Build boundary alongside Badshahi Nullah: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

PATNA: CM Nitish Kumar on Friday asked the officials to construct a concrete boundary wall alongside the 30km-long Badshahi Nullah to protect it from encroachments. The centuries old nullah drains out rainwater from the southern part of the state capital to Punpun river.
While inspecting the ongoing cleaning and development works at the Badshahi Nullah, Nitish also asked the officials to carry out plantation drive on both sides of the drain. He also asked the officials to ensure that the drainage and rainwater passing through it are released into Punpun river only after proper treatment at sewage treatment plants.
Nitish also visited different parts of the state capital and inspected the preparations to check re-occurrence of waterlogging in certain areas in the rainy season. He also issued some instructions to the officials of urban development and housing department (UDHD) and Patna district administration to take all necessary steps to ensure timely draining out of rainwater from residential colonies.
In 2019, some localities of the state capital, especially Rajendra Nagar and Kankarbagh, had witnessed heavy waterlogging for several days, compelling the state government to constitute a high-level committee headed by development commissioner Arun Kumar Singh to find out the reasons behind the menace.
When the CM was inspecting the Yogipur drainage plant and the NBCC plant, UDHD secretary Anand Kishor informed him that accumulated rainwater of Kankarbagh area is pumped out through these plants. CM asked the officials to shift the transformer to a higher place so that uninterrupted supply of electricity could be maintained even in waterlogging and pumping machine could not be shut. He also asked the officials to ensure arrangement of an alternative feeder so that power supply could not be interrupted.
He asked the UDHD officials to depute sufficient number of officers and technicians at each pumping machine on a roster basis and monitor their attendance on a regular basis.
CM also inspected Pahari sump house. He asked the officials to make arrangements for draining rainwater from either side of the Patna Bypass road to their respective opposite side. He said if rainwater gets accumulated in large quantities on one side of the Bypass, there should be arrangements to shift divert it to the other side.
CM also released a magazine 'Monsoon-2020' published by the Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation (BUIDCo).