Even as Patna has been facing severe water-logging for weeks, Bihar Urban Development Minister Samrat Choudhary is all set to visit UK to study waste management and town planning.
The water-logging has even forced the state government to request the Union Home Department to send army to raise a makeshift iron bridge to declog water passage.
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Low lying areas of Patna mainly Kankarbagh has been water logged because of rains over last week.
Though Chief Minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi did not comment on his minister’s foreign trip, he pulled up Patna Municipal Corporation for its inaction. The Patna High Court had also pulled up the government.
Santosh Singh is a Senior Assistant Editor with The Indian Express since June 2008. He covers Bihar with main focus on politics, society and governance. Investigative and explanatory stories are also his forte. Singh has 25 years of experience in print journalism covering Bihar, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.
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