Bihar Has Recorded High Growth but A Lot Still to Be Done: Nitish

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has said that the state has registered a record high growth rate but a lot is still to be done and that he worked ‘every day without a break’ for the state’s development, said media reports.

“I have been working every day without a break, thinking often of the philosophy of aharnish seva (uninterrupted work through day and night),” Nitish Kumar wrote on his blog on today.

After concluding his ‘Vikas Yatra’, Kumar said that the state grew at high rates in the last four-and-half years but ‘I am not entirely satisfied and a lot is still to be done’, reports said.

He said that his government was prioritizing work for rapid growth in key sectors, said reports.

The chief minister said that the growth achieved in the state cannot go unnoticed, reports said.

“We are witnessing a very positive social assertion, thanks to the empowerment of our womenfolk, and a genuinely growing sensitivity among the rural poor towards education,” he was quoted as saying.

“I have always maintained that only when the masses begin to have a natural sense of ownership, can any development sustain. It feels good that health services, transport and communication infrastructures are there to aid this social change,” he was quoted as saying.

(Based on internet reports)