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INFRA | Gift of development to Bihar

Impetus to Bihar’s prosperity: Many

gifts, including the Aunta-Simaria bridge

More Than n The Amrit Bharat Express between Gayaji and Delhi and Buddhist
8.15 Circuit Train between Vaishali and Koderma flagged off. This will give
₹1,870 km long a new identity to the cultural heritage on the global stage with modern
crore was spent bridge facilities, comfort, and security
on constructing
n The construction of new n Inauguration of the first unit of 660 MW capacity out of the 1,320
bridge between Aunta MW thermal power project worth about Rs 6,900 crore in Buxar.
of Mokama and Simaria This will give impetus to employment opportunities, industrial
of Begusarai will provide development, and infrastructure development
better road connectivity to n Inauguration of Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Center in
Madhubani, Supaul, Araria, Muzaffarpur. It includes advanced oncology OPD, IPD ward, operation
Begusarai with Sheikhpura, theater, modern laboratory, blood bank, and 24-bed ICU and HDU
Nawada, Lakhisarai of n This hospital with state-of-the-art facilities will become a new ray of
southern Bihar. This also hope for the patients of Bihar and the entire eastern India. It will be a
includes a 1.86 km long 6-lane big support for the lower and middle-class families
bridge over the river Ganga.
n The old Rajendra bridge was 1,600 families received houses Water projects
closed for heavy vehicles, under PM Awas Yojana. Under the Namami
due to which the distance Gange, STP and Sewerage
Network in Munger,
increased by 100 km. Now Urban Rural water supply project in
this distance can be covered 4,260 12,000 Aurangabad, Bodh Gaya,
in just 8 km. There will be Grih Pravesh ceremony of and Jehanabad were
relief from traffic jams. Local beneficiaries inaugurated.
industries and the agriculture n Four Lane road were
sector, including Barauni Symbolically handed over constructed on NH
Thermal Plant, Refinery, and the keys of the houses to the 31 from Bakhtiyarpur
Sudha Dairy, will get a boost. 5 main beneficiaries to Mokama

It is this new India that is setting new standards of proper participation of every state in development.
modern infrastructure construction and, under the Today, Bihar is also moving ahead with this vision
concept of Antyodaya, is giving the poor, women, of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a Viksit Bharat.
farmers, and youth the right to live with dignity and That is why the central government is moving ahead
pride. Where there is a resolve to preserve heritage, on the path of fulfilling the dreams of the youth of
there is also the capability to build new things. Bihar and giving new wings to the aspirations of the
Where the goal is to build a Viksit Bharat with people. n

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