BIHAR

Following the concept of vehicle carrying capacity of road, the state transport department will map out the routes for public vehicles like autorickshaws, e-rickshaws and buses for faster mobility as well as to free up choked roads and improve the air quality. It will be initially implemented inPatnaand neighbouring areas like Danapur, Khagaul and Phulwarisharif.

The department is developing a Software to help decide the routes for public vehicles through geographic information system (GIS). Transport officials have started the manual survey for urban public transport route planning, which includes the number of public vehicles, routes on which the vehicles are plying, travel demand pattern and exploring new routes.

The department will issue permit to new vehicles with routes mentioned while the old vehicles will be streamlined. Once this is implemented, all details regarding autorickshaws, e-rickshaws and buses, including the contact number and name of the drivers, will be available at a click. It will also help in tracking a vehicle in case of any emergency situation.

The 100-year journey of the , including some of the major decisions taken and speeches made by the great leaders, will be showcased at the upcoming museum on the assembly premises.

Asked about the upcoming museum-cum-conference hall, assembly SpeakerVijay Kumar Sinhasaid, Important speeches made by the dignitaries will be available for people at the museum. The states rich heritage will also be showcased at the museum with the contribution of the legislators.

Building constriction department secretaryKumar Ravisaid the museum would be spread in an area of 1.03 acres.

It will be the first double-decker flyover in the state capital and the second in Bihar.
Bihars first double decker flyover (total length 3.5 KM), which is coincidentally Indias longest double decker flyover, is coming up in Saran districts Chapra town.

According to the report, Madhya Pradesh leads the chart with 79 per cent of its Population having antibodies, while Rajasthan comes second with 76.2 per cent sero prevalence. Bihar has 75.9 per cent, Gujarat 75.3 per cent, Chhattisgarh 74.6 per cent, Uttarakhand 73.1 per cent, Uttar Pradesh 71 per cent and Andhra Pradesh 70.2 per cent sero prevalence.

Similarly in Karnataka, it is 69.8 per cent, Nadu 69.2 per cent, Odisha 68.1 per cent, Punjab 66.5 per cent, Telangana 63.1 per cent, Jammu and Kashmir 63 per cent, Himachal Pradesh 62 per cent, Jharkhand 61.2 per cent, West Bengal 60.9 per cent, Haryana 60.1 per cent, Maharashtra 58 per cent, Assam 50.3 per cent and Kerala 44.4 per cent. Kerala has the least antibodies among the states.

Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS), Patna and Central University of SouthBihar(CUSB),Bodh Gaya, on Saturday inked aMoUfor promoting academic activities in the streams of knowledge associated with medical and allied sciences.

RMRIMS is an institute under the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi.

Life expectancy of people inBiharat 69.2 years is less than the national Average of 69.7 years. Also, Bihar and Jharkhand are the only exceptions in the country where life expectancy of female is less than the male.

As per the sample registration survey (SRS)-based Abridged Life Tables (2015-19) released by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner earlier this week, while the life expectancy at the time of birth in India was 69.7 years, it was 69.2 years in Bihar, which ranked sixth from the bottom.

Delhi and Kerala topped the list with a life expectancy of 75.9 years and 75.2 years, respectively. Chhattisgarh was at the bottom. However, compared to its own previous data, Bihar has seen a marginal increase in life expectancy. For instance, for the period between 2014-18, life expectancy in the state was 69.1 years and then it increased to 69.2 years for 2015-19.

Bihar and Jharkhand were the only exceptions where the female life expectancy at the time of birth was less than the male Population. The other other big states and union territories had recorded more life expectancy for female, which on an average was two years more than the male.

The CM reviewed two proposedBills, to be laid in the next session of the state assembly for setting up two new universities exclusively for engineering and medical science streams.
After enactment of the proposed Bills, all engineering colleges across the state would be governed by the proposed Bihar Engineering University, while all medical colleges of the state by the proposed Bihar University of Medical Sciences.

The state currently has 38 government-run engineering colleges while 17 engineering colleges in the private sector.

Besides these two new universities, the Nitish government has also planned to set up two more new universities one each exclusively for the Sports sector and another for art & culture.

The Bihar cabinet on Friday cleared the states fourth agricultural road map, which would cost about1.62 lakh crore over the next five years.

Additional chief secretary (cabinet) S Siddharth said approval of the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture road map was among the 18 proposals discussed and cleared in the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Nitish Kumar.

The agricultural road map has already come in force since April 1 this year, and will continue till 2028. It has components from other departments as well, said Siddharth.

Recently, the had held a meeting of stakeholders on the agricultural road map, wherein farmers representatives had also shared their views, apart from experts.

Very soon, a Bihar Bhawan will come up in Mumbai. The state government has approved the proposal to take a plot of land in Mumbai on lease for a period of seven years on payment of155 crore. The cabinet also gave its nod for the payment of the lease amount to Maharashtra government to get the possession of the land.

The Mahavir Temple Trust Committee, for instance, has once again started online bookings for religious rituals and offerings. Although the temple gates are shut, shops selling Naivedyam laddoos will remain open for the devotees. Priests and religious heads will also be allowed to carry out their rituals as usual.

Similarly, only the imam (leads prayers), the muezzin (proclaims the call to prayer) and three others will be permitted inside mosques.

State registered three more Covid-19 cases on Monday. With this, the number of active cases has reached 44 in Bihar.

The three new cases were against 13565 samples tested in the last 24 hours across the state. Health department also held a meeting, to review the situation and issued special instructions to all the districts to beef up testing.

For instance, of the 13565 samples tested, West Champaran had tested only 51, while Siwan had tested only 65 samples. Rohtas was the district with zero samples. Maximum 1972 samples were tested in Muzaffarpur, followed by Patna (1568) and Gopalganj (1149).