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Lantern era is over, there is no need of lantern in Bihar any more: Nitish

Lantern era is over, there is no need of lantern in Bihar any more: Nitish

Patna, Aug 21 (UNI) Highlighting his government's achievement in all fields including electricity, Bihar, the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday made scathing remarks at Rashtriya Janta Dal ( RJD) and said that there is no need of lantern (electoral symbol of RJD) any more in the state.
After, inaugurating, dedicating and laying foundation stone of various projects for Rs 4855.37 crore in power sector through video conferencing, Mr Kumar compared the scenario of electricity at the time of his predecessor saying that only 700 megawatt electricity supplied was available in the year 2005 which at present was 5,932 megawatt.
Mr Kumar said that his government achieved the target of electrifying every household in October 2018 and replaced every damaged wires by the end of 2019.

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