Tough
measures against criminals in the district has reined in lawbreakers but an
unusual gang has caused a major disturbance and fear among the residents of the
district. Even policemen are not spared by the "members" of this gang.
Marauding of orchards, gardens, household kitchens and, at times,
causing injury to residents by the gang members has caused panic among people.
However, nobody has lodged any complaint so far. Curiously enough, police
consider themselves "helpless".
Due to drought this year, the country might not be able to tap maize from the state's three districts -- Begusarai, Khagaria, and five blocks of northern Bhagalpur -- whose maize yields are considered among the bests in the country. While maize has 108 industrial uses, including in the manufacture of gun powder and cosmetics, over and above their use in fast food in metros and other towns, the merchants banking on lifting maize from the three districts have been left wringing their empty hands.
A woman, as everyone knows,
usually gives birth to a baby after nine months of pregnancy, but in Bihar 298
women claim to have delivered two to five children in a span of 60 days - at
least that's what records of incentives amount given to new mothers under a
government scheme show.
A woman gets around Rs.1,000 when she gives
birth under the government's Janani Suraksha Yojana but a total of Rs.6.6 lakh
was paid as incentive to 298 women who claimed to have delivered two to five
children within 60 days under the scheme, says a report of the Comptroller and
Auditor General (CAG) that exposes corruption in the state.
In another blow to the Bihar administration, the latest Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report released on Friday has found major irregularities in delivering food grains of over 3,000 quintals, meant for the flood-affected in the state. The report stated that while on paper it was shown that these food grains were transported for the flood-affected, the audit report reveals that majority of such trucks (through which the foodgrains were transported) did not exist.
