India, Feb. 26 -- State not granting funds, alleges Bihar MLA Sudama Prasad; only 51 of 540 librarieshave survived since 1950s
A large contingent of students migrating away from Bihar should spur the state government to act, one would think. In reality, however, the state's public library system has all but collapsed.
Only 51 public libraries survive in the state which boasted of 540 in the 1950s. Similarly, there are now only 1,004 rural libraries - down from more than 4,000 in the 1970s.
This data was presented by a contingent of newly elected members in the Legislative Assembly.
MLA Sudama Prasad of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) drew the attention of the state assembly towards the poor condition of libraries on Febr...