Thanks God, Bhagalpur - New Delhi Vikramshila Express, which has in a way become an identity of the Silk City was spared by the Shrewd Bengali union minister for railways Mamata Banerjee, who took all away what was proposed for the city including the Rajdhani and the Garib Rath by the former railway minister Lalu Prasad in his interim budget. The fate of the DRM office has also become uncertain with no mention of it in the budget. And to top it all, no leader from the NDA camp, which has 34 MPs, was seen protesting in the Lok Sabha when announcements were being made to deprive the Bhagalpur of his rights.
With Bihar especially Bhagalpur, which had so many proposals announced in interim budget, completely left out in the union budget for railways, several Bhagalpurites are feeling ignored and disappointed. One of our reader Smita Mishra, a journalist by profession in a national daily, writes strongly about exclusion of Bihar in the budget. You are also invited to send your views to me directly at
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Come on let's read what has Smita to say on the budget ..........
Now with all hopes banking on the almighty, farmers, who are worst hit due to delayed monsoon and with uncertainty continuing even now, are now going out of their way to appease the rain god to save their crops, which need water immediately. They have been offering prayers to arranging
marriages between frogs — residents of various hamlets in the
Bhagalpur's neighbouring districts under Santhal Pargana. All for their land that has turned dry in the absence of monsoon.
Although morning showers brought some relief to the inhabitants of the Bhagalpur, it remained short lived as the cloudy sky again gave way to the scorching sun in the afternoon. Gaya was the hottest
place in the state with a maximum of 38.5 degree Celsius, while both Purnia and
Bhagalpur recorded 33.2 and 33.4 degree Celsius
respectively.
Karnataka governor Rameshwar Thakur, who also happens to be from the Thakur Gangti village in Godda district falling under the Ang region has been transferred to Madhya Pradesh in the same capacity while former Finance Minister of Assam, Devanand Konwar, has been
appointed Governor of Bihar in place of R. L. Bhatia, whose term ended
on Tuesday. Konwar was not included in the Tarun Gogoi Ministry last year.
