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
Vidya Diwakar, Emma Lovell, Sarah Opitz-Stapleton, Andrew Shepherd, John Twigg
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
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
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
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Land, Land Reforms
Health

Measles-rubella vaccination campaign to be launched today

PATNA: State health minister Mangal Pandey will inaugurate measles-rubella vaccination campaign at Gardanibagh Girls High school on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
15/01/2019
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Vaccination, UNICEF, Child Health, WHO, Measles, Health
Health

No humans infected with bird flu in Bihar so far

PATNA: No case of humans getting infected with the bird flu virus has been detected in Bihar so far, a senior state government official said.

Publication Date: 
15/01/2019
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Avian Flu, Infectious Diseases, Animal Diseases, Health
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding transportation of clinker (dust of coal) causing pollution, Bihar, 14/01/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hariram Singh & Others Vs State of Bihar dated 14/01/2019 regarding old model vehicles being converted to new model vehicles by giving Nagaland numbers with the connivance of Bharat Petroleum Company Limited (BPCL) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Transport Department Officers at Muzaffarpur, Bihar for transportation of clinker (dust of coal) causing lot of pollution.

Judgement Date: 
14/01/2019
Tags:
Coal, Air Pollution, Bihar, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

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