March 2019

BIHAR CM launches upgraded version of road maintenance policy   Launching the upgraded version of road maintenance policy, chief minister Nitish Kumar said that agencies select would be tasked for the upkeep of allotted state highways, besides roads belonging to road construction department for a period of seven years.   Under the policy, the agencies … Read more

BIHAR   Patna world’s 7th most polluted city, Muzaffarpur 13th   Patna is the seventh most polluted city in the world and sixth in the country according to a report released by Greenpeace Southeast Asia, a non-government environmental organisation.   According to 2018 World Air Quality Report jointly compiled by IQAir AirVisual and Greenpeace, the annual … Read more

BIHAR   State to have smart prepaid energy meters by Aug 2020   Bihar will have smart prepaid energy meters across all categories of consumers by August 2020.   The state cabinet has already approved three PSUS — the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) — … Read more