Actually Bihar is seating on the edge of a vulcano which is called HIV/AIDS. Trouble is this that it has not yet been realised by the Government and practically nothing serious is being done in this direction.
If HIV/AIDS is assuming alarming dimensions in India, Biharis are one of its main carriers. Bihar produces more than 70 per cent of India's migrant labour population, who work all over the country, from the shipbreaking yards of Alang in Gujarat to the smoke-belching manufactories in Delhi and Mumbai. What is frightful is that there is a remarkably low awareness of the impact, spread and intensity of the disease in their home state.
In India, migrant labourers are one of the main carriers of the HIV virus. In Bihar, however, apart from some non-governmental organisation (NGO) initiative, there is little interest in identifying the problem. Health department officials say that they are overburdened by problems other than AIDS. In fact, government information on AIDS is so patchy that even basic statistics are unavailable with Bihar's health department. As for political commitment, AIDS was not even an issue in the Bihar Assembly election campaigns.