Patna, Mar 10 (PTI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who’s presently in London, was on Sunday paid a go to by Vikram Okay Doraiswami, the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Others who got here to fulfill Kumar, who has been overseas for a few week, included Baba Mohinder Singh, the Jathedar of UK Seva Dal, a physique of Sikhs, and quite a few folks from Bihar settled in Britain.

According to the workplace of the chief minister, in the course of the “courtesy call” from Doraiswami, Kumar shared with the envoy his impressions concerning the famend science museum in London, which he had visited a couple of days in the past.

Kumar additionally instructed Doraiswami {that a} “science city” was arising in Patna, and it has been named after former president APJ Abdul Kalam.

The science metropolis would, amongst different issues, “highlight the contributions in science of ancient India”, together with the town of Pataliputra, the identify by which Patna was recognized within the distant previous.

Kumar was enormously impressed with the water administration strategies adopted in Scotland, which had “plenty of water resources, just like Bihar”, the chief minister is known to have instructed Doraiswami.

Kumar mentioned he was wanting ahead to creating use of Scotland’s knowhow in Bihar, components of which reel underneath drought whereas different areas are ravaged by floods.

Baba Mohinder Singh felicitated the Bihar CM and lauded him for “winning the hearts of Sikhs world over” by organising the 350th ‘Prakash Parv’ six years in the past.

The ‘Prakash Parv’ was held to have a good time the 350th beginning anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, who was born in Patna.

Baba Mohinder Singh additionally showered reward on Kumar for development of a “magnificent” Gurudwara at Rajgir, a pilgrim spot visited by Guru Nanak, the founding father of Sikhism.

A delegation of “non-resident Biharis” additionally known as on the chief minister, whom they credited with the “all round progress” made by the state.