Alliance with Nitish won't break: Amit Shah
Patna, July 12 : BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday said that his party's alliance with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD-U will not end and that the two parties will together contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
"The BJP-led NDA's alliance with Nitish Kumar will not break, it will continue. We are with Nitish Kumar and will continue to be with him," Shah told party leaders and activists here at Gayan Bhawan.
Shah said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) knew how to manage its allies. "The NDA is united and strong in Bihar. We will contest the Lok Sabha election together and will win all 40 seats in the state."
The BJP leader said the time had come to uproot the Congress from the country. "The end of Congress will take place in Bihar."
He added that the BJP-led government would win a majority in the next Lok Sabha battle again.
Shah arrived here and met Janata Dal-United chief Nitish Kumar over breakfast.
A team of BJP leaders, including Union Ministers from Bihar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, earlier thronged the Patna airport with garlands to welcome Shah
This is Shah's first visit to Bihar after Nitish Kumar's JD-U joined the National Democratic Alliance in July 2017 after dumping the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress.
To mark Shah's visit, the entire city was flooded with hoardings, banners, high-rise gates and posters highlighting the achievements of the four years of the Modi government.
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13 lakh litres of 'Rail Neer' supplied to train passengers daily: Government
New Delhi (PTI): Approximately 13 lakh litres of packaged drinking water -- 'Rail Neer' -- are being supplied to train passengers across the railway network daily, the government informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday.
Apprising the Lower House about the Indian Railways' endeavour to provide safe and potable drinking water facilities at all stations, the government also provided zone-wise details of the water vending machines (WVMs) installed there.
"To ensure the quality of drinking water being made available at the railway stations, instructions exist for periodical checking and required corrective action to be taken.
"Regular inspection and maintenance of drinking water facilities is carried out and complaints are attended to promptly," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while responding to a question raised by BJP MP Anup Sanjay Dhotre seeking to know the supply of drinking water at railway stations across the country
"Complaints regarding deficiency in services, including water supply, are received through various channels such as public complaints, web portals, social media, etc. These complaints are received at various levels, including the Railway Board, zonal railways, division office, etc.," Vaishnaw said.
"The complaints so received are forwarded to the concerned wings of Railways and necessary action is taken to check and address them. As receipt of such complaints and action taken thereon is a continuous and dynamic process, a centralised compendium of these is not maintained," he added.
Providing zone-wise details of water vending machines, the minister said 954 such machines have been installed across railway stations.
"The Indian Railways also provides safe and affordable packaged drinking water bottles -- Rail Neer -- approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in trains and at stations," Vaishnaw said.
"Approximately, 13 lakh litres of Rail Neer are being supplied per day to the travelling passengers in trains and at stations across the Indian Railways network," he added.
