Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding a food processing unit operating in village Chakabdul Ghani, Samastipur, Bihar without any safeguards of the environment, 09/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tabish Hasan Vs State of Bihar dated 09/05/2019 regarding Agrozee Fresh Foods Pvt. Ltd.

Judgement Date: 
09/05/2019
Tags:
Food Process Industry, Samastipur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Bihar
Natural Disasters

Major rivers still in spate as floods claim 51 more lives in Bihar

PATNA: With 51 fresh deaths in seven of the 20 affected districts in the last 24 hours, the flood toll in the state rose to 253 on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
21/08/2017
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Floods, Rivers, Samastipur (D), Araria (D), Rainfall, Ganga, Natural Disasters
Health

DDT-based indoor residual spraying suboptimal for visceral leishmaniasis elimination in India

Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is used to control visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in India, but it is poorly quality assured. Quality assurance was performed in eight VL endemic districts in Bihar State, India, in 2014. Residual dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) was sampled from walls using Bostik tape discs, and DDT concentrations [grams of active ingredient per square meter (g ai/m2)] were determined using HPLC. Pre-IRS surveys were performed in three districts, and post-IRS surveys were performed in eight districts.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2015
Michael Coleman, Geraldine M. Foster, Rinki Deb & et al
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1-6
Tags:
Kala Azar, Vector Borne Diseases, DDT, Bihar, India, Vector Control, Insecticide, Begusarai (D), Gopalganj (D), Khagaria (D), Paschim Champaran, Patna (D), Purba Champaran, Saharsa (D), Samastipur (D)
Health

45% infant deaths take place within 24 hours of birth, says study

Patna: Early neonatal mortality (deaths within 24 hours of birth) still makes the highest contribution to Bihar's infant mortality rate.

Publication Date: 
24/03/2015
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Infant mortality, Patna (D), Gaya (D), Nawada (D), Samastipur (D), Darbhanga (D), Bhagalpur (D), Sitamarhi (D), Kishanganj (D)
Natural Disasters

Flood toll mounts to 24 in Bihar

PATNA: The flood toll in the state mounted to 24 with five more deaths on Tuesday. One person was killed in Patna district and four in Nalanda. The official figure, however, is 16 only.

Publication Date: 
20/08/2014
Aditya Vaibhav
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Floods, Nalanda, Madhubani (D), Disaster Management, Samastipur (D), Displacement, Natural Disasters
Water Resources

Detailed report to inter-link Bihar rivers ready

An ambitious project to mitigate flood damage in Bihar has taken a major step forward with a central agency finalising the detailed project report for linking four intra-state rivers which would he

Publication Date: 
06/01/2014
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bihar, Rivers, Water Resources, Floods, Natural Disasters, Gandak, Central Water Commission (CWC), Samastipur (D), Begusarai (D), Khagaria (D)
Natural Disasters

Flood situation grim in 6 districts of Bihar

Dozens of blocks in the six districts have been reeling under flood as the level of the swelling waters of the Ganga has been refusing to fall along its downstream.

Publication Date: 
19/08/2013
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Floods, Natural Disasters, Samastipur (D), Begusarai (D), Khagaria (D), Bhagalpur (D), Katihar (D)
Energy

ADB to fund Bihar power project

Work has started on the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded project of Rs 650 crore in seven towns of power-starved Bihar for upgrading electricity transmission lines to cut down losses.

Publication Date: 
06/08/2012
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bihar, Energy, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Power Transmission, Electricity, Ministry of Power, Nalanda, Motihari, Samastipur (D), Begusarai (D), Buxar (D)
Health

Managing childhood under-nutrition - Role and scope of health services

This study provides insights to some of the key functions of the Integrated Child Development Scheme and health services in the management of childhood under-nutrition in six key empowered action group states. It explores the underlying process and determinants of under-nutrition and the manner in which these two key services are playing out their role and scope in contributing to the management. Despite the recent emphases on management of under-nutrition, the health services are yet to respond to the enormous challenges in a signifi cant manner.

Publication Date: 
21/04/2012
Rajib Dasgupta, N K Arora, Siddarth Ramji & et al
Economic and Political Weekly
47
16
15-19
Tags:
Child Health, Nutrition, Health Care, Malnutrition, Food Supply, Drinking Water Standards, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Bihar, Samastipur (D), Jharkhand, Gumla (D), Orissa (Odisha), Madhya Pradesh, Tikamgarh (D), Rajasthan, Chittaurgarh (D), Mathura (D), Uttar Pradesh, India, Private Sector, Panchayats
Natural Disasters

Flood scare in 9 Bihar districts

With the submergence of thousands of villages in nine districts in Bihar appearing inevitable due to an alarming rise in the water levels of the Sone and the Ganga, chief minister Nitish Kumar on S

Publication Date: 
12/09/2011
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Patna (D), Saran, Samastipur (D), Katihar (D), Floods, Bhagalpur (D), Ganga, Bansagar, Madhya Pradesh, Flood Relief, Natural Disasters

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