Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to skip ‘Namami Gange’ event; Tejashwi Yadav to attend

The meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 December at the National Ganga Council will not be attended by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Kolkata.

Meanwhile, the meeting will be attended by Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav will attend the event. In the ‘Namami Gange’ meeting, all northern and eastern Indian state’s Chief Ministers have been invited.

“Last time when it happened in Uttar Pradesh, Sushil Modi attended it as he was seeing the concerned department. This time Tejashwi Yadav is handling this department, so we requested him to go,” Kumar said.

A few days earlier Bihar CM Nitish Kumar missed the 25th Eastern Zonal Council meeting which was chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Moreover, Rs 2,700 for the development of sewerage infrastructure has been approved for the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), projects at the 46th meeting of the Executive Committee.

According to the Ministry of Jal Shakti release in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal more than Rs 2,700 crore has been approved for the development of sewerage infrastructure.

However, for Uttarakhand and Bihar an estimated cost of Rs 42.80 crore has been approved that aims to create an enabling environment for climate-resilient and sustainable ecosystem management.

Furthermore, the United Nations (UN) has recognized the Namami Gange and is also named one of the Top 10 World Restoration Flagships programs.