Patna, Sept 12 : In a bid to speed up flood rescue operations, the police department of Bihar has ordered production of 1000 life saving jackets for its personnel engaged in rescuing marooned and flood affected people.
Although the fury of River Kosi has ebbed, the police personnel, deputed to undertake rescue operations have been facing hurdles in conducting rescue operations because of non-availability of adequate number of life saving jackets.
Till now 500 jackets have been made and 500 more are in the pipeline.
Patna, Sep 11 : One person was drowned and 17 others, mostly women and children, on board a boat were missing after it capsized in Harohar river near Bavgha village of Bihar''s Sheikhpura district on Thursday.
District Magistrate Anjani Kumar Verma camping at the incident site said that local divers fished out a body and efforts were on to trace 17 others who had gone missing after the boat got caught in a whirpool and capsized.
The body recovered by the divers was yet to be identified, he said.
Patna, Sept 11 : The Bihar Government has appointed Rajesh Balia, a former Chief Justice of Patna High Court, to conduct a judicial probe into the breach in the Kosi embankment that triggered the worst floods of Bihar in 50 years.
On Wednesday night a notification was issued for the one-man inquiry commission according to reports.
The state government had on Tuesday night ordered a judicial probe to look into the circumstances that led to the breach in the Kosi embankment, which was approved by the state cabinet
Purnia/Patna, Sept 10 : Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has visited the flood-ravaged Purnia District of Bihar.
The Amethi MP went around Purnia, one of the worst hit districts, to see firsthand the fury of floods and the consequent despair of the people who surrounded him all the way.
Meanwhile, self-styled yoga guru Baba Ramdev has demanded a long-term solution to tackle the recurring floods.
Patna, Sep 9 : In a bid to help the flood victims in Bihar, Baba Ramdev, the self made Yoga Guru, flagged off 25 trucks loaded with relief material here today.
Food, clothes and shelter materials carried by the trucks would be distributed to the affected people by his workers.
He informed that his yoga school is running 20 such camps in the flood-affected areas and has provided food for almost 40,000 people.
Patna, Sept 13 : In a suspected Maoist a
Patna, Sept 12 : In a bid to speed up flood rescue operations, the police department of Bihar has ordered production of 1000 life saving jackets for its personnel engaged in rescuing marooned and flood affected people.
Patna, Sep 11 : One person was drowned and 17 others, mostly women and children, on board a boat were missing after it capsized in Harohar river near Bavgha village of Bihar''s Sheikhpura district on Thursday.
Patna, Sept 11 : The Bihar Government has appointed Rajesh Balia, a former Chief Justice of Patna High Court, to conduct a judicial probe into the breach in the Kosi embankment that triggered the worst floods of Bihar in 50 years.
Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has visited the flood-ravaged Purnia District of Bihar.
Patna, Sep 9 : In a bid to help the flood victims in Bihar, Baba Ramdev, the self made Yoga Guru, flagged off 25 trucks loaded with relief material here today.
