<p align="justify" class="title">Bihar set a record of sorts when around five crore people joined hands to form a 13,668-km long human chain in here on Sunday.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The human chain, in which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi also participated, was formed to spread awareness about two social evils - child marriage and dowry.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Apart from ruling party legislators and bureaucrats, lakhs of school and college students, teachers, lawyers and academicians took to the streets, where they lined up forming a human chain from 12 noon to 12.30 pm.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The entire event was captured by 40 drone cameras. A documentary film about the human chain will be shown in 127 cinema halls across Bihar.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">This human chain has broken the record set in January 2017, when a human chain of 12,417 km was formed by around four crore people in support of the prohibition implemented by the Nitish regime.</p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">RJD, Cong absent</p>.<p align="justify">The only stark difference this year was the absence of RJD and Congress leaders from the event. Only one leader from the parties - Congress MLC Ram Chandra Bharti - attended the event, making Nitish's former partners in the Grand Alliance conspicuous by their absence.</p>.<p align="justify">"Nitish is one chief minister who spends crores in image-branding," said RJD vice president Shivanand Tiwary.</p>.<p align="justify">Congress spokesperson Prem Chandra Mishra demanded a white paper on the exorbitant expenses incurred in organising such an event.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">This year, the main function was organised at Gandhi Maidan in Patna, where Nitish flagged off the event.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Similar human chains were formed in the 38 districts of the state.</p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">Limca record</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Nitish regime invited officials of the Limca Book of World Records to have a first-hand account of the mega event.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Limca team had recorded last year's human chain.</p>
<p align="justify" class="title">Bihar set a record of sorts when around five crore people joined hands to form a 13,668-km long human chain in here on Sunday.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The human chain, in which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi also participated, was formed to spread awareness about two social evils - child marriage and dowry.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Apart from ruling party legislators and bureaucrats, lakhs of school and college students, teachers, lawyers and academicians took to the streets, where they lined up forming a human chain from 12 noon to 12.30 pm.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The entire event was captured by 40 drone cameras. A documentary film about the human chain will be shown in 127 cinema halls across Bihar.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">This human chain has broken the record set in January 2017, when a human chain of 12,417 km was formed by around four crore people in support of the prohibition implemented by the Nitish regime.</p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">RJD, Cong absent</p>.<p align="justify">The only stark difference this year was the absence of RJD and Congress leaders from the event. Only one leader from the parties - Congress MLC Ram Chandra Bharti - attended the event, making Nitish's former partners in the Grand Alliance conspicuous by their absence.</p>.<p align="justify">"Nitish is one chief minister who spends crores in image-branding," said RJD vice president Shivanand Tiwary.</p>.<p align="justify">Congress spokesperson Prem Chandra Mishra demanded a white paper on the exorbitant expenses incurred in organising such an event.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">This year, the main function was organised at Gandhi Maidan in Patna, where Nitish flagged off the event.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Similar human chains were formed in the 38 districts of the state.</p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">Limca record</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Nitish regime invited officials of the Limca Book of World Records to have a first-hand account of the mega event.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Limca team had recorded last year's human chain.</p>