Bihar to see Rs.3,700 crore developments

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has laid the foundation stone for four sewerage projects under the Namami Gange programme and four National Highway (NH) projects, at Mokama in Bihar state, on 14 October 2017.
The projects with investment over Rs.3,700 crore will give impetus to Bihar’s development, said Modi.
He assured of the Government’s focus on increased pace of road construction and the Namami Gange projects will help preserve the River Ganga.
The four National Highway projects are:
4-laning of Aunta-Simariya section of NH-31 and construction of 6-lane Ganga Setu;
4 laning of Bakhtiyarpur-Mokama section of NH-31;
2-lane construction of Maheshkhunt-Saharsa-Purnea section of NH 107;
2-lane construction of Biharsharif-Barbigha-Mokama section of NH-82.
The four sewerage projects include Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Beur, Sewerage System with Sewer Network at Beur, Sewage Treatment Plant at Karmalichak and STP and Sewer Network at Saidpur.
These STP projects together will create new capacity of 120 Million litres per day (MLD) and upgrade the existing 20 MLD for Beur. fii-news.com