-The Times of India PATNA: Eighty-seven per cent of the rural population and 61% of urban residents in Bihar had calorie deficiency during 2009-10, as per reports of National Sample Survey Office. In fact, Bihar ranked 74th (alarming zone) in the global hunger index of 88 countries, according to a Survey of India State Hunger Index 2008. In the same survey, Jharkhand ranked 76th, Odisha 67th and UP 61st, all in...
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33 districts in Bihar declared drought-hit
-PTI PATNA: Taking into account deficient rainfall this year, Bihar government on Wednesday declared 33 out of the 38 districts of state as drought-hit. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Nitish Kumar. Principal secretary (Cabinet Coordination and Secretariat) Brajesh Mehrotra and the principal secretary ( Disaster Management Department) Vyasji said the decision was taken because of deficient rainfall in these districts at 20 per cent below...
More »Ganga receding in Bihar but still above danger mark
-The Times of India PATNA: The Ganga, on Friday, continued to recede both at the Digha ghat and Gandhi ghat in the state capital. However, at both the places, the river was still above the danger mark. According to the data released by state water resource department, water level of Ganga on Friday morning at Gandhi ghat was 49.44m and 50.36m at Digha ghat. The receding trend brought relief to a section...
More »No let-up in flood fury, toll up to 176 -Abhay Singh
-The Times of India PATNA: The flood situation in 20 of the 38 Bihar districts remained grim on Wednesday with the toll rising to 176, including five persons - three in Munger and two in Bhagalpur district - drowning in the floodwaters during the last 24 hours. The flood fury is unlikely to relent over the next couple of days as the water level of the 13 rivers in spate is either...
More »The sand management challenge-Nitin Sethi
-The Hindu As the operations of organised gangs that seek to make a killing out of the insatiable demand for sand are in focus, environmental concerns posed by indiscriminate mining grow. Nitin Sethi discusses the imperatives. Should India have a river regulatory zone, on the lines of the coastal regulatory zone, to manage development and mining activity? The devastation in Uttarakhand, and the controversy over the sand mafia's control on river beds,...
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