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Nitish sets up Land Reform Commission

Three-member panel to be headed by D Bandyopadhyay

PATNA: Taking a cue from successful land reforms in neighbouring West Bengal, Bihar Government on Monday announced setting up of a Land Reform Commission to take up similar exercise in the State.

The commission will be headed by D Bandyopadhyay, the man behind successful run of `Operation Burga', the land reform measures in West Bengal started by Left Front Government nearly three decades back.

The three-member commission would start functioning soon for effecting widespread land reforms in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar told reporters after emerging from his `Janata ke darbar me CM' programme.

``I have already talked to Mr. Bandyopadhyay, a retired IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre, and he has agreed to work in Bihar,'' Mr. Kumar said.

Mr. Kumar said the commission will have a one-year tenure. - PTI

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