The idea of the human chain was to promote CM Nitish Kumar’s pro-environment conservation slogan of ‘JaJeevan-Hariyali’.
Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar in a press conference announced that they have succeeded in creating a new record, breaking their own previous record. He said that the human chain was 18.34 thousand kilometres long and as many as 4.27 crore people were estimated to have taken part in the event.
The state government used the services of four helicopters, three planes and more than 100 drones to capture the event. The estimated cost for the event was 15-16 crores, declared Kumar.
The event was also marred with the news of two deaths which occurred during the formation of the human chain. The government has announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh for the kin of the deceased.
Prasanta Patnaik