August 2021

BIHAR Bihar govt okays Rs 598 crore for alternative approach road to J P Setu   The state cabinet on sanctioned Rs 598.10 crore for the construction of 12.409km of approach road as an alternative route to the Sonepur-Digha Ganga rail-cum-road bridge (J P Setu) from the Sonepur side. The proposal was moved by the road construction … Read more

BIHAR Bihar govt to take Rs 2,000 crore loan for Ganga Path from HUDCO   The state cabinet on Friday approved the government’s proposal to raise a loan of Rs2,000 crore from Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) to be used on the construction of 20.5-km-long J P Ganga Path between Digha and Deedarganj along … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar CM Nitish Kumar opens, lays foundation for health projects worth Rs 2,705 crore   Chief minister (CM) Nitish Kumar inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 989 health projects worth Rs 2,705 crore. He congratulated the health department for implementing various projects to strengthen health infrastructure in the state. Among the projects inaugurated … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar edu dept to conduct survey to upgrade schools   With a view to provide adequate infrastructure and other facilities, the state education department has directed the officials concerned to take stock of the physical status in higher secondary and secondary schools and create a database. There are 9,361 higher secondary and secondary … Read more

BIHAR Covid: Low vaccination among women worries Centre Even as India is inching closer to covering almost half of its adult population with at least the first dose of Covid vaccines, the Centre is concerned about the low uptake of jabs among women, particularly in states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. Overall, about 46% of total 52.2 crore doses … Read more

BIHAR   Only 3% labourers got jobs under MNREGS in Bihar in 2014-19: CAG Bihar’s Nitish Kumar government managed to gave only 3 per cent employment to labourers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme between 2014 to 2019, the Comptroller and Auditor General said in a report. As per the report, there … Read more

BIHAR Education department targets to increase Bihar’s GER to 30% The education department has launched an intensive drive to enhance the state’s gross enrolment ratio (GER) from 14.5% to 30% by the end of the decade. The state’s GER would be equal to the national average (27.1%) soon as “the results of the sincere efforts … Read more

BIHAR De-centralised biomedical waste incinerator opened in Buxur he waste incinerator would be useful at a time when the problems associated with handling and disposing biomedical waste are exacerbated due to the Covid-19 pandemic in small towns and villages that do not have access to central biomedical waste treatment facilities. This is a pilot project … Read more

BIHAR 1.32 lakh mosquito nets allotted to Bihar districts Health minister Mangal Pandey said on Monday that all preparations had been made to tackle dengue in the state and 1.32 lakh medicated mosquito nets allotted to different districts. All government health facilities have been put on alert and district hospitals directed to create five-bed wards to treat … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar has third highest Covid antibodies : Survey   In the midst of fears of a third Covid wave by September/October, there is good news for Bihar as 75.9 per cent of its population has antibodies against the coronavirus This has been revealed in the report of sero survey conducted by the Indian … Read more