Patna, Feb. 6: Chief minister Nitish Kumar expressed satisfaction at his Nishchay Yatra, which spanned over three months and concluded today with the review of the implementation of development works including his seven resolves for a developed Bihar.
The yatra had begun from West Champaran district on November 9 and covered all 38 districts in 10 phases. Nitish focused on the implementation of four of his seven resolves - tap water, toilet, electricity connection as well as pucca lanes and drains to every household during it, visited district registration and consultation centres and held public meetings in the districts.
"I observed on-the-spot implementation of the four resolves. The one of providing electricity connections will be completed within two years, while the rest will be implemented in four years. I was happy to notice that an environment against defecation in the open has formed the state," Nitish said after his Lok Samvad programme held at his secretariat today.
The chief minister pointed out that an entire sub-division, Belsand in Sitamarhi district, three blocks in Rohtas and several panchayats in the entire state have been declared open defecation-free. Sigori panchayat in Patna district would become open defecation-free in 15 days and people across the state are not only constructing toilets, but are also using them, he added.
On providing tap water to every household the public health engineering department is implementing it in panchayats where groundwater is affected by arsenic, iron or fluoride contamination, while ward development committees are implementing it in all other panchayats in a decentralised mode.
Nitish was satisfied at the way the resolves to provide electricity connections to all households and construction of pucca lanes and drains were being executed.
The chief minister also reviewed the implementation of Bihar Right to Public Grievance Redressal Act, which came into effect on June 5, 2016. He said over 1.13 lakh applications have been received under it and over 90,000 have been disposed of within the 60-day deadline.
"A software has been developed on my instructions through which officials in Patna could see all the applications that come at grievance redressal centres in the districts," Nitish said.
Criticising the budget for the railways, Nitish said the Centre was not being asked pertinent questions, including the fate of delayed rail projects in Bihar and how much budgetary allocation for railways in Bihar in the ongoing financial year had been spent so far.
