Bihar

• 07 Mar 2024

PM Unveils Projects in Bihar

Why in News?

Recently, the Prime Minister unveiled projects worth Rs 12,800 crore in Bihar's West Champaran district.

Key Points

• The PM unveiled the projects at a function, ‘Viksit Bharat-Viksit Bihar', in Bettiah, the district headquarters of West Champaran.
• He laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation:
  • Multiple infrastructure projects related to rail, road, petroleum and natural gas.
  • The city gas distribution project in East and West Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan and Deoria, and grain-based ethanol facilities at Sugauli and Lauriya.
  • The construction of a six-lane cable bridge on the Ganga river, parallel to the Digha-Sonepur rail-cum-road bridge at Patna, and four-laning of Bakarpur Hat-Manikpur section of NH-19 bypass.
  • The doubling and electrification of the 96-km-long Gorakhpur CanttValmiki Nagar rail line and the redevelopment of Bettiah station.
• He inaugurated:
  • The two-laning of the Piprakothi-Motihari-Raxaul section of the National Highway-28A and the two-laning of the Sheohar-Sitamarhi section of NH-104.
  • A 109-km-long Indian Oil's Muzaffarpur-Motihari LPG pipeline that will provide access to cleaner cooking fuel in the state and also in Nepal.
  • Indian Oil's LPG bottling plant and storage terminal at Motihari.
  • The 62-km line from Bapudham Motihari to Piprahan and the gauge conversion of the Narkatiaganj-Gaunaha section.
• He flagged off two trains in the Narkatiaganj-Gaunaha and Raxaul-Jogbani sections.