Patna. Under the Jal Jeevan Hariyali Abhiyan, exploration of old encroached water sources will begin in the state. In the first phase, the campaign will be run in Munger, Banka, Bhagalpur, Jamui, Kaimur, Gaya and Nawada. This decision has been taken after the meeting held on flood-drought issue. In which it has been found that … Read more
Severe heat and heat wave continues in Bihar. Because of which water crisis has started in 20 districts of the state, but the condition of seven districts is worse. In these seven districts, the ground water level has gone down to 13 feet at some places. The department has increased monitoring in the districts in … Read more
The Bihar government will conduct a survey of all such plants in the state, which are illegally extracting water from the land and selling it. According to sources, water traders across the state indiscriminately exploit more than 20 lakh liters of ground water every day, but there is no rule for all of them. Lakhs … Read more
Magsaysay Award winner and popularly known as Jal Purush Rajendra Singh participated in BollywoodWallah Samvad program on Tuesday. In a series of questions and answers, he gave detailed information on the topics of Bihar’s water crisis, floods, drought, climate change, water management, agriculture pattern and land encroachment of rivers. He warned that if Bihar, the … Read more
[ad_1] Compared to last year in Bihar, the ground water level of 24 districts has gone down significantly this summer. Whereas, the situation has slightly improved in Buxar, Saran, Gopalganj and Saharsa. According to the report of PHED, the situation of ground water level in 19 panchayats is serious. These panchayats belong to Kaimur, Jehanabad, … Read more
[ad_1] Kailashpati Mishra, Patna. For the first time in the history of India, the Central Government has calculated the water sources across the country. Of these, 97.1% (23,55,055) water sources are in rural areas and only 2.9% (69,485) water sources are in urban areas. A total of 45793 water sources were counted in Bihar. Out … Read more
[ad_1] According to PHED officials, there has been a decline in the ground water level as compared to 2022, but the government considers 2019 as the standard. Because at that time water crisis was seen in most of the districts in Bihar. In 2019, Hilsa recorded 44 ft 5 in, Gaya 38 ft 6 in, … Read more
[ad_1] Rajdev Pandey, Patna. Due to the change in the weather, there has been a radical change in the rain pattern in Bihar. In the last five years, the number of heavy rains has increased by two times. In 2015, the average number of spells of heavy rain used to be around 200 in 38 … Read more