Fighting the Irrigation Mafia in Bihar

Fighting the Irrigation Mafia in Bihar Indu Bharti Chief minister Laloo Prasad and the irrigation minister in his cabinet are currently engaged in a determined effort, in the teeth of opposition from MLAs of their own party as well, to bring to heel the irrigation mafia which has over the years defrauded the state exchequer of hundreds of crores of rupees in the construction, maintenance and repair of flood control embankments.