National waterways in need of a new course
The Centre gears up to take national control of the Kosi and Gandak and turn them into commercial waterways. Shripad Dharmadhikary and the Manthan team report on findings from a recent visit to the region.
THE NEWS IN PROPORTION
19 JANUARY 2019
States : BIHAR
INLAND WATERWAYS
National waterways in need of a new course
National waterways in need of a new course
BLOG: RESISTANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION
Recently, Ashish Kothari visited some areas in Bihar where interesting things are happening. Under progressive governance and grassroots action by its citizens when these are implemented state-wise, Bihar would be well on the path of progress.
YOUTH AND ASPIRATIONS
Initiatives under the ‘My Space My unManifesto’ campaign to bring about a political reawakening and engagement among Dalit youth have led to a new-found consciousness and perspective among them. Manisha Prakash reports.
GANDAMAN
It has been exactly a month since 23 tender lives were lost as children from a school in Gandaman village of Bihar died due to poisoning of the
mid-day meals served at school.
Anoo Bhuyan
shares poignant shots from the village, capturing the sadness and sombre mood that prevails after the tragedy.
VISION
Mritunjay Tiwary has brought eyesight to tens of thousands of people through his eye hospital in rural Bihar.
But his vision of development extends much farther.
Ruchi Choudhary
reports.
OPINION: POLITICIANS
Citizens of other states also could take hope from the results in Bihar, and demand that their politicians too provide enduring social
benefits rather than simply stoking prejudice, writes
Ramachandra Guha.
PUSHBACK TIME IN BIHAR
A public hearing on NREGA in a remote village in Bihar created a confrontation between a leader accused of corruption and the workers who exposed him.
Rajesh Veeraraghavan
was there and he recorded this story.
KOSI FLOODS/NORTH BIHAR
The periodic floods in the Kosi basin and embankment breaches have landed the people of north Bihar in a perpetual mess. In assembly sessions, politicians discuss flood relief but seldom the cause behind the disasters, reports
Surekha Sule.
NREGS
The district administration in Bihar's Araria district collaborates with a local people's organisation to conduct a social audit of the national
employment guarantee scheme.
Ashish Ranjan and Purushottam Kumar
report.
CHANGE AND GOVERNMENT
e-Governance initiatives are paying off in states considered as difficult as Bihar, bringing to commoners easier access to public services. Some have been empowered by it to stop their exploitation.
Ramesh Menon
reports.
STATE REFORMS
In a state dreaded for its work culture environment and record of poor public entrepreneurship, the Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam, which was on the verge of being liquidated, has now turned the corner and built over 330 bridges in three years.
Ramesh Menon
chronicles the inspiring journey.
SMALL TOWNS
The concrete road is a symbol of some development in this northern Bihar town, but it sits oddly with its surrounding landscape.
The lack of jobs, the bane of many small towns, has affected Madhubani too, writes
Kalpana Sharma.
KOSI FLOODS RELIEF
When Neelam Devi and her children stepped into their courtyard, the sight that greeted them was
a painful reminder of the Kosi river calamity that had forced them to leave in the first
place.
Manisha Prakash
reports.
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