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Nitish Kumar gives up home portfolio after 20 years

The home portfolio of Bihar, which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar kept with himself all through his nearly 20-year-long tenure, has been given to his deputy, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Samrat......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

'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......

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......

Back-to-back drought adds to the woes of farmers

The well-irrigated states of Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, western Uttar Pradesh and coastal states such as Odisha are, for the first time, feeling the effects of a poor monsoon. Farmers are faced......

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.......

Water Resources Department Of Bihar

News for Water Resources Department Of Bihar

Nitish Kumar gives up home portfolio after 20 years

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

Bihar govt suspends 15 engineers over series of bridge collapses

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

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

21 Indian cities will run out of groundwater by 2020

'We are overdrawing water, depleting aquifers'

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

Back-to-back drought adds to the woes of farmers

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

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