State's First Forestry College Inaugurated | 08 Feb 2023

Why In News?

• On 7 February 2023, the country's second and Bihar's first forestry college (Munger) was inaugurated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Key points

• This forestry college is under Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bhagalpur).
• This college is being built on 96 acres near Ganga bridge in Munger. And about 231 crore 83 lakh 32 thousand has been spent in the construction of this college.
• It is noteworthy that on December 25, 2019, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had laid the foundation stone of this forestry college.