Under Lohia Swachh Bihar Abhiyan II, 30 gram panchayats of the district have been selected under the government's seven determination part two. Where work has to be done on solid and liquid waste management at the village level by changing the behavior of the community through information, education and communication. For this, an amount of nine crores has also been made available to the identified panchayats several months ago, but till now the progress of work in the district is negligible. DRDA Director Rakesh Ranjan held a meeting in the consultation room at the headquarters on Saturday to make the plan on the ground and make the Gram Panchayat representatives aware. The concerned Panchayat head, Panchayat Secretary, MNREGA PO and Junior Engineer were present in the meeting. ,

Work will be done on cleanliness in every village of Panchayat

DRDA director Rakesh Ranjan directed the chiefs and panchayat secretaries of the selected gram panchayats to start the work without delay. He directed the representatives and secretaries of all the gram panchayats to obtain NOC after searching the land for the garbage house. Along with this, under the scheme, plastic dustbin, e-rickshaw, foot rickshaw etc. were asked to be procured without delay. It was told in the meeting that dustbins are to be purchased with the amount of 15th Finance Commission. While the garbage house will be constructed from MNREGA. On this, the head of many gram panchayats told the DRDA director that the work already done by MNREGA is not paid on time. In such a situation, it would not be right to construct a garbage house from MNREGA. ,

Instructions for construction of community toilets

In the meeting, DRDA Director informed that funds for construction of 25 community toilets are lying in the district. He asked the head of the village panchayat that the panchayats where toilets are to be constructed, they should immediately provide the list. He directed that if the head of the village panchayat is not interested in the construction of public toilets, then the BDO of the concerned block will be made an executive agency and the construction work will be done. In the meeting, he directed all the Panchayat Secretaries and Mukhiyas to ensure transparency in the restoration of sanitation workers at the ward and panchayat level for successful implementation of the scheme. Do not recruit someone without experience anywhere.

There is a possibility of rain in all the districts of Bihar today. Moderate to heavy rainfall may occur in some districts. Today there is a warning of heavy rain in four districts of North Bihar, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, and Darbhanga. Also, there is a possibility of thunderstorms in 18 districts. An appeal has been made to the people of these districts to be careful regarding this. On Sunday, only seven districts of Bihar received rain.

The 18 districts of North Bihar and South Bihar where thunderstorms and moderate rainfall are likely are East Champaran, West Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Samastipur, Buxar, Bhabua, Rohtas, Aurangabad, and Arwal are included. There is a possibility of thunderstorms with rain in all the areas of these districts.

On the other hand, light or moderate rainfall may occur at most places of Supaul, Araria, Kishanganj, Purnia, Katihar, Madhepura, and Saharsa in Northeast Bihar. Light rain and lightning are likely to occur at one or two places in 13 districts of south-central and southeast Bihar. These districts include Patna, Gaya, Jehanabad, Nalanda, Sheikhpura, Nawada, Begusarai, Lakhisarai, Bhagalpur, Munger, Banka, Jamui and Khagaria.

Most rain in Kishanganj

On Sunday, Kishanganj received the highest rainfall of 14.4 mm. Light rain has occurred at one or two places of Purnia, Katihar, Araria, Nalanda, Sheikhpura, and Begusarai. The highest temperature on Sunday was 37.8 degrees Celsius in Buxar. Aurangabad was in second place where the temperature was recorded at 37.7 degrees. The average temperature in all the districts including Patna, and Gaya was between 34 and 37 degrees. The lowest temperature was recorded in Saharsa at 32.5 degrees Celsius.

people will get relief from the heat

According to the Meteorological Center Patna, the flow of east and southeast wind remains up to 1.5 km above the surface in the whole of Bihar. Its speed is about eight to 10 kilometers per hour. Simultaneously, an East-West trough is passing from the cyclonic circulation area formed over North-West Rajasthan to the Bay of Central West Bengal at 1.5 km above sea level through East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and South Odisha. With the rains, people will get relief from the heat.