All Entries Tagged With: "Ganga"
One million affected by floods in Bihar, 39 die
Patna, Aug 31 (PTI) Around one million people continue to reel under the impact of recent floods in eight districts of Bihar where 39 people have so far died, while there is no let up in the situation with major rivers in the spate. According to Disaster Management Department Control room’s bulletin issued today, the [...]
Will Patna zoo lose 4,000 trees to airport safety?
Patna, Aug 27(IANS): Nature lovers are worried over the Bihar government’s plans to cut or prune nearly 4,000 trees in the Patna zoo for airport safety, as they say it is the only green cover for the city’s two million population. The zoo is formally known as the Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park and houses a [...]
Entire Bihar is drought hit, says Nitish Kumar
Patna, Aug 15 (PTI): Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday declared entire Bihar as drought-hit and said his government was taking various measure to provide relief to the affected farmers. “Bihar is facing natural calamity for the fourth year in succession … While the state faced devastating floods in 2007 and 2008, drought has hit [...]
Tilkamanjhi Bhagalpur University
Tilkamanjhi Bhagalpur University (T.M. Bhagalpur University) was formally known as Bhagalpur University established under Bihar State Universities act, 1960 and came into existence from the 12th July, 1960. Later on, it was renamed as Tilkamanjhi Bhagalpur University. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating University and has its headquarter at Bhagalpur. It has juridiction over the four districts [...]
Patna to have its own Marine Drive
Patna, July 11 (IANS) The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar has given its go ahead to a Rs 2,100 crore driveway project that will recreate Mumbai’s Marine Drive along the river Ganga and will serve as an arterial road for the city. The project will be dovetailed with the state’s plan for at least two [...]
Bridge over Ganga first project under PPP in Bihar
The Bihar NEWS, Jun 16: The chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Tuesday that the mega bridge over river Ganga between Bakhtiarpur in Patna district and Tajpur in Samastipur district would be the first such project to be built under the Public Private Partnership mode. This is historic day and one example of changing Bihar, [...]
Dolphin found dead in Patna
Patna, June 3 (IANS) A Ganges river dolphin, an endangered species, was killed by suspected poachers on the banks of Ganga river here, forest officials said Thursday. The dolphin’s body was found floating near Deedarganj Ghat here Wednesday evening. “The dolphin is suspected to have been killed by poachers. We have begun an investigation to [...]
Ganga front in Patna remains covered with filth, garbage
The Bihar NEWS, May 31: Even a year after the state government’s announcement to develop the Ganga front by sprucing up its ghats the entire river bank along the state capital continues to remain covered with filth and garbage. Constructing a four-lane road and developing a water park was part of the tourism department’s ambitious [...]
Bihar govt asks master planner to modify Vision 2020
The Bihar NEWS, May 26: The Bihar government has asked the master planner Abhijit Sen to modify the Vision 2020 Plan for Patna in such a way that the landscape and waterscape on Gangetic land of the state capital could be developed. The step has been taken by the urban development department following a directive [...]
Dolphin ‘mitras’, a helping hand for Ganges river dolphins .
Patna, May 13 :The endangered Ganges river dolphin in Bihar will now have new ‘mitras’ or friends, who will create awareness for conservation of the species that is India’s national aquatic animal but frequently falls prey to poachers. The Bihar government took the decision in the wake of the killings of four of the animals [...]
Poacher arrested, 23 kg dolphin oil seized
Patna, May 6 (IANS) A team of forest officials and police recovered 23 kg of dolphin oil and arrested a poacher in separate raids in Patna district, officials said Thursday. The team raided two houses in Islamganj village and seized 20 kg dolphin oil. “Dolphin oil was kept in three containers but no arrest was [...]
Kahalgaon NTPC plant hit by coal shortage
The Bihar NEWS, May 04: Now when the water level of Ganga has risen and there was hope that the power generation would improve shortage of coal has hit the NTPC’s Kahalgaon plant in Bhagalpur district. As per assessment of the plant management coal shortage is causing 30 per cent under-utilization of installed capcatity of [...]
Power generation may improve in NTPC plants as Ganga water level rises
The Bihar NEWS, May 02: As the water level of river Ganga in eastern Bihar and West Bengal rises the possibility of generation by one unit of NTPC’s Kahalgaon and two units of Farakka power generating plants brightens. This may, to some extent, ease the power crisis in Bihar. As reported, NTPC had to shut [...]
Killing of Ganges River Dolphins upsets Jairam Ramesh
Patna, May 1 :The killing of Ganges river dolphins in Bihar by suspected poachers has upset Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh, who has directed the state government to take adequate measures to protect the endangered species. Four Ganges dolphins were Thursday killed by suspected poachers on the banks of the river here. An autopsy [...]
Activists cry foul over Ganges dolphin poaching
Patna, April 30 (IANS) A day after four Ganges River Dolphins were killed by suspected poachers on the banks of the Ganga river, wildlife experts and conservationists Friday stressed the need to save the endangered species. “It is an alarming situation that poachers continue to kill dolphins for their flesh and oil. It is high [...]
Three dolphins in Ganga found dead in Patna
Patna, April 29 :Suspected poachers killed three Ganga dolphins, an endangered species, on the banks of the Ganga river here, police said Thursday. The dolphins were found dead near Keshavrai Ghat here. “Some local people informed forest officials. The dolphins were suspected to have been killed by poachers,” a police official said. The forest officials [...]
Gangetic dolphin killed in Bihar
Patna, April 11 (IANS) Suspected poachers killed a dolphin on the banks of river Ganga in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, an official said Sunday. A 1.5 metre long dolphin was found dead in Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary area Saturday. “A dolphin was found dead in Raghpur riverine area. Some local people informed forest officials about this. [...]
Vaishali
Vaishali is a district in Bihar state, India. It is named after the Vaishali (ancient city). The history of Vaishali district is thus very ancient, and finds mention in the Indian classic Mahabharata, as well as in Buddhist and Jain tradition. Ancient Vaishali Vaishali derives its name from King Vishal of the Mahabharata age. Even [...]
Purnia
Purnia is a city and a municipality in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar. It formerly had a flourishing Jute industry. Phanishwar Nath ‘Renu’, a famous Hindi writer was from Purnia. It is the oldest district in the state of Bihar. In 1912, Bihar and Orissa were carved as separate provinces out of [...]
Khagaria
Khagaria district is one of the thirty eight districts of Bihar State and Khagaria town is the administrative headquarter of this district. Khagaria is a part of Munger Division. The town has a major raiway junction on the Barauni Guwahati section of the Indian Railways. NH31 which connects rest of the India to North Eastern [...]
Katihar
Katihar is a city and a municipality in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Katihar district. Geography Katihar is located at 25°32′N 87°35′E25.53°N 87.58°E. It has an average elevation of 20 metres (65 feet). The main rivers of the District are mighty Ganga (southern boundary, 25 kilometers [...]
Buxar
The town Buxar is located on the bank of river Ganges (Ganga). A road bridge over Ganges connects Buxar with Ballia District in the neighboring state Uttar Pradesh. The town is connected to the state capital Patna by rail and road routes. The Buxar railway station is a major station. Many major trains pass through [...]
Bhagalpur
Bhagalpur is a city and municipal corporation in the Bihar state of Eastern India. Bhagalpur is one of the oldest districts of Bihar located in the Southern region. It is situated in the plane of the Ganga basin at the height of 141 feet above sea level. It covers an area of 2569.50 sq. km. [...]
Begusarai
Begusarai is a city and a municipality in Begusarai district in the state of Bihar, India. It was named after the caretaker of one of the inns (known as SARAI in Hindi) established by Sher Shah for the travellers. The caretaker of this place was BEGU so called Begusarai. Geography Begusarai is located at 25°25?N [...]
Pesticides poisoning Ganges river dolphins
Patna, March 31 (IANS) River pollution due to extensive use of pesticides is dangerous for the critically endangered Ganges river dolphin, India’s national aquatic animal, says an expert. There are only about 2,000 left, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago. About half of these are in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. [...]
