Note: Monsoon in Bihar and particularly north Bihar is a period of extremes. Delayed rainfall in districts like Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Muzaffurpur, Purnea etc. cause drought-like conditions in late July and August,…
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Loose Animals Demolish Crops, Farmers at Wits’ End
द्वारा खबर लहरिया August 11, 2014Lalta Road, Mau block, Chitrakoot district. Roving animals are creating havoc here – straying into people’s lentil or grain crops. A written complaint has been submitted on this matter to…
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District Hospital with No Space for Beds, Patients Treated in Veranda
द्वारा खबर लहरिया August 11, 2014Sheohar district. North Bihar’s Sheohar district is a Naxalite affected area. Large parts of the district which has a population of just over 6.5 lakhs are poorly connected to each…
Ambedkar Nagar district. 30 July was a tense day for the Faizabad and Ambedkar Nagar stretch in eastern Uttar Pradesh after a few kanvadiyas clashed with some local youths. Before…
Chitrakoot and Banda districts. The sudden spike in the prices of vegetables is refusing to come down. As a result, people in small towns and villages who have fixed incomes,…
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Caution: You Are Not to Fall Ill After 2 p.m.
द्वारा खबर लहरिया August 4, 2014Manikpur, Chitrakoot district. In Chitrakoot’s Manikpur block, the staff at the block level Community Health Centre (CHC) has explained that doctors get off duty at 2 p.m. and so patients…
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Black-out in Chaubepur bazar: Power Supply for Three Hours a Day
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 28, 2014Now that the high-profile elections in Varanasi district are over, residents of Chaubepur Bazar get power supply for just three hours. The government is meant to provide electricity for atleast thirteen…
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Free Medicines for the Poor? Not at the Purabazar Community Health Centre
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 28, 2014A Community Health Centre with no medicines or vaccines- such is the condition of the CHC in Purabazar block of Faizabad district. The CHC is meant to provide these facilities…
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Forget the Rape Survivor, Even Facilities for Guards Shocking
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 28, 2014Banda district. While Sheelu fears for her life, the security guards who are meant to provide protection, lead a miserable life in Banda’s Shahbazpur village. In 2011, the alleged gang…
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A Government Scheme that Recognizes Disability with an Age Limit!
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 22, 2014Chhikahra village, Mahoba district. In Kabrai block’s Chikahra village, Gulab Rani has been waiting for 4 years for a piece of paper and a signature so that she can receive…