Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Acharya Damodar Shastri & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/12/2021. Grievance in the application is against failure of the state authorities in preventing discharge of untreated sewage and waste water/effluents from Vrindavan and Kosi towns in river …
Briefly summarising the existing literature on the causes and the characteristics of expected climate changes in India over the coming years, this paper discusses the ways in which these changes might affect the lives of the poor. Rising temperatures, changes in rainfall patterns, and an increased frequency of floods and …
Dinesh Kumar Mishra looks back at the history of floods in North Bihar and wonders what this year has in store Had the Kosi river not breached its eastern embankment at Kusaha last year, 2008 would have gone down as a drought year in North Bihar. The rains were scanty …
Prerana Marasini KATHMANDU: Nepal and India have agreed to conduct round-the-clock patrolling of the embankments of the Koshi river during the flood season so that any repair needed is provided on time. Union Minster for Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal and Nepal
July 7: The Lok Sabha was adjourned when members of the BJD and JD(U) raised voices to express concern on the Centre allegedly asking back for relief funds given to Orissa and Bihar governments last year as flood relief grant. After deputy Leader Of Opposition Sushma Swaraj asked a supplementary …
New Delhi: The Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar, on Sunday slammed the Centre saying the State is yet to receive money for rehabilitation of last year
The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of globalisation and its discontents at a macro level in terms of weakening of the sovereign nation-state, deregulation, liberalisation, privatisation and marketisation. Second, the author would present the grand narrative of 'Dominant Development Discourse' (DDD) with its perceptions and priorities, …
Patna: The eastern Kosi embankment was safe and there was no need to panic, Bihar Water Resources Development Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav said on Friday. There has been a lot of panic following the reported breach of three coffer dams at Kusaha on May 26, resulting into heavy discharge of …
Patna: Nine months after a massive breach in the Kosi embankment triggered catastrophic floods in north Bihar, there is a danger of history repeating itself. On Tuesday night, the Kosi, swollen by persistent rain in Nepal, swept away two of the three coffer dams
NEW DELHI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to expedite infrastructure and social sector projects needed to develop the State. Task force Congratulating Dr. Singh on his assuming office , the Chief Minister, in a letter on Saturday, sought his assistance and support in the …
By Abhay Kumar, Minutes after polling was over in the Kosi belt, the Bihar government received a letter from the disaster management division of the Ministry of Home Affairs addressed to the Chief Secretary of Bihar R J M Pillai.The state government was asked to refund Rs 1,000 crore provided …
J P YADAV & SANTOSH SINGH NEW DELHI, PATNA: A day after he took a swipe at Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar over his handshake with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today telephoned Kumar to
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has promised to provide a grant assistance of $25.6 million to help restore economic activity in parts of Nepal devastated by last year's monsoon floods. More than 300,000 people living in the eastern and far western region of the country were seriously affected by the …
Expressing concern over disruption by local people in repairing of the Kosi river embankment at Kusaha in Nepal, the Bihar government on Monday sought Centre
The breach of the Kosi embankment in Nepal in August 2008 marked the failure of conventional ways of controlling floods. After discussing the physical characteristics of the Kosi River and the Kosi barrage project, this paper suggests that the high sediment content of the Kosi River implies a major risk …
