Bihar

Patna: Plastic bags back in market despite ban

PATNA: It’s not even three months since the state government’s ban in urban areas, plastic polythene bags are back in use in the city markets by street vendors and the general storekeepers.

Publication Date:

11/03/2019

Source: Times Of India (Patna)

Tags:

Bihar, Plastics, Non-Biodegradable Waste, Municipal Corporation, Patna (T), Environment

Climate Change

Child poverty, disasters and climate change: investigating relationships and implications over the life course of children

This study examines the relationship between natural hazard-related disasters, including those influenced by climate change, and child and adolescent poverty in India and Kenya. It explores these connections through a lifecycle approach focusing on the incidence of child poverty and longer-term poverty dynamics and wellbeing.

Publication Date:

01/03/2019

Author(s): Vidya Diwakar, Emma Lovell, Sarah Opitz-Stapleton, Andrew Shepherd, John Twigg

Source: Overseas Development Institute

Tags:

Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Children, Poverty, Bihar, India, Kenya

Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction on the Mahanoy river, Munger, Bihar, 25/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahanoy River Safety Society Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 25/02/2019 regarding construction on the Mahanoy river, Munger, Bihar. The State of Bihar had been directed to submit a report on Government Notification prescribing the criteria for maintenance of distance

Judgement Date:

25/02/2019

Tags:

Rivers, Bihar, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court

Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of a centre of the Aligarh Muslim University on the banks of river Mahananda, Kishanganj, Bihar, 18/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Majhi Paragana Abhen Baisi Vs Aligarh Muslim University, Kishanganj & Others dated 18/02/2019 regarding construction of a centre of the Aligarh Muslim University proposed on the banks of river Mahananda, Kishanganj district in the State of Bihar. It is

Judgement Date:

18/02/2019

Tags:

Mahananda, Rivers, Kishanganj (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Bihar

Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand mining in rivers Sone and Ganga at Koelnar and Patna in Bihar, 14/02/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amarshakti Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 14/02/2019 regarding illegal sand mining in rivers Sone and Ganga at Koelnar and Patna in Bihar. The illegal mining was resulting in affecting the flow of the rivers.

Judgement Date:

14/02/2019

Tags:

Mining, Sand, Bihar, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Saran, Patna (D), Vaishali, Bhojpur, Ganga

Water Resources

70 per cent of water bodies vanish in Bihar: Expert

PATNA: Even as the environmentalists world over have been emphasizing upon the need of conserving water resources for meeting the growing demand, more than 70% water bodies in Bihar have surprising

Publication Date:

11/02/2019

Source: Times Of India (Patna)

Tags:

Bihar, Water Resources, Environmentalists, Water Conservation, Patna (D)

Environment

State transport department sticks ‘no honking’ posters

PATNA: The state transport department has put up stickers on city buses, cars and autorickshaws to create awareness about its monthlong no honking drive — ‘Zara Sochein’.

Publication Date:

11/02/2019

Source: Times Of India (Patna)

Tags:

Bihar, Noise Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), Environment

Land

Special land survey in state soon: Minister

PATNA: The state government will start a special land survey in the state from the 2019-20 fiscal for which 31,290 persons will be deployed on honorarium basis of payment under contractual terms, r

Publication Date:

01/02/2019

Source: Times Of India (Patna)

Tags:

Bihar, Land, Land Reforms

Health