He was not setting the right example for them. There was crop damage of about rupees 36,696.68 lacs. Embankments of Burhi Gandak, Bagmati, Adhwara and Kosi were partially damaged. A woman has to run the household.”, Most of the women we spoke to run their homes with the wages their husbands make from labour work, which is dwindling because of agrarian distress worsened by the lockdown. 2009 :- The rainfall was scanty in entire Bihar in the year 2009. Most belonged to families that earned less than Rs 20,000 per month, and fall into the 18-35 age group, said Sharma. of monsoon and kept on exerting pressure on both its embankments.

“One glass is enough for you to be on cloud nine. “Smoking weed was safer. A World Health Organization fact sheet links intimate partner violence to alcohol consumption, “especially at harmful and hazardous levels”. Countrywide, during the same period, cases rose by 12 percent and the crime rate rose by 3 percent. “Initially, it was also scary because the administration was strict about alcohol,” he said. exceptions such as damage of nose of spur no-9 between Ismailpur and Pop. “Therefore, those who can, migrate out of the state. Embankment in a length of 200 m between 122.75 km and 122.95 km near Firstpost - All Rights Reserved. I could not concentrate on my studies. “I have a wife and a kid,” he said. However, the liquor ban has affected families in different ways, said Rupesh Kumar of Patna-based Koshish Charitable Trust. A simple shrine was built by the emperor Ashoka (3rd century bce) to mark the spot, and this was later enclosed by a stone railing (1st century bce), part of which still remains. The total area affected by floods has also increased during these years.

Crop damage of rupees 52205.64 lacs, public property damage of rupees 103049.64 lacs and death of 885 persons were reported. More importantly, the NCRB data only includes reported cases. The loss to life and property brought to minimum by undertaking rescue and relief measures. After the liquor ban, some friends introduced me to weed. Heavy rain Best viewed using IE5 or above with 1024 X 768 resolution, with.

protection work had become necessary. “But the larger perception is in favour of the liquor ban. Flood situation remained normal this year except few breaches such as Tilak Tajpur on right embankment of river Bagmati  under Runnisaidpur block of Sitamarhi district, Gobindpur site of Labha Choukia Paharpur embankment of Mahananda river and Sallehpur Tandespur site of Gandak river.

And the other is to monitor villages where the liquor is manufactured.”. Prohibition in Bihar changed the lives of the state’s women in many ways — bettering some lives but creating new problems for others, Sunita Devi, who founded the Pragatisheel Mahila Manch in Bihar. How to buy medicines? river Ganga between spur no. “Secondly, that is not the only job of the chief minister. reported viz. Samastipur districts. “The situation at home is relatively calmer these days,” she said.

Most times, the woman does not lodge an official complaint against the husband because the police are non-cooperative and the patriarchal society that we live in blames her.”, Economic slump, joblessness bigger worries now, Despite the drop in domestic violence, Nitish Kumar is not wholly popular among women, said Sunita Devi. During year 2002 North Bihar experienced serious flood and overtopping reported in Kamla Balan left embankment and Khiroi right embankment. However, the number of those addicted to weed, charas, and bhang and enrolled at the centre rose to 1,921, or 29 percent, double the percentage the previous year. Unprecedented flood in river Bagmati, Burhi Gandak, Kamla Balan and Bhutahi Balan and Adhwara group of rivers breached the embankments at many places and there was loss of life and property on a large scale. Tributaries: Gandak, Bagmati, Kosi, Kali, Sone, Karmanasa and Punpun 3.