-The Times of India PATNA: The central construction agencies have failed the state once again insofar as the completion of rural road projects is concerned. Rural works department (RWD) minister Bhim Singh, who visited 12 districts to review the progress, lamented, "They have displayed their inefficiency by not constructing the roads they had been allotted." Singh called the representatives of five central agencies and strictly told them to complete the projects by...
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One-third of BDOs in Bihar face corruption charges -Santosh Singh
-The Indian Express Patna: Out of 534 block development officers posted across Bihar, 181 or one-third are currently facing probe — mostly for alleged misuse and misappropriation of fund meant for the Indira Awas Yojana. In fact, 58 BDOs face corruption charges for their dubious role in the implementation of IAY. This was revealed in an RTI query by Buxur resident Shiv Prakash Rai, who had asked for a list of...
More »Maoist menace ebbs in West Bengal, Bihar -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India Even as Red menace continues to be a major internal security challenge affecting almost one-third of total districts in the country, West Bengal — parts of which was once a hotbed of Maoist activities — has shown a remarkable improvement with none of its naxal-affected district reporting any casualty in the first seven months this year. Bihar comes next, reporting significant improvement in terms of reduced incidents and...
More »Panel stops child marriage
-The Telegraph Patna, Aug. 22: An under-age marriage in Raxaul could be stopped just in time as the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights and police acted in tandem. The panel's chairperson, Nisha Jha, told The Telegraph: "I got the information that a marriage ' in which both the girl and boy are minors of Nepal ' is going to be held today. I took up the issue immediately to get...
More »Fear of drought haunts Bihar again
-IANS The spectre of drought is looming large over Bihar, something that state officials have acknowledged. "If the monsoon fails the state in the first two weeks of July, the situation may be near drought," an official here said. Monsoon normally hits the state between June 12 and June 14. But this year, it was delayed by over a week. Soon after the rains began, they have been scanty. The state has received...
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