Jammu, Mar 11: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today attended ‘Bihar Kesari Samman’ Samaroh at Patna and felicitated eminent personalities with the prestigious award for their distinguished services, which is given in the honor of Dr. Shri Krishna Singh, the great freedom fighter and first Chief Minister of Bihar.
The Lieutenant Governor paid tributes to Dr. Shri Krishna Singh and recalled his significant contribution to the development of Bihar and the nation building.
LG said that Shri Krishna Singh was the creator of modern Bihar. By initiating agricultural reforms, river development projects in the first five-year plan and subsequently building the monuments of modern Bihar like Barauni Refinery, Heavy Engineering Corporation, Barauni Fertilizer Plant, Barauni Thermal Power Station, Damodar Valley Corporation, Patratu Power Station, Scooter Factory, Garhara Locomotive Shed, First Railway and Road Bridge of Independent India Rajendra Setu, Netarhat School, Engineering Colleges in Muzaffarpur, Jamshedpur, Sindri, Gaya, Motihari etc.
The Lieutenant Governor called upon the enlightened citizens and every section of the society, especially the youth to unite for the cause of public good and give new direction to India’s development journey. I want people to keep our civilisational values alive.
He added that to accelerate socio-economic growth, we should focus on forging public-private partnerships. Our rich inheritance of values of harmony is a solid foundation of inclusive development.
He said that today, we have to start thinking about the future of tomorrow that we want to build & societal attitude needs to be changed towards the contribution in this journey. Holistic Development is a collective responsibility of the society.
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