'Frequent transfers of bureaucrats obstruct development work'

A ruling party legislator has raised concern to chief minister Nitish Kumar that frequent transfer of officials was affecting development work, especially in an election year in Bihar. The state goes to polls later this year.

- Ruchir Kumar [e-mail]

In his letter to chief minister Nitish Kumar on July 1, Dr Sanjeev Kumar, JD(U) legislator from Parbatta in Khagaria district, and a medical graduate from the KEM College, Mumbai, said, “As per rules of the Bihar government, officials are generally transferred after completion of three years of posting, though some transfers are done under special circumstances. However, the rural works department (RWD) has transferred an executive engineer, posted in Gogri (in Khagaria district), in just four months.”