A Bihar Minister on Thursday had to cancel his foreign tour following snub from Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi. The Urban Development Minister’s ‘educational’ trip to England had invited stern attention from the residents and the Chief Minister as a large part of the State Capital remained waterlogged even after a week of rain.
The Patna High Court too had taken a serious note of the perennial water logging problem in Patna, while issuing stern warning against top Government officials.State Urban Development Minister Samrat Chaudhury along with some department officials was set to embark on an official week-long trip to England to study ‘waste management and town planning’.The Minister, said the sources, was to start his foreign trip on Friday. But, coming to know about it Manjhi on Thursday expressed displeasure on the Minister’s foreign tour.