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Flood submerges 30 Bihar districts, 45 lakh hit in two phases of deluge

The flood situation remained grim in Bihar on Friday though the water level has come down in several rivers, while a section of the affected people put up a road blockade in Muzaffarpur district......

Water resources, Ganga allocations surge 55% to Rs 30,234 cr

The total Budget allocated for the department of water resources, river development, and Ganga Rejuvenation has surged to Rs 30,233.83 crore, 55 percent up from last year's allotment of Rs......

Flood-like situation in Bengal, Bihar rivers in spate

Many low-lying areas in West Bengal's sub-Himalayan region were reeling from a flood-like situation while major rivers in Bihar were flowing above the danger level at several places as unabated......

Bihar govt suspends 15 engineers over series of bridge collapses

The Bihar government on Friday suspended 15 engineers in connection with a series of recent incidents of bridge collapse in the state, a senior official said. IMAGE: People gather at the site......

Yet another bridge collapses in Bihar, 10th such in 15 days

Another bridge collapsed in Bihar's Saran district on Thursday, the 10th such incident in the state in just over a fortnight. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for......

New migrant plan: 12 ministries, 125 days, Rs 50,000cr

Ahead of the launch of the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan scheme, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that central and state governments have meticulously mapped the skill sets of the migrant......

'We are overdrawing water, depleting aquifers'

'Our challenge is to harvest maximum water both above and below ground.''Afforestation and other activities have to be taken up.''Our water is the least productive water.' Photograph: P......

Modi's 1st problem: A below-normal monsoon

'The first two months of the monsoon are not looking good.''In case both the halves fail, it is going to be misery.' IMAGE: The parched bed of the Chembarambakkam reservoir in Chennai in 2017.......

21 Indian cities will run out of groundwater by 2020

At the bottom of the water index for 2016-17 are Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh (UP), and Haryana, which are major producers of paddy, wheat, along with a host of horticulture crops. A......

Land reforms fail, only 5% of India's farmers control 32% land

The average land given to the rural landless is small and falling, from 0.95 acres in 2002 to 0.88 acres in 2015 - a 7.4 per cent drop over 13 years–and a slowdown is evident in the process......

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Water Resources Department Of Bihar

News for Water Resources Department Of Bihar

Flood submerges 30 Bihar districts, 45 lakh hit in two phases of deluge

Water resources, Ganga allocations surge 55% to Rs 30,234 cr

Flood-like situation in Bengal, Bihar rivers in spate

Bihar govt suspends 15 engineers over series of bridge collapses

Yet another bridge collapses in Bihar, 10th such in 15 days

New migrant plan: 12 ministries, 125 days, Rs 50,000cr

'We are overdrawing water, depleting aquifers'

Modi's 1st problem: A below-normal monsoon

21 Indian cities will run out of groundwater by 2020

Land reforms fail, only 5% of India's farmers control 32% land

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