Jagadanand Singh , minister for water resources, Bihar, is a strong supporter of the theory that a dam should be built in Nepal to control the floods. He also feels that flood control measures undertaken in the state are

This is not a story about floods in Bihar. This is a story about how an entire society has been corrupted by money meant to build embankments for flood control. A lesson that poor environmental management, especially one which

Can the people of the Sundarbans find a viable solution to the problem of flooding?

A division bench of the Calcutta high court recently directed the Union government to file an affidavit stating the steps it has taken to avoid erosion and recurrence of floods in Malda. The bench,

The Kosi river Bihar s sorrow floods every year. But embankments built to control the floods have, in turn, made life miserable for the thousands of poor people living along the river s banks

Floods claim hundreds of lives across India besides causing large scale destruction, Bihar is the worst affected

While the nation's attention is focused on the caste killings in Jehanabad, a silent but deadlier killer is striking terror in Bihar. Kala azar, the 'black fever' which was relegated to the bottom drawer of government priorities, is back. Experts fear it

Yes. The disease is spreading fast. Yet there is little scientific data to devise a strategy to deal with it

Environmental changes have led to the emergence of kala azar in new areas

Ostrich policy and bad science. In Bihar, embankments built by government to prevent floods have been counter productive

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