Key Highlights:
Ensuring a safe, clean and better environment for people visiting Bihar during Diwali and Chhath Mahaparva is the government’s priority. Special arrangements for cleanliness, security and round-the-clock patrolling should be ensured at railway stations, bus stands and Chhath ghats.
Adequate police personnel should be deployed to maintain law and order during the festivals. Quick Response Teams (QRTs) should be constituted in all districts and kept fully active and alert.
Security and other facilities should be provided at Chhath ghats in accordance with prescribed standards.
The schemes doubled under the Kayakalp Campaign should be implemented effectively so that no village remains deprived of development schemes.
To accelerate industrial development in the state, District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police should hold monthly meetings with industrialists to resolve their problems and create new opportunities for investment and employment.
Take prompt action against misleading and fake news. If any information is correct, respond immediately by taking necessary action, and if the information is false, refute it promptly. Ensure that misleading information does not create a negative atmosphere and that correct information reaches the public.
Patna, November 2026: Chief Minister Shri Samrat Choudhary today held a review meeting through video conferencing from the ‘Sankalp’ auditorium at Lok Sevak Awas regarding law and order, security, cleanliness and other necessary arrangements in the state in view of the upcoming Diwali, Kali Puja and Chhath Mahaparva. He issued several important instructions to officials.
He said that during the festivals, a large number of people from Bihar return to their homes from other states and foreign countries. It must be ensured that they experience happiness, security and positive change upon arriving in their home state. The administration and police in all districts should work with complete alertness and preparedness.
The Chief Minister said that everyone must remain alert and prepared in view of Diwali, Kali Puja and Chhath Mahaparva. Along with law and order, all necessary preparations should be completed on time. Chhath Mahaparva is the pride of Bihar and a major festival reflecting our cultural identity. Special attention should be paid to the convenience, security and cleanliness of devotees on this occasion. The Chief Minister also extended greetings on Dhanteras, Diwali and Chhath Puja.
The Chief Minister directed that an adequate number of police personnel be deployed to maintain law and order during the festivals. Quick Response Teams (QRTs) should be constituted in all districts and kept fully active and alert. Special arrangements for round-the-clock patrolling should be made around railway stations and bus stands. Police patrolling should be effective, and prompt action must be ensured in the event of any untoward incident.
The Chief Minister instructed officials to ensure better cleanliness arrangements at railway stations, bus stands, public places and Chhath ghats. He said that District Magistrates should personally monitor these arrangements regularly. Security and other facilities should be provided at Chhath ghats in accordance with prescribed standards. Local volunteers should also be involved in the arrangements. Local swimmers should be made available at Chhath ghats in villages as well.
Giving the highest priority to electrical safety, he directed that bare wires should not be used anywhere. He said that public representatives and officials should visit Dalit and Mahadalit settlements, meet residents and celebrate the festival with them. People should be encouraged to celebrate festivals with mutual love, harmony and enthusiasm. District Magistrates should regularly meet public representatives and listen seriously to their problems and suggestions.
The Chief Minister said that an awareness campaign should be conducted to encourage capable and financially well-off people to voluntarily give up the benefit of the 125-unit electricity subsidy.
The Chief Minister said that the number of schemes under the Kayakalp Campaign had been doubled. District Magistrates should continuously monitor the implementation and ensure that no village is left out of development works. All essential public facilities, including community buildings, Anganwadi centres and Panchayat buildings, should be brought under the campaign. He said that all rural roads damaged during floods should be repaired at the earliest.
The Chief Minister directed that Quick Response Teams be constituted at every level to ensure prompt action against misleading and fake news. He said that if any news is found to be correct, an immediate response should be given after taking the necessary action, while false news should be promptly refuted. A response should be ensured within a maximum of four hours so that misleading information does not create a negative atmosphere and correct information reaches the public.
He also directed officials to share information about the action being taken on issues raised by people and the steps being taken to resolve them.
The Chief Minister said that after November 25, he would visit various districts. After November 16, special attention would be given to development works, and the implementation of schemes would be reviewed regularly.
He further directed District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police to hold monthly meetings with industrialists to accelerate industrial development in the state, resolve their problems and create new opportunities for investment and employment. There should be no delay in land acquisition work in districts, and District Magistrates should expedite the process. Officials should also work on the ‘One District, One Product’ (ODOP) scheme.
The Chief Minister instructed officials to complete all tasks with complete seriousness, accountability and within stipulated timelines so that good governance, security and the pace of development in Bihar continue to accelerate.
During the programme, Chief Secretary Shri Pratyaya Amrit and Director General of Police Smt. Preeta Verma gave the Chief Minister detailed information regarding preparations for maintaining law and order.
Director General of Police Smt. Preeta Verma informed the Chief Minister that, to ensure better law and order during the festivals, an additional deployment of 16,000 trainee police personnel, 1,500 PTC personnel, Home Guards and the Rapid Action Force (RAF) had been made.
Chief Secretary Shri Pratyaya Amrit, Director General of Police Smt. Preeta Verma, Principal Secretary of the Finance Department Shri Vinay Kumar, Director General of Police (Special Security) Shri Kundan Krishnan, Chief Minister’s Secretary Shri Lokesh Kumar Singh, Secretary of the Energy Department Shri Ajay Yadav, Chief Minister’s Secretary Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh, Secretary of the General Administration Department Md. Sohail and Secretary of the Building Construction Department Shri Pranav Kumar were present at the meeting.
Through video conferencing, Divisional Commissioners, Inspectors General of Police/Deputy Inspectors General of Police, District Magistrates, Senior Superintendents of Police and senior officials from all divisions were also connected.
