PM Modi laid the foundation stone of nine highway projects worth over Rs 14,000 Cr in Bihar

21-Sep-20

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of nine highway projects worth Rs.14,258 crore in Bihar through video conferencing.
These highway projects involve a road length of about 350 kilometres at a cost of Rs. 4258 crore. Prominent road projects are six laning of 39 km stretch of Patna Ring road, four laning of Ara-Mohania section of NH 30, Bakhtiarpur-Rajauli section of NH 31 and four laning of Narenpur-Purnea section of NH 131A.
These roads will enhance better connectivity, convenience and economic growth in and around the state. Movement of people and goods will also improve substantially, especially with the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.
The Prime Minister had declared a special package for significant infrastructure development of Bihar in the year 2015. This included 75 projects worth Rs. 54,700 crore, of which 13 projects have been completed, work is underway at 38 while others are in DPR, Bidding or Sanction stage.
The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Optical Fibre internet services where all the 45,945 villages of Bihar will be connected through Optical Fibre Internet Service.
The project will be executed by combined efforts of the Department of Telecom, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Common Service Centres (CSC).
The project would also entail implementation of one wi-fi and five free of cost connections to Government Institutions like Primary Schools, Anganwadi Centres, Aasha Workers and Jeevika Didi.
This project will help in easy availability of digital services like e-Education, e-Agriculture, Tele-Medicine, Tele-law and other social security schemes to all citizens of Bihar at the click of the button.