Ahead of polls, PM launches projects worth over Rs 13K crore in Bihar
Gayaji/Begusarai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched several development projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore from Bihar’s Gayaji and Begusarai
districts, officials said.
The PM inaugurated the 600 MW Buxar Thermal Power Plant, worth around Rs 6,880 crore, and the 1.86-km-long Aunta-Simaria Bridge, constructed at a cost of over Rs 1,870 crore, on the Ganga River, connecting Mokama in Patna district
with Begusarai.
After the inauguration of the Aunta-Simaria Bridge, the PM stood on the bridge and waved at crowds, holding the hand of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The PM also flagged off two trains -- Amrit Bharat Express between Gayaji and Delhi and Buddhist Circuit train between Vaishali and Koderma. The latter will give a boost to tourism and pilgrimage across key Buddhist sites in the region.
The Buxar Thermal Power Plant will significantly enhance power generation capacity, improve energy security, and meet the growing electricity demand of the region, they said.
Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and several Union ministers, state ministers, MPs and MLAs were also present at the Gayaji function.
The PM also inaugurated the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Muzaffarpur.
The medical facility includes advanced oncology OPD and IPD wards, operation theatres, modern laboratories, blood bank, and a 24-bed ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and HDU (High Dependency Unit), they said.
This state-of-the-art facility will provide advanced and affordable cancer care to patients in Bihar and neighbouring states, reducing the need to travel to distant metro cities for treatment.
The PM also inaugurated a sewerage treatment plant (STP) and sewerage network at Munger, constructed under the Namami Gange programme, worth over Rs 520 crore. It will help reduce pollution load in the Ganga and improve sanitation facilities in the region, they said.
The PM also laid the foundation stone for a series of urban infrastructure projects worth around Rs 1,260 crore.
These include the STP and sewerage network at Daudnagar in Aurangabad, and Jehanabad; STP and interception and diversion work at Barahiya in Lakhisarai, and Jamui.
Under the Under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT 2.0), he laid the foundation stone of water supply projects at Aurangabad, Bodh Gaya and Jehanabad.
