PM Lays Foundations Stone of Projects Including AIIMS Worth Rs 12,000Cr in Bihar's Darbhanga

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid foundation stone of AIIMS Darbhanga and inaugurated development projects worth Rs 12,000 in Bihar .

dressing crowd in Darbhanga, Prime Minister said that Bihar has been witnessing a lot of development and NDA government is committed to welfare of people. "Our government has always stood for development of people of country. We have laid foundation and inaugurated development works worth Rs 12,000 crore in a single program," he said.

Furr he said that construction of Darbhanga AIIMS will bring a huge change in health sector of Bihar.

AIIMS Darbhanga will have a super-speciality hospital/AYUSH block, Medical College, Nursing College, night shelter and residential facilities among ors and it will provide tertiary health care facilities to people of Bihar and nearby regions.

development work sof multiple National Highway projects worth around Rs 5,070 crore in state. ditionally, four-lane Galgalia-Araria section of NH-327E was also inaugurated.

This corridor will provide an alternate route from Araria on East-West Corridor (NH-27) to neighbouring state of West Bengal at Galgalia.

PM also laid foundation stone of eight National Highway projects which include construction of a two-lane ro with paved shoulders from Ramnagar to Rosera, Bihar-West Bengal border to Manihari section of NH-131A, Hajipur to Bachhwara via Mahnar and Mohiuddin Nagar, Sarwan-Chakai section, among ors. He will also lay foundation stone of Raniganj Bypass on NH-327E; Katoria, Lakhpura, Banka and Panjwara bypasses on NH-333A; and a four-lane link ro from NH-82 to NH-33.

Foundation stone of railway projects worth over Rs. 1740 crore was also laid.

Foundation stone of Sonenagar Bypass Railway line from Chiralapothu to Bagha Bishunpur in Aurangab district of Bihar worth over Rs 220 crore was also laid.

PM also dedicated railway projects worth over Rs 1520 crore. se include Gauge conversion of Jhanjharpur-Laukaha Bazar Rail section, Darbhanga Bypass Railway Line, aimed at easing out railway traffic congestion at Darbhanga Junction. doubling of Railway Line projects will facilitate better regional connectivity in area.

Prime Minister also laid foundation stone of multiple initiatives in petroleum and natural gas sector worth over Rs 4,020 crore.

In a significant step aimed towards bringing Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to households and providing clean energy options to commercial and industrial sectors, PM Modi laid foundation stone for development of a City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in five major districts of Bihar at Darbhanga, Mhubani, Supaul, Sitamarhi and Sheohar by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.He will also lay foundation stone for a Bitumen manufacturing unit of Barauni Refinery of Indian Oil Corporation Limited that will produce bitumen domestically helping reduce reliance on imported bitumen.

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