PM Modi Launches Development Projects Worth ₹48,520 Cr In Bihar's Karakat
PM Modi launched ₹48,520 crore projects in Karakat, Bihar, including highways, a rail line, and a new Ganga bridge to boost connectivity and energy security.
Karakat (Bihar), May 30 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched development projects worth more than Rs 48,520 crore in Bihar’s Karakat.
The PM, who arrived in Patna on a two-day visit to the state on Thursday, inaugurated the four-laning of the Patna–Gaya–Dobhi section of NH–22, worth around Rs 5,520 crore and four-laning of the elevated highway and grade improvements at Gopalganj Town on NH–27 at a function here. Modi dedicated to the nation the third rail line between Son Nagar – Mohammad Ganj, worth over Rs 1,330 crore, among others.
Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, union ministers and several other dignitaries and officials were present on the occasion.
Karakat is a block in Rohtas district.
The PM also laid the foundation stone for the Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-II (3x800 MW) worth over Rs 29,930 crore in Aurangabad district, which will aim at ensuring energy security for Bihar and eastern India.
Further, in a boost to the road infrastructure and connectivity in the region, the PM laid the foundation stone for various projects, including the four-laning of the Patna–Arrah–Sasaram section of NH-119A, and the six-laning of the Varanasi–Ranchi–Kolkata highway (NH-319B) and Ramnagar–Kacchi Dargah stretch (NH-119D), and the construction of a new bridge over the Ganga river between Buxar and Bharauli.
(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)
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