Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar Jharkhand Association of North America
(BJANA) in partnership with Consulate General of India-New York,
arranged community reception in honour of Jharkhand chief minister,
Raghubar Das at Royal Alberts Palace, New Jersey, on Friday.
About 650 members from BJANA families from Pennsylvania, Connecticut,
Ohio, New Jersey and New York attended it. Many high ranking
government officials from Jharkhand accompanied the chief minister.
While speaking on the occasion the chief minister congratulated the
diaspora for their success and invited them to collaborate with
Jharkhand government and support investments and social causes. He
showed a keen interest in partnering with BJANA and SmileTrain to
perform these surgeries at government hospitals and make Jharkhand a
cleft free state. He also encouraged BJANA to adopt a village in
Jharkhand under the Swachch Bharat Program initiated by Prime Minister
of India to improve access and use of sanitation facilities in
households and public places in that village.
To the delight of the NRIs from the state, the CM promised to set up
NRI cells in the Jharkhand and said the state would facilitate
interaction with its dispora.
In her welcome address, Ms Anjali Prasad, President of BJANA expressed
willingness to partner with Jharkhand government in its Swach Bharat
programme and also requested to setup NRI cells within Jharkhand
government to facilitate transfer of knowledge in the light of the
ongoing Smart City plan in the state.
Ms Riva Ganguly Das, Consul General-New York, congratulated all BJANA
members for hosting this event and the participating in the cultural
activities for so many years.
Mrs Raj Bala Verma, chiel secretary, Jharkkhand government, informed
the diaspora about the investment friendly atmosphere in the state and
invited business community to do business in the state and find new
opprtunities. She also invited BJANA members to the Global Summit
being organized at Ranchi, Jharkhand in February,2017.
BJANA is a Non-Profit Organization and it has in the past taken up
charity causes in Bihar and Jharkhand. Very recently, it has partnered
with SmileTrain a world renowned charity organization to perform free
cleft surgeries in Jharkhand. It is also actively running a
fundraising for flood relief in Bihar. It was also one of the very few
non-commercial organizations to run a float during the India Day
parade in New York City that represented the states of Bihar and
Jharkhand.
