Two senior officials of Tourism dept transferred

The Bihar government today ordered transfer of two senior IAS officers from Tourism department apparently a fallout of the tragic boat mishap in Patna last month in which 25 people had lost their lives.
A notification issued by General Administration department said 1992 batch IAS officer Harjot Kumar Bamhara has been transferred from Principal Secretary of Tourism department to the Mines and Mineral department.
Pankaj Kumar, who is Secretary in Food and Civil Supplies department, has been given additional charge of Tourism department as well Tourism Corporation, the notification said.
The government also transferred Uma Shankar Prasad the Managing Director of Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation.

Prasad, a 2006 batch IAS officer has been shifted to Animal Husbandry and Fishery department.
Transfer of the senior officials of Tourism department is an apparent fallout of the tragic boat mishap in Ganga on January 14 last on Makar Sankranti day.

A total of 25 persons, including women and children, had lost their lives after an overloaded unlicensed country boat capsized in the river.
Media reports had highlighted gross mismanagement in hosting kite festival on the occasion.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had ordered a probe into the tragedy by the Principal Secretary Disaster Management Department Pratyay Amrit and Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Patna range Shalin.

The report was submitted to the government recently.