Author name: Gautam Kumar Mishra

Gautam Kumar Mishra is a student of MBA in Sustainable Development at Nalanda University, Bihar, with a background in Chemistry from the Central University of Haryana. He is currently a TRIP intern.

From Water to Wealth: Bihar’s Wetland-Centric Development

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Wetlands hold immense potential both in economic and ecological sense, but fragmented governance across departments and a lack of scientific monitoring create major challenges for the development of a wetland-centric economy. Without solving the governance issue, no wetland economy can take off. Bihar has one of India’s richest networks of wetlands- oxbow lakes, floodplain […]

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Vanishing Wetlands of Bihar: How Patna’s Urban Growth Is Choking the Ganga Floodplain

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Over the past two decades, Bihar has witnessed rapid growth in urbanization, mostly centred in and around the capital. Large tracts of low-lying land and “jalla” (wetlands) have been converted into residential and commercial areas, while “bagh” zones (orchards) have been urbanized. This transformation has led to the loss of the natural drainage system, worsening

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