Bihar is a state of eastern India and the state has been facing severe As contamination in groundwater, as As-contaminated sediments are deposited by the Ganga River [26,68]. The state has a highest population density in India with a total projected population of 131,040,000 for 2023 [69...
Using records from 6081 suspected VL patients in eight districts in Bihar, we highlight significant variations in the burden of identified cases (the number of cases identified per head of population per year) and mortality. Although incidence of VL has been the main focus of most previous ...
We focus on rural villages because the vast majority of the population (90 %) in Bihar resides in rural areas (Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India 2011). In the second stage, the three villages with the highest number of households were selected in order to ensure...
Freshwater scarcity, deterioration and associated water management remain to be one of the most challenging aspects of high-population density economies especially in subtropical/tropical regions. The present research deals with hydrogeochemical analysis of the eco-sensitive Baraila wetland and possible sou...
Introduction Climate change threatens sustainable development in South Asia given the potential vulnerability associated with high population density, poverty, and limited resources for adaptation. Climate change is, thereby, set to cause huge economic, social, and environmental damage across the region, ...
The rice–wheat rotation is the dominant cropping system in Bihar, where food security of the rural population depends heavily on the production of rice and wheat. In Bihar, farmers plant rice after the first significant rains, and climatic shocks induced by low temperatures and terminal heat str...