Bihar News, Latest News from Bihar, News of Bihar, Biharprabha News |
- Harding Park to be rechristened as Veer Kunwar Singh Azadi Park
- Revolution at Patliputra Industrial Area
- AAI keen on Patna Airport’s Expansion
- Business Opportunity Show at Hotel Chanakya, Patna on Tuesday
- Bihar Panchayat candidates on Nepal Radio
- Bihar to set up dolphin conservation task force
| Harding Park to be rechristened as Veer Kunwar Singh Azadi Park Posted: 25 Apr 2011 05:46 PM PDT Patna, Apr 22 (PTI) The Bihar government has decided to rechristen the Harding Park here as Veer Kunwar Singh Azadi Park in a token of tribute to Veer Kunwar Singh, one of the iconic leaders of the country’s first war of Independence from British Colonial rulers in 1857, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today. The Harding park will be known as the Veer Kunwar Singh Azadi park and will be developed in such a manner to showcase the contributions of the freedom fighters who laid down their lives for the Independence of the country from 1857 to 1947, he said at a function organized by the JD(U) to pay tribute to Veer Kunwar Singh. There will be lots of materials available at the park to educate the younger generations about the sacrifices made by our freedom fighters to win independence from the yoke of British colonialism, Kumar said. The youths will get to know about the history of the freedom struggle without reading books by merely paying visit to the park, the Chief Minister said. He also announced construction of a guest house at the freedom fighter’s ancestor home in Jagdishpur village for stay of the visiting pilgrims and said that the guest house will be ready by next year. Kumar lauded his party – the JD(U) – for proposing to organize blood donation camp in the districts from next year on the occasion of Veer Kunwar Singh Vijayotsava. Get growth and development stories of Bihar daily to your inbox |
| Revolution at Patliputra Industrial Area Posted: 25 Apr 2011 07:38 AM PDT Patna, April 21: From a dull industrial hub to a happening zone, the magical image makeover of the Patliputra industrial area in just six months has come as a pleasant surprise to all. It seems as if a fairy godmother waved her wand over the industrial hub and transformed it into a hub of activities. The story of the metamorphosis of the area is somewhat similar to the fairytale of the ugly duckling. Till six months ago, the hub — set up in 1960 to promote small and medium industrial enterprises — was a lonely neighbourhood. Most of the industries had downed shutters and hardly anyone visited the area. Suddenly a number of shopping malls, multiplexes and eateries have come up here. Its transformation is such that city residents believe that they have been teleported to a different place when they visit the industrial zone. "I could not believe my eyes when I came here. Things have changed completely," R-Block resident Ranjan Kumar told The Telegraph. He added: "A number of cars of the latest models were lined up on the road. I could not find space to park mine." Parking space has indeed become dear. Residents of the city are making a beeline to filmmaker Prakash Jha's P&M shopping mall, or to pick out the latest summer fashion from the outlet of fabric chain FabIndia. Others are dining out at Moti Mahal, an outlet of a restaurant chain. Sources said this was just the beginning — Shopper's Stop, Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald's are also planning to open their doors in the area. Experts, however, believe that this growth is not surprising. "According to the central government notification in 2007, every industrial zone has to reserve 25 per cent of its area for the service sector. The aim of an industrial area is to create employment opportunities. That is exactly what these outlets are doing," said Satyajit Kumar Singh, former chairman of Confederation of Indian Industries, Bihar state council. But what about shopping malls and restaurants shouldering out other industries from the zone? "Before 2006, an acre of land in the Patliputra industrial area was available for around Rs 6 lakh. But now it has gone up to Rs 2.5 crore, after the state government fixed the price of land here at Rs 600 per sqft. That is too high for small- and medium-scale industries. Only the service sector can survive in such a competitive market," added Singh, also a promoter of Shakti Sudha that processes makhana. Patna residents are not complaining, though. "We are happy that finally a mall like this has come up in Patna. It is a new experience for us," said Suman Mishra, a homemaker and resident of Boring Road. She was buying clothes at the P&M mall with her husband, Congress leader Prem Chandra Mishra. "Coming here is so much fun. The mall could have been bigger, though. When people start pouring in, it will get congested," added Suman. Ajay Saxena, general manager, Moti Mahal, said: "The change in the social and political atmosphere is reflected in the changed lifestyle of the people. They want to enjoy with their families. Shopping malls and restaurants are perfect for that." He added: "There is a perceptible change. Patna has become safer. Restaurant and mall culture is influencing people. They want to spend their leisure hours like their counterparts in the metros." The road leading to Patliputra industrial area — a kilometre-long stretch from Polytechnic More to Kurji More — is a proof of the transformation. Earlier, it used to be a quiet avenue. Now, it is usually jam packed with cars. There are traffic jams as well. But no one gets angry or honks furiously. The general mood is that of holiday and fun with family and friends. Footfall at the FabIndia outlet has gone up as well. Kahkashan Kureshi, sales executive, FabIndia, said: "Life here has changed so much in the past few months. Things have picked up pace. It has become so exciting." Get growth and development stories of Bihar daily to your inbox |
| AAI keen on Patna Airport’s Expansion Posted: 25 Apr 2011 06:25 AM PDT PATNA: Buoyed by unprecedented growth in air traffic at the city’s Jaya Prakash Narayan International airport (JPNI) in the last couple of years, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is working out strategies to better tap the growing flying capacity of people from Bihar. In a recent letter to the Bihar chief secretary, AAI chairman V P Agrawal has requested the state government’s civil aviation department to intensely deliberate upon AAI’s expansion proposals of JPNI airport. According to the AAI figures, Patna airport handled over 5.52 lakh domestic passengers in 2009-10, which was 60.4% more than the corresponding figure of over 3.44 lakh passengers for 2008-09. The AAI’s letter to Bihar government clearly mentions the traffic growth and the acute space constraints that it has to face. “The space crunch is not only an obstacle in the way of increasing the number of airlines for providing more options to air travellers, but more seriously, it becomes an obstacle in the way of providing fliers amenities at the airport,” said a senior official. Expansion of the existing city airport is extremely necessary. “Even if the state government is seriously considering the plan to set-up a new airport, the existing airport needs expansion. Construction of the new airport will take around five years. Till then, the existing airport will be unable to bear the burden of ever-rising air traffic growth at the JPNI airport,” sources said. Due to space crunch, AAI authorities are unable to entertain requests from different airlines to launch air service from the state capital. Recently, AAI had to ignore requests from a private operator which wanted to launch Patna-Kathmandu flight, due to space crunch. AAI’s letter has requested the government to consider shifting the state hangar, IAS Bhavan, and Bihar Flying Club which are adjacent to the airport so that the land could be used for a new terminal building. But the state government is yet to seriously consider the shifting of certain buildings used by it from their present location and make available the land for the new facility. A team of the state’s civil aviation department has already visited the city airport to inspect its adjacent areas. “The government is ready to consider the possibility of providing land for the expansion of the existing airport,” said a senior government official. Get growth and development stories of Bihar daily to your inbox |
| Business Opportunity Show at Hotel Chanakya, Patna on Tuesday Posted: 25 Apr 2011 05:34 AM PDT |
| Bihar Panchayat candidates on Nepal Radio Posted: 25 Apr 2011 04:20 AM PDT Candidates contesting the Bihar panchayat polls in districts bordering Nepal have put the State Election Commission in a fix with an innovative method of campaigning that not only is effective but also possibly helps them hoodwink poll authorities who are keeping an eye on their expenses. Over 100 candidates in the fray in the seven border districts have been campaigning through advertisements on Nepal radio stations, which poll officials said was a violation of the model code. Among the stations that air the campaigns are Rajdevi FM, Jaleshwarnath FM, Madheshi Radio, Radio Today and Janakpur Radio — all of them quite popular in the border districts. Some advertisements were dropped recently after returning officers received complaints. Authorities said candidates may be using it to escape the watch on their poll expenses as 24-hour monitoring of Nepali stations was virtually impossible. Get growth and development stories of Bihar daily to your inbox |
| Bihar to set up dolphin conservation task force Posted: 25 Apr 2011 12:20 AM PDT Patna, April 21 (IANS) Bihar has decided to set up a task force for conservation of the endangered Gangetic river dolphins, an official said Thursday. Mithilesh Kumar, member secretary of the state wildlife board, said a task force headed by wild life expert R.K. Sinha would be constituted soon. 'The state government is serious about the conservation of Gangetic dolphins. A task force is a move in this direction,' Kumar told IANS here. Sinha is an expert on the species and also chairman of the working group for dolphin conservation set up by the central government. The Gangetic dolphin is India's national aquatic animal, but frequently falls prey to poachers in the state. Their carcasses are found regularly on the banks of the river. Ganges river dolphins are being killed at an alarming rate in Bihar. Wildlife officials say poachers kill them for flesh and oils. The environment ministry has asked the state government to launch an awareness campaign among the people to protect the specie. Ganges river dolphins fall in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act and have been declared an endangered species under the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Sinha, head of the Patna University's zoology department, said more than a dozen dolphins have reportedly been killed in Bihar in two years. Experts estimate that the current number of the Ganges river dolphin is around 2,000. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says in the 1980s, there were around 3,500 dolphins in the Ganga delta region alone. The Gangetic dolphin is one of the four freshwater dolphin species in the world. The other three are found in the Yangtze river in China, the Indus river in Pakistan and the Amazon river in South America. The species, found in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, is blind and finds its way and its prey in the river waters through echoes.
Get growth and development stories of Bihar daily to your inbox |
| You are subscribed to email updates from Bihar News, Latest News from Bihar, News of Bihar, Biharprabha News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment