Bihar CM Nitish Kumar unveils projects worth ₹574 crore in Muzaffarpur
The project includes construction work of Railway Over Bridge (ROB)-cum-approach road between Ramdayalu Nagar and Muzaffarpur railway station at a cost of ₹167.68 crore and construction work of a road from Muzaffarpur-Pusa Road to Chandwara bridge approach road at a cost of ₹120.93 crore.
Mr. Kumar laid the foundation stone for widening and upgradation work of the road portion from Chandni Chowk to Ramdayalu Nagar at a cost of ₹44.76 crore and widening and strengthening work spanning 7 km of Chandni Chowk to Bakhri road at a cost of ₹89.77 crore.
The Chief Minister laid widening and strengthening work of many other roads.
After laying the foundation for the various works, Mr. Kumar interacted with social security pensioners at Teacher Training College, Patahi in which the beneficiaries thanked him for increasing the pension amount from ₹400 to ₹1,100 per month.
He also provided tricycles to persons with disabilities apart from handing over a cheque of ₹1 lakh each to the beneficiaries under Inter-Caste Marriage Promotion Scheme.
On the announcement of making 125 units of electricity free per month to every domestic consumer under the Chief Minister's Electricity Consumer Assistance Scheme, the domestic consumers present there also thanked Mr. Kumar for the decision.
The ASHA workers present there too thanked the Chief Minister for increasing the incentive amount threefold from ₹1,000 to ₹3,000.
While interacting with the members of self-help groups (SHGs) also known as Jeevika members, Mr. Kumar said when his government was formed in Bihar, the number of SHGs were negligible.
'In the year 2006, we took a loan from the World Bank and started increasing the number of self-help groups. The Jeevika sisters are doing a very good job. We named the self-help group as Jeevika and all of you are called Jeevika sisters,' Mr. Kumar said.
'Inspired by our work, the Central government of that time implemented this scheme in the whole country under the name of Aajeevika. All of you stay strong and move forward. The government will help you in every possible way,' he added.
Accompanied by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary and others, he also inspected the under-construction ROB of Muzaffarpur-Bypass, which is being constructed in a total length of 16.87 km at a cost of ₹250 crore.
Except the ROB, the construction work of the remaining road has been completed. During the inspection, Mr. Kumar instructed officials to complete the remaining work as soon as possible. With its completion, traffic in Muzaffarpur city is expected to become more smooth.
During the Pragati Yatra on January 5 this year, Mr. Kumar had reviewed the development work of Muzaffarpur district and promised several developmental schemes would be launched soon.
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