PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday made a rapid tour of five districts, four of them in north Bihar, via road to find out if people are wearing masks and following the norms of the Covid-19 protocol.
Accompanied by state’s education and parliamentary affairs minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary and some senior officials, the CM began his inspection tour from Patna district.
After assessing situation in some pockets in the state capital, the CM’s carcade reached Vaishali district via Mahatma Gandhi Setu over river Ganga.
After observing situation in Hajipur town and its nighbouring areas, the CM’s carcade proceeded towards Samastipur town via Musrigharari.
During his rapid tour, the CM tried to personally assess whether people were inclined to wear masks to save them from Covid-19 pandemic. He also assessed whether the norms of social-distancing was being maintained or not.
From Samastipur, the CM went to Muzaffarpur district. From there, he went to Saran district via Rewa Ghat. From Saran district, the CM returned Patna via Garkha, Dariyapur and Sonpur.
Senior officers who accompanied Nitish, were principal secretary to the CM Deepak Kumar, additional chief secretary (road construction) Amrit Lal Meena, additional chief secretary (health) Pratyay Amrit, the secretary to CM Anupam Kumar and OSD to CM Gopal Singh.
