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HomeAuthorsAmit Bhelari

Articles by Amit Bhelari

About Amit Bhelari
Amit Bhelari is a journalist based in Patna.
Governance

Monsoon readiness in Patna: Plans aplenty on paper, but COVID slows execution

June 8, 2020 Amit Bhelari

After last years floods, a high level committee ordered construction of 17 new sump houses, but this has remained on paper. Work to make existing sump houses functional has also not taken off.

Economy

No jobs, farming season over: How long before migrants returning to Patna set out again?

May 20, 2020 Amit Bhelari

Faced with miserable conditions at district quarantine centres and no prospect of jobs, the 1.5 lakh plus labourers who have returned to Bihar could well be left with just one option — go back to where they returned from.

Health

Patna: Why a stage 2 cancer patient, an accident victim and many others like them are staring at doom

May 1, 2020 Amit Bhelari

Though there is a government order that private hospitals should function normally, these hospitals are blithely ignoring it, turning away patients in need of treatment.

Economy

Patna: Ground reality trumps relaxation on paper

April 27, 2020 Amit Bhelari

Whatever partial relaxation has been allowed has brought little relief to the poor of Patna, which is not surprising given the many inconsistencies in the guidelines.

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