With Prime Minister Narendra Modi all set to inaugurate Rs 6,200 crore worth highway projects in a planned rally in the Ara district on Tuesday, it is apparent that the central doles in poll-bound Bihar have begun to show.
This would be in addition to the special package worth Rs 56,000 crore for developing national and State Highways in the Bihar. Prime Minister Modi, accompanied by Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will lay foundation stones for 11 National Highways projects involving a length of 720 km at a cost of Rs 6,200 crore in the State,” an official said.
Bihar, which is going to Assembly polls later this year, has a network of about one lakh km of roads which includes over 8,500 km of National Highways and State Highways.
“Under the ongoing projects, part of the old Grand Trunk Road is being upgraded to 4/6-lane Super Highway under the Golden Quadrilateral Project. Bihar portion of Golden Quadrilateral passes through Mohania, Sasaram, Aurangabad, Sherghati and Bhaluachatti,” said the official.
Under the Government’s flagship road building programme, National Highways Development Project-III, 1,015 kilometers of National Highways have been identified for up-gradation to Super Highways under build, operate and transfer scheme providing additional corridors to Nepal and Assam.
Earlier this year, Gadkari, had rolled out a Rs 50,000 crore plan for the State, where railway projects worth approximately Rs 10,000 crore were being aggressively pursued.