Patna, Feb 11 (PTI) Singapore Foreign Minister Masagos Zulkifli, currently on a visit to Bihar, today met Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi. Zulkifli, also the Home minister of that country, is now in India and just visited 'Bodh Gaya'. During his meeting with Modi at secretariat he apprised the deputy chief minister about the enthusiasm among the people in Singapore to know about the "development taking place in Bihar," an official release said. Zulkifli invited Kumar and Modi to a seminar being organised in Singapore in September on water management. During his meeting with Modi that lasted for an hour, Zulkifli evinced Singapore's interest for reaching help to Bihar in water management. Zulkifli informed that Singapore, facing acute shortage of drinking water, was involved in recycling and storage of rain water to meet its requirement. He also told Modi that Singapore was ready to assist in setting of the International University of Nalanda. He also wanted to know about the 'success story' of Bihar that led to improvement on law and order front and development of roads and improvement in health care in Bihar. Modi briefed about steps taken for women's empowerment providing them 50 per cent reservation in Panchayati Raj institutions and the 'CM's cycle scheme' which helped in increasing enrollment in government schools.
