of building three crore houses for the rural poor. Launching the 'Housing for All' scheme last June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said a …
Jamshedpur: With more than 20 fresh cases of silicosis having surfaced in East Singhbhum, the chorus for revisiting the State Action Plan For Prevention and Mitigation of Silicosis has only got louder. Of the total number of fresh cases, five are women patients, who have sustained the killer disease owing …
The lid is off a basic reason why generations of girls drop out of school, never discovering their potential. Schools, state-run or otherwise, may have a toilet, but if existing loos lack basics such as privacy or water, girls prefer to stay at home. Reason — they feel too unsafe …
The government is working on a plan to extend the state's green cover, which, according to the forest department's website, has witnessed a growth of 340 sq km in 2011. The state is planning to plant 1.14 crore saplings in financial year 2013-14. "The job is well on track and …
The Tummalapalle mine in Andhra Pradesh, commissioned in April, will help meet India’s demand for natural uranium, used in indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors. The trail has steep slopes and sharp turns everywhere. Wearing helmet headlamps and gumboots, we hopped on to a “passenger carrier” to begin our trip to …
Jamshedpur, Oct. 20: A team of senior district officials today inspected eight ghats, starting a special drive to spruce up over 12 major sites for immersion on Vijaya Dashami on October 24. The officials visited Subernarekha Ghat in Sakchi, Kapali Ghat and Domuhani (Sonari), Bodhanwala Ghat (Bistupur), Pandey Ghat (Bhuiyandih), …
The recent furore in Rajasthan over mobile towers installed near schools and hospitals triggered a similar protest in Jamshedpur, though on a smaller scale, but the district administration remained clueless on what to do, citing lack of clear-cut directions from the state government. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court came …
Ranchi, Aug. 17: Jharkhand is set to hop on to the organic farming bandwagon this financial year. Plans are afoot to cultivate 25,000 hectares spread over 13 districts and the state government has already earmarked Rs 17 crore for the purpose and work is expected to begin by the end …
The integrated diseases surveillance programme (IDSP) unit of East Singhbhum received on Wednesday the much-awaited Elisa diagnostic kits — one set each for encephalitis (cerebral malaria), dengue and chikungunya — from National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune. Jolted by three cerebral deaths in 48 hours and last year’s chikungunya outbreak …
From a steel city to a vegetable bowl, Jamshedpur is ready for a paradigm shift in its identity with ponds, check dams and groundwater recharge models in the pipeline to end irrigation woes. A brainchild of local MP Ajoy Kumar, the project details for the city and its adjoining areas …
The National Human Rights Commission has come down heavily on the Jharkhand government on the 22 documented silicosis deaths in the state, asking the Chief Secretary to explain why the families of the deceased should not be recommended for monetary compensation. The NHRC has noted that “the enforcement agencies of …
And it’s time to take on an elephantine challenge. Nearly 3,000 surveyors — armed with notebooks, pencils and area maps — will fan out across all the 24 districts of the state from Friday to tally the dwindling population of Elephas maximus indicus or Indian elephant, which has been listed …
Chief minister Arjun Munda has said that his government had approved Rs 70 crore for the Ghaghidih drinking water project and Rs 90 crore for Govindpur, promising an end to the crisis for residents of the two localities and Gadra on the outskirts of the city. Munda made the announcement …
Jamshedpur, March 18: The JMM, in an effort to kill two birds with one stone, has launched a campaign to help people store water during summer by creating temporary check dams on the rivers of East Singhbhum to shore up its vote bank in the district. An initiative of district …
A tripartite meeting convened by the East Singhbhum administration at the district collectorate to resolve land issues plaguing those displaced by the Dimna reservoir failed to make much headway on Wednesday. During the hour-long deliberations, chaired by sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Dhalbhum Subodh Prasad, Tata Steel officials refused to agree …
Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday directed Tata Steel to prepare an action plan to remove slag from Kharkai and Subernarekha, the rap coming three days before the founder’s day celebrations and after almost a decade of shifting views on the contentious issue of industrial waste poisoning Jamshedpur’s border rivers. Way …
The East Singhbhum district administration has stepped in to resolve the stand-off over disposal of biomedical waste by nursing homes and private hospitals after a city-based human rights outfit took up the matter. East Singhbhum DC Himani Pande has come up with a proposal of nursing homes and clinics, which …
Chief minister Arjun Munda on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a Rs 6-crore rural drinking water project at Manpur village, Baharagora block in East Singhbhum, about 100 kilometres from Jamshedpur, signalling his government’s commitment to the hinterland. Accompanied by deputy chief minister Hemant Soren and Bahragora MLA Vidyut Barun …
