PM Modi lays foundation stone of nine highway projects worth Rs 14,258 Cr in Bihar; launches Ghar Tak Fibre project
- Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of nine highway projects worth Rs. 14,258 crore in Bihar through video conferencing on 21 September 2020.
- These highway projects includes constructing road length of about 350 kilometres at a cost of Rs. 4258 crore and three bridges.
- PM Modi also inaugurated the Ghar Tak Fibre project, under which all the 45,945 villages of Bihar will be connected through Optical Fibre Internet Service.
- This project will be executed by combined efforts of Department of Telecom, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Common Service Centres (CSC).
- PM also announced that the government has the target to connect six lakh villages across the country to the internet in the coming 1,000 days.
List of highway projects unveiled
- Four-laning of 47.23 km Bakhtiyarpur-Rajauli section of NH-31 – Rs 1149.55 crore
- Four-laning of 50.89 km Bakhtiyarpur-Rajauli section of NH-31 – Rs 2650.76 crore
- Four-laning of 54.53 km Ara-Mohania section of NH-30 on EPC Mode – Rs 885.41 crore
- Four-laning of 60.80 km Ara-Mohania section of NH-30 on EPC Mode – Rs 855.93 crore
- Four-laning of 49 km Narenpur-Purnea Section of NH-131A on HAM Mode – Rs 2288 crore
- Six-laning of 39 km Patna-Ring Road (Kanhauli-Ramnagar) of NH 131G on EPC Mode – Rs 913.15 crore
- 14.5 km four-lane bridge (Parallel to existing MG Setu) with its approaches across river Ganga on NH-19 at Patna – Rs 2926.42 crore,
- 28.93 km 4-lane bridge across river Kosi on NH-106 with 2-Lane paved shoulder on EPC mode- Rs 1478.40 crore,
- 4.445 km 4-Lane bridge (parallel to existing Vikramashila Setu) across river Ganga on NH-131B – Rs 1110.23 crore.