PM to lay foundation for sewerage, NH projects in Bihar

Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will lay the foundation stone for four sewerage projects costing Rs. 738.04 crore and four National Highways projects of 195 km worth Rs. 3031 crore in Bihar.

Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport & Highways and Shipping will also accompany Prime Minister for the foundation stone laying ceremony, Ministry of Water Resources.

The four sewerage projects include Sewage Treatment Plant at Beur, Sewerage System with Sewer Network at Beur, Sewage Treatment Plant at Karmalichak and STP and Sewer Network at Saidpur.

In Patna, seven other sewerage projects are at various stages of implementation.

The four National Highways projects will include 4-laning of Aunta –Simariya section of NH-31 and construction of 6-lane Ganga Setu at the cost of Rs. 1161 crore, 4 laning of Bakhtiyapur-Mokama section of NH-31 at the cost of Rs. 837 crore, 2-lane construction of Maheshkhunt- Saharsa-Purnea section of NH 107 at the cost of Rs. 736 crore, and 2-lane construction of Biharsharif – Barbigha- Mokama section of NH-82 at the cost of Rs. 297 crore.