Prevention better

Jamshedpur, May 24: The malaria prevention programme in East Singhbhum has hit twin hurdles.

With the monsoon nearly here, the district has failed to start spraying DDT and has run short of malaria medicines. Officials in the district health department maintain that the prevention programme should have begun by now. The district happens to be malaria-prone zone.

Jamshedpur, May 21: The steel city, which welcomes an average of 150 foreign visitors every month, has been put on a swine flu alert.

- Elephant family records 10 new members, second highest in nearly two decades

Jamshedpur, May 21: Forest officials have figured it out. Dalma

Jamshedpur: Now, kids can look forward to meeting new friends at Tata Steel Zoological Park this autumn.

Zoo authorities have decided to bring in a pair of ostriches this September from the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai.

Jamshedpur, May 19: In January this year, an elephant trampled a man to death in a village at Kharsawan. A few days later, a tusker was found dead in a paddy field of Kharsawan.

Jamshedpur, May 19: In January this year, an elephant trampled a man to death in a village at Kharsawan. A few days later, a tusker was found dead in a paddy field of Kharsawan.

Sandeep Bhaskar

A survey conducted by the state

ANKUSH SINGH
The construction site of the second bridge over Kharkai. Picture by Bhola Prasad

Jamshedpur, May 11: The second bridge over river Kharkai has once again hit a roadblock.

The forest department has stalled construction work from the Adityapur end because of non-clearance of forestland that falls under the project area.

The administration today reviewed the ongoing water crisis at a meeting attended by district sub-divisional officer K.K. Prabhat and heads of civic bodies and corporate houses.

- Forest department plans slew of measures in three districts to check ivory smuggling

Jamshedpur: The job of tracking tusker poachers could not have been more rewarding. Literally.