Bihar Specific

Current affairs
July 2022

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 CRPF successfully runs Anti-Naxal Operation under ‘Operation Shadow’ in
Munger
Why is in News ?
• The Naxalites' hideout in Munger district's Khapra hill area was destroyed by
the CRPF CoBRA unit under the command of SP J.J. Reddy.
Key Point : -
• The Naxalites were targeted by the
‘Operation Shadow’ (Search and
Destroy) in the forested and steep
terrain of Dharhara in Munger.
• This was the CPI-Maoist group's top-
secret training center, from which
cutting-edge weapons and other
dubious products were traded.
• According to a Home Ministry report
ten districts in Bihar (Aurangabad,
Gaya, Munger, Jamui, Kaimur, Nawada, Lakhisarai, Banka, Rohtas, and West
Champaran) are still plagued by the Naxals.
• The districts Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui, and Lakhisarai have been identified as
being the most severely impacted by naxalism, whereas six other districts in
Bihar—Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Jehanabad, Arwal, East Champaran, and
Vaishali—have now been deemed to be free of naxalism.

The largest elevated corridor in Bihar Danapur - Shivala - Bihta alignment was
approved
Why is in News ?
• On July 15, 2022, the National Highways
Authority of India (NHAI) published a
tender for the building of an elevated
corridor connecting the ESI Medical
College in Bihta with the Danapur Railway
Station.
Key Points : -
• The largest four-lane elevated roadway in
Bihar will be built for a cost of Rs. 51 crore.

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 The elevated road has a total length of 21 km, of which 4 kilometres are
included up until the Koilvar bridge.
• Under the elevated Danapur-Bihta corridor, a connection road has been
constructed for the Bihta airport. Additionally, bypasses are planned for
Neuraganj, Panal, Kanholi, and Bishanpura at the same time.
• A tunnel will connect traffic using this elevated corridor coming from Patna to
the airport at Bihta.
• A ramp will be constructed for the elevated route leading from Saguna Mor.
• An underpass and four bridges will be built between Bihta and Koilwar.
• The elevated corridor project is a component of the Prime Minister's Package
2015 for Bihar, which is worth mentioning.
• The state government spent Rs 456 crore of its own funds to acquire the land
for this. The state government would give up land in Hardinge Park's
southernmost section in exchange for the railway land in Danapur.

Inauguration of emergency number 112 and the command and control centre
for the Emergency Response Support System

Why is in News ?
• On July 6, 2022, Shri Nitish Kumar, the state's chief minister, launched the Dial-
112 service under the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS).
• All calls to the emergency numbers 100 or 101 that are currently in operation
will now be routed to this command and control room.

Key Points : -
• Emergency response vehicle services are
now being made available for free to
Bihar's regular inhabitants. As soon as
possible-within 15 to 20 minutes-an
emergency response vehicle will be sent to
the scene of the accident to help the victim.
• The people of Bihar state have the option of
dialling the 112 number to receive
assistance in the event of an emergency,
including the safety of women, children, and

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 senior citizens, as well as in the event of an arson, accident, police assistance,
medical emergency, vehicle accident, or any other emergency.
• This project's first phase has received sanction for about Rs 176 crore. In the
upcoming phase of the project, it is planned to reach all region of Bihar.
• 400 Emergency Response Vehicles will also be made available to the general
public under the supervision of the cutting - edge Integrated Emergency
Response Support System (ERSS) command and control centre to aid the
victim.
• To respond immediately to emergency situations, over 7,000 police officers
have been stationed in the cutting-edge Central Command and Control facility.
Along with two officials of the rank of SP, it also consists of police officers from
the rank of constable to inspector. The Inspector General of the Police
Department will keep an eye on all activity.

As part of the 102 Ambulance Service, the 501 Advance Life Support and Basic
Life Support Ambulance Services were established

Why is in News ?
• The emergency medical service of bihar state needs to be improved and made
more effective, thus last year the chief minister of the state decided to replace
all of the old government ambulances with 1000 brand-new advance
ambulances.

Key Points : -
• With the assistance of the State Health
Committee of Bihar, Bihar is the first
state to decide to deploy advanced life
support ambulances in each block in the
state.
• The functioning of these ambulances
will lead to a qualitative improvement
in the transport service for emergency
health, and the general public will
greatly benefit from it.
• In addition to ventilators, defibrillators, cardiac monitors, central vein
catheters, etc., advance life support ambulances also include oxygen

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 capabilities. As a result, an advanced life support ambulance functions much
like a mobile ICU.
• Ambulances equipped with general oxygen are known as basic life support
ambulances and are used to transport patients in general.
• Patients in urban and rural locations will soon be able to access emergency
health transport services through this service, allowing them to receive
medical attention when they need it.

Rs. 50 lakh from the Governor's Fund was donated by the Governor to the
Mahavir Cancer Institute.

Why is in News ?
• The Governor of the State, His Excellency Mr. Fagu Chauhan, opened the bone
marrow transplant unit, brachytherapy, and echocardiography machine at the
Mahaveer Cancer Institute and announced a contribution of Rs. 50 lakh to the
Institute from his discretionary grant fund.

Key Points : -
• The second-largest cancer hospital in
the nation, Mahaveer Cancer Institute
is administered by the Mahavir
Mandir in Patna. All forms of therapy
are provided here at a reasonable cost.
That is why individuals travel here to
receive cancer treatment, not just
from Bihar but also from nearby states
and nations like Bangladesh and
Nepal.
• The Mahaveer Cancer Institute offers free care to patients under the age of 18,
and it charges a minimum of Rs. 100 per unit for the provision of blood and
blood components to cancer patients. Patients who are admitted to the facility
are given free breakfast and dinners.
• Compressing the infected body sections of cancer patients will be made easier
with the implementation of the brachytherapy machine facility. Despite the

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 fact that this institute already has the most cutting-edge linear accelerator and
cobalt treatment for fomentation facilities.
• By identifying the true state of the heart, the new echocardiography device will
aid in the right treatment of patients. The equipment was given to the hospital
by a couple of ex-service members whose daughter had passed away from
cancer.
• At Mahavir Cancer Institute, the Governor also officially launched the book
"Shabri Leela Darpan" penned by Ghanshyam Das Hans ji.

Vishnudev Narayan Singh, a freedom fighter, passed away

Why is in News ?
• Vishnudev Narayan Singh, a freedom fighter, passed away on July 22, 2022, at
the age of 98, as a consequence of a protracted illness.

Key Points : -
• Vishnudev Narayan Singh was a native
of the Chitkhor village in the Tikari
block of Gaya.
• The Bihar State Freedom Fighter
Organization was currently led by the
late Vishnudev Narayan Singh Ji.
• Vishnudev Narayan Singh was the first
freedom fighter of his district to
participate in the Indian freedom
struggle in the year 1939 at the age of
14.
• Late Vishnudev Narayan Singh was arrested many times by the British
government during the Indian independence movement.

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 • Vishnudev Narayan Singh has been honored with the President's Award more
than twice.
• Late Vishnudev Narayan Singh was recently given another honour by Ram
Nath Kovind, who was the president at the time in 2019.

In Patna, "Udaan Art & Craft Shop" opened as a resource for female business
owners.

Why is in News ?

• Women from rural Bihar who want to start their own businesses now have a
place to sell the many products they make in the state capital Patna.
• All of the rural women in this state are intended to achieve financial
independence through this platform.

Key points : -

• Women and Child Development

Corporation is responsible for the
formulation and successful
implementation of various
schemes for the development of
women in Bihar, which works
under the Social Welfare
Department of the Government of
Bihar.
• 'Udaan' is an initiative pogramme
of Women and Child Development
Corporation in the interest of rural women entrepreneurs of Bihar.
• It is noteworthy that the Women and Child Development Corporation has given
rural women business owners in Bihar a platform called the Art and Craft Shop,
where women who produce a wide variety of handicrafts, handlooms, food
items, arts and crafts, Madhubani paintings, and Tikuli art can bring many
items, such as furnishings, into one place for sale.

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 • This platform will be operated by the Bihar Mahila Udyog Sangh, due to which
the women of the local level engaged in work will get a fair price for their
product through this platform.
• This effort was first launched by the company in the year 2003, but for a variety
of reasons it was not in use for about 18 years. As a result, it is currently being
rebuilt. Every district in Bihar would have such a platform, according to the
state government.
• Paying special attention to quality, it will be ensured here that all the products
related to the arts and crafts of Bihar are easily available to all the people of
Bihar at reasonable prices.

Instructions given by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to the officers during the
high-level review meeting for the Jal-Jeevan-Hariyali Abhiyaan

Why is in News ?

• A high-level review meeting for the Jal-Jeevan-Hariyali Abhiyaan was

conducted in Samvad at the Chief Minister's Secretariat on July 23, 2022, with
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar serving as the meeting's chairman.
• The Chief Minister delivered departmental directives to the concerned officers
during this meeting to ensure that the arrangements for environmental
maintenance and protection were in place.

Key Points : -

• Rahul Kumar, the mission director

for the Jal-Jeevan-Hariyali Abhiyan,
provided the Chief Minister with an
update on the progress being made
on all 11 components of the
campaign during in the review
meeting through a presentation.
• All government buildings should
have provisions for the installation
and upkeep of solar energy (renewable
energy) related equipment for the purposes of cleanliness and financial

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 environmental preservation, and it is the responsibility of the concerned
department to raise public awareness of this energy.
• The construction of a rubber dam in the Falgu River near the Vishnu Pad
Temple in Gaya and the Ganga water supply system should be finished as soon
as possible to deal with the problem of water supply in Nawada, Rajgir, Gaya,
and Bodh Gaya. All government buildings must have lightning drivers installed,
and officials must set up rainwater collection systems.
• The amount of greenery in Bihar was relatively low, according to data
previously received. The state's green cover has now surpassed 15% as a result
of the founding of Hariyali Mission in the year 2012.
• The state administration of Bihar has set a goal to raise the limit of green cover
to 17 percent while taking into account the population and area of the current
Bihar.
• According to the study, adequate plans have been developed for the
rehabilitation of the poor people who live along the banks of water harvesting
regions by designating as many public feeders, trees, ponds, puddles, wells, and
hand pumps as possible and ensuring their freedom from encroachment.

Among Indian states that produce mushrooms, Bihar came out on top

Why is in News ?

• According to the data released by the National Horticulture Board, more than
28 thousand tonnes of mushroom has been produced in Bihar in the year 2021-
22.

Key Points : -
• The share of Bihar is more than 10
percent in the total production
of mushroom in the country .
• In terms of mushroom production,
Maharashtra comes in second place
after Bihar, according to statistics from
the National Horticulture Board.
• The third-ranked Odisha has a share of
9.6 percent, while Maharashtra has a

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 share of 9.89 percent of the nation's total output of mushrooms.
• Bihar is home to commercial mushroom farms that grow the oyster, button,
milky, pedistra, Hercium with medicinal characteristics, and Citacea types.
• In Bihar, Dr. Dayaram, a scientist who studies about mushrooms at Rajendra
Agricultural University, is known as the "Mushroom Man."
• On the recommendation of the "Group on Perishable Agricultural Products,"
the National Horticulture Board was founded by the Government of India in
April 1984 under the leadership of Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, a member of the
Planning Commission at the time.
• The headquarters of National Horticulture Board is located in Gurugram, and
it is registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act of 1860.

In concerns of fish production, Bihar came in fourth in the Country

Why is in News ?
• In the year 2007-08, there was an annual fish production of 2 lakh 88 thousand
tonnes in the state, whereas in the year 2020-21 this production has increased
to 7 lakh 62 thousand tonnes.

Key Points : -
• The state government of Bihar has
announced that it will now subsidise
the construction of a new pond for fish
farming by up to 90%. In addition, the
state government has a grant
programme available for purchasing
equipment like ice storage containers
and vehicles that are required for
selling fish.
• The Sheikhpura district, well-known for
its stone and onion industries, leads the state in both the labour of fish farming
and its trade, as well as in agriculture.
• Every year on November 21, people celebrate World Fisheries Day to
demonstrate their support for fishers, aquarists, and other interested parties.
Fish are produced by aquaculture in India, which is the second-largest
producer of fish worldwide.

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• India is fourth in the world in terms of exporting fish products and provides
7.7% to the global fish production to that market.
• The "Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMSY)" was launched by Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi on September 10, 2020.
• The top five states currently producing fish are the following, according to
the study from the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal
Husbandry, and Dairy :-

Serial number Names of states Production (in MT) year 2020-21

1. Andhra Pradesh 36.1

2. West Bengol 16.19

3. Uttaar Pradesh 6.99

4. Bihar 6.41

5. Chhattisgarh 5.72

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 Bihar is ranked 15th in the Innovation Index, 2021

Why is in news ?

• Bihar moved up two places from the previous year in the third Innovation
Index published by NITI Aayog in 2021.
• Bihar was at the bottom of the list of the 17 big states in the India Innovation
Index for the year 2020, but it jumped to the 15th place in the index for the
year 2021.

Key Points : -

• In October 2019, the Innovation

Index of NITI Aayog published its
inaugural edition. In January 2020,
its second edition was released
after that.
• According to the India Innovation
Index, Karnataka is first among the
large states. In this ranking,
Telangana is in second position,
while Haryana is third.
• In the innovation index, Bihar scored
11.58. Karnataka is in first place with a score of 18.01. For the third year in a
row, Karnataka has held the top position.
• Orissa comes in at number 16 while Chhattisgarh comes in at number 17 in the
list of the 17 states, which includes Bihar.
• The India Innovation Index, developed by NITI Aayog and the Institute for
Competitiveness, is a thorough instrument for assessing and expanding the
nation's innovation ecosystem. In order to preserve healthy competition
among them, it rates the States and Union Territories based on their innovative
performance.
• This index was created in the same vein as the Global Innovation Index.
• The Innovation Index ranks the states according to three separate categories :
- Big states, Hill states in the North East, and Union Territories.
• A total of 66 indicators have been included under its 7 main pillars. India
Innovation Index 2020 had 36 indicators in all.

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 • Out of the total of 7, two "Performance" columns and five "Enabler" columns
evaluate the input and output, respectively.

The first oxygen park in Bihar would be constructed in Gopalganj

Why is in news ?

• The Nagar Van Yojana of the Forest Department is helping to develop the
forested regions of 75 cities throughout the nation as part of Azadi kaa Amrit
Mahotsav initiative programme.

Key Points : -

• The Bihar Forest Department has

chosen the Thawe forest, which is
close to the Gopalganj district, as the
site for Oxygen Park.
• Bamboo plants of the Bhima species,
which grow into trees in a relatively
short period of time, will be planted
in the Oxygen Park, on the lines of
Periyar University in Salem, Tamil
Nadu.
• The oxygen produced by Bhima bamboo trees is 35 percent greater than that
of any other kind of tree. Additionally, they have lengthy lifespans and are
healthy. Applying them repeatedly is not necessary.
• Additionally, a park just for butterflies will be developed here called Butterfly
Park.

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The first currency chest for Bandhan Bank has been established in Didarganj,
Patna

Why is in News ?

• A currency chest has been established by Bandhan Bank in Didarganj, Patna.

This is the first ever currency chest for Bandhan Bank, which will aid in
managing cash for bank branches and ATMs in the area.

Key Points : -

• With the assistance of bank branches

and ATMs, this currency chest
(Mudra Kosh) will assist in
providing cash currency to regular
people, MSMEs, and small business
owners .
• In India, more than 530 new bank
branches are expected to open by
Bandhan Bank during this fiscal
year. The bank will now open new
locations primarily in North, West, and
South India.
• Bandhan Bank is now led by CS Ghosh as its MD and CEO. its headquarter is
locted in Kolkata .
• Over 2.60 crore people currently do business with Bandhan Bank, which
currently has approximately 5600 branches.
• With the motto "Your kindness, everyone's well-being," Bandhan Bank was
founded on August 23, 2015. "Aapkaa Laabh Sabhii Ka Kalyaan" is the slogan
of Bandhan Bank.

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 Bihar appears in Startup Ranking 2021 under the heading of "Emerging
Startup Ecosystems"

Why is in News ?
• On July 4, 2022, the State Startup Ranking 2021, which featured a total of 24
states and 7 union territories, was published by Commerce and Industry
Minister Shri Piyush Goyal.
Key Points : -
• Bihar's Startup Policy was put into
effect in 2016 to help fresh
concepts in the industrial sector
take root.
• The Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade, or
DPIIT, publishes the Startup
Ranking. In this, ranking the
states and union territories with
the best environments for startups
are ranked.
• This score is determined by the steps taken to create a startup ecosystem that
will support aspiring entrepreneurs.
• The Startup Ranking ranked the States and UTs under five categories:

1. Best Performer :- Gujarat, Meghalaya and Karnataka.

2. Top Performers: - Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana
and Jammu and Kashmir.
3. Leaders:- Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh and Goa.
4. Aspiring Leaders:- Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Puducherry and Nagaland.
5. Emerging Startup Ecosystem :- Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,
Mizoram and Ladakh.

• Meghalaya received the honour of being the best performing state among
smaller states, while Gujarat was recognised as the best performing state for
the third consecutive year.
• When it comes to the startup environment, India comes in third place globally.

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 All five candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

Why is in News ?
• Five candidates from Bihar were declared elected without opposition to the
Rajya Sabha.

Key Points : -

• They candidates are -

1. Satish Chandra Dubey (BJP)
2. Shambhu Sharan Patel (BJP)
3. Misa Bharti (RJD) Fayaz
4. Ahmed (RJD) and
5. Khiru Mahto (JDU)

• It is remarkable that Satish Chandra

Dubey and Misa Bharti were elected
to the Rajya Sabha without opposition for the second time in a row.
• The Rajya Sabha cannot be disbanded since it is a perpetual body.
Nevertheless, one-third of its members leave every two years and are replaced
by those who were just elected.
• Rajya Sabha will consist of not more than 250 members – 238 members will be
representatives of the States and Union Territories and 12 members to be
nominated by the President.
• The term of office for each member is six years. The ex-officio chairman of the
Rajya Sabha is the vice president of India. A Deputy Speaker is furthermore
chosen by this House's members.
• The Rajya Sabha also comprises of a group of deputy chairman. The Leader of
the House is chosen by the Prime Minister and is the senior-most minister who
is a Rajya Sabha member.

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 IIT and NIT Patna are the only two colleges from Bihar that were included in
the NIRF rankings 2022

Why is in News ?

• The rankings for the session 2022 have been made public by the National
Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).
• Only IIT Patna and NIT Patna, two instituti ons from Bihar, are listed in the top
100 of the NIRF ranking.

Key Points : -

• IIT Patna, the only one institution

from Bihar included in the overall
ranking, which is currently on
position 59. While NIT Patna and
IIT Patna, respectively, are placed
63rd and 33rd in the engineering
category.
• The best colleges, universities, and
other educational institutions in the
nation are ranked annually on the basis of their performance by the National
Institutional Ranking Framework.
• All other factors used to determine this ranking are based on the standard of
education offered by universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher
learning. This list was made public in September of the previous year.
• There are a total of 11 categories on this ranking list of the best colleges and
institutions in India. Universities, Management, Colleges, Pharmacy, Medicine,
Engineering, Architecture, Atal Ranking of Institutes on Innovation
Achievements (ARIIA 2021), Law and Research, Institutes, and Overall are
some of these categories.
• According to the NIRF ranking, IIT Madras has been ranked as the best
engineering institute in the country and IISC Bangalore as the top university.
• It is important to note that Bihar is currently in a scenario where education is
receiving the state government's top priority. The state government has
allocated the maximum budget amount of Rs. 39191.87 crore for improving
education in the fiscal year 2022–2023

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 Mansa temple in Madhubani is being constructed on the model of Lingaraj
temple

Why is in News ?

• In Madhubani district, where Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, the

Shankaracharya of Poorvamnaya Govardhan Math, Puri Peeth, was born, a
temple dedicated to Mansa Devi is now being built.
• This temple, which is devoted to Lord Shiva, is the greatest and original
example of Kalinga architecture and Orissa style in Bihar.

Key Point : -

• In the Odisha style, similar to the

Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar, the
Manasa temple in Madhubani is now
being constructed. Garbha Griha,
Yagya Shailam, Bhoga Mandapa, and
Natyasala are the four basic
categories into which this type of
temples is divided.
• Red bricks are being used to carve out
the sanctum sanctorum of this temple,
which is 70 feet long and 33 feet wide.
• The idol of Mansa Mata will be placed in this temple, just as the figure that is
now housed in Haridwar's Mansa Devi temple.
• One of Bhubaneshwar's oldest and most beautiful temples is this one. The
Hindu god Lord Shiva, also known as Harihara, is the major focus of the
Lingaraja Temple
• The concept that Mansa Devi is Shaivi, Lord Shankar's student, and that she is
a manifestation of Vishhara Mata is well-known.
• Lalat Indu Kesari, who governed this region from the 615th to the 657th
century, is credited by historian Fergusson with initiating the construction of
this temple.
• The Soma dynasty's Somvanshi ruler Jajati Keshari constructed the current
temple in the eleventh century. He also moved his capital from Jaipur to
Bhubaneshwar at the same time.

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 • The Lingaraj temple, which is renowned for its architecture, was constructed
using deeply shed sandstone.

Bihar is the first state in the country to do research on Nilgai

Why is in News ?

• Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bhagalpur) will establish the Nilgai

Research Center at Veer Kunwar Singh Agricultural College, Dumraon, Haryana
Farm in the Buxar district, which has been the most severely impacted by
Nilgai.

Key Points : -

• The Bihar State Agriculture

Department has been designated a
sum of money in the range of 50
lakhs for research work on how to
protect and domesticate nilgais.
• In Nilgai, you'll find the majority of
the traits that distinguish goat and
deer species. Making Nilgai a pet
would make it simple for farmers to
find work and earn a living, and it
will also help to reduce crop loss.
• The likelihood of an environmental imbalance as a result of the Nilgai's
slaughter is quite real. For the promotion of health, the milk and flesh of Nilgai
include a number of vital components.
• It is important to note that farmers grow a variety of crops on an area of around
1,42,931 hectares each year in Buxar district, which is referred to as the "rice
bowl." Here, paddy is grown on 90,000 to 1.8 lakh hectares. However, the Nilgai
destroy the farmers' crops every year.
• Nilgai is also known by its scientific name, Boselaphus Trogcamelus. And in
English, it is also referred to as Blue Bull.

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 The capital city of Patna's Veer Kunwar Singh Park will serve as the first
permanent traffic park of Bihar

Why is in News ?

• The Transport Department will build traffic parks in every district of Bihar to
practically warn and make people aware of their surroundings in an effort to
minimise the number of road accidents that occur in the state.
• In three of the state's cities-Patna, Gaya, and Muzaffarpur-temporary traffic
parks have now been established.

Key Points : -

• The first ever permanent traffic

park in Bihar will be located at the
4,900 square foot Veer Kunwar
Singh Park in Patna. In the traffic
park, knowledge on traffic laws
will be provided to kids and
teenagers.
• There will be a road, a little
footbridge, a mock-up building, a
projector, a sound system, etc. in
the traffic park. Traffic signals
along the road in the traffic park, signage such as zebra crossings and U-turns,
the building of small foot overbridges, the construction of mockups of schools
and bus stops, the placement of lampposts and lighting, and separate entry and
exit points are a few other things to consider. Additionally, a projector and
door-equipped classroom for teaching on road safety will be available.
• In the traffic park, schoolchildren and young people will learn about traffic
laws in an enjoyable way via play. They will be able to learn how to safe drive
properly here, and through this, others will also be made aware of road safety.

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Obtaining authorization to explore the "biggest" gold reserves of the nation in
the Jamui district

Why is in News ?

• In December 2021, gold reserves were discovered in Jamui during a local dig.
In the village of Sono, this excavation was taking place.

Key Points : -

• For the purpose of exploring the

gold reserves in Jamui, the state's
Mines and Geology Department
has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with many
exploration-related organisations,
including GSI and the National
Mineral Development
Corporation (NMDC).
• Approximately 222.8 million
tonnes of gold deposits, including 37.6
tonnes of ore rich in minerals, are thought to exist in the Jamui district of Bihar,
according to an assessment by the Geological Survey of India (GSI).
• In terms of gold reserves, Bihar has the majority. 44 percent of the nation's
total gold reserves, or 222.8 million tonnes, are now held by Bihar.
• The National Mineral Inventory states that as of April 1, 2015, the country's
total primary gold ore resource was assessed to be 5018 million tonnes, with
654.74 tonnes of gold metal, of which 222.8 million tonnes (or 44% of the total)
were in Bihar and included 376 tonnes of metal.
• It was established even then that there are gold reserves in this area when a
team from Kolkata travelled to Jamui for surveying about 15 years ago.
• It is important to note that the South African Gold Mines, or gold mines, are
thought to be the oldest and deepest.

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