Chief Minister Hemant Soren has ordered an inquiry from the Anti-Corruption Bureau against ex CM Raghubar Das and others in the matter related to appointment of Meinhardt Consultant to prepare a DPR for construction of sewerage-drainage in Ranchi city, a communique from the government stated. The probe will be conducted under the relevant sections of the law for alleged irregularities, corruption and conspiracy by the then Urban Development Minister Raghubar Das and others In the matter on the letter of Saryu Roy, Chairman, General Purpose Committee of the Jharkhand Assembly and the order of the Jharkhand High Court.
Meanwhile, a delegation of Ranchi District Durga Puja Committee and Ranchi Mahanagar Durga Puja Committee jointly met Soren here on Thursday. The delegation requested the CM to soon issue guidelines related to Durga Puja. Chairman of Mahanagar Durga Puja Committee, Ramdhan Varman said before the CM that in the wake of Corona infection, any guidelines related to Durga Puja by the state government will be followed in letter and spirit. According to the release of the guidelines, preparations will be made for worship and idol immersion accordingly. The delegation included Dr. Ajit Sahai, Munchun Rai, Ramdhan Varman, Ashok Purohit, Ashok Chaudhary, Ravindra Verma, Rakesh Gupta, Pradeep Rai and others.
Also, a delegation from NMOPS, Jharkhand met the CM at Jharkhand Ministry on Thursday. The delegation also handed over a memorandum to the CM to restore old pension in place of NPS for government employees. The delegation requested the CM to restore the old pension for about 1.25 lakh government employees of the state. The delegation included NMOPS, Jharkhand's Provincial President Vikrant Kumar Singh, Provincial Treasurer Nitin Kumar and State Deputy General Secretaries Anand Kishore Sahu and Lokesh Kushwaha along with Surendra Kumar, Vice President of Jharkhand Secretariat Association, Narendra Kumar, President of Police Men's Association Shivanand Kashi, Sunil Kumar Kashyap and Mo Kayamuddin were present.