Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Monday spoke about AES deaths in the Bihar assembly. Nitish Kumar said, ""What happened is extremely unfortunate, expressing grief is not enough, it is an extremely serious issue. Clarifying on Centre's role, Nitish Kumar said that they have sent teams. The death rate has been brought down to 21 per cent. As compared to the data from 2011-19, the death rate due to AES has come down over the past few years".

Source: dna July 01, 2019 08:50 UTC