PATNA: Bihar s water resources minister Sanjay Kumar Jha on Sunday said that the Centre has no plan to shift the Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC) headquarters from Patna to Lucknow, the capital of BJP-ruled state Uttar Pradesh. I personally spoke to the Union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat after the news about the shifting of the GFCC headquarters to Lucknow. The Union minister categorically clarified they neither have any such proposal nor intent, Jha told TOI.
Jha also revealed that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was very much concerned over the clandestine plan of a GFCC official to shift the office to Lucknow. “The CM is maintaining a close watch on the development related to the GFCC,” he said and added Bihar would oppose any move to shift the GFCC head office.