Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for a Rs 882 crore highway project on NH 2 stretch in Bihar on Tuesday.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for a National Highways project for six-laning of the 70 km long section of NH-2, extending from Aurangabad in Bihar to Chordahaon Bihar-Jharkhand border at a function in Motihari on Tuesday,” Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement.
The cost of the project will be Rs 882 crore, the statement said.
This section of NH-2 is part of the Delhi- Kolkata section of the Golden Quadrilateral.
After widening, it will be have one flyover, 15 underpass, 7 major bridges, 24 minor bridges, 174 culverts, 12 foot over bridges, 26 bus bays, 7 truck lay bays and 2 wayside amenities, the government said.