Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched several projects worth Rs 6,880 crore in poll-bound Bihar’s Gayaji district.
Hitting out at the previous RJD government in Bihar, PM Modi said Gaya was left in darkness under RJD rule. “RJD never cared about the poor, they were inly intered in the vote bank. Today we are taking steps to extablish industries in Bihar.”
Taking a dig at the Congress, PM Modi said the Congress government in Telangana insulted Biharis saying that Biharis won’t be allowed to Telangana. “A Congress CM had said that he will not let people of Bihar enter his state. No one can forget Congress’ hate for the people of Bihar. Despite seeing the Congress’ misbehaviour with the people of Bihar, the RJD were in deep sleep… NDA is working hard so that the youth of Bihar can get employment here in their state, so that they get respect and they are able to stay with their parents,” said PM Modi.
PM also hailed the criminal Neta Bill in Bihar. “If a small Govt employee is jailed for 50 Hours, or more, He gets suspended automatically. But, a CM, or PM can enjoy power from jail. Is that fair? We just saw a CM ran govt from Jail, and issued orders. From now, those who go to jail cannot run the government. Corrupt people can not run government anymore.”
Addressing the Bihar SIR issue, PM said, “Demographic mission to end infiltration. We will not let infiltrators take away your jobs.”
Other projects inaugurated by PM Modi
The PM also inaugurated the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Muzaffarpur. The medical facility includes advanced oncology OPD and IPD wards, operation theatres, modern laboratories, blood bank, and a 24-bed ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and HDU (High Dependency Unit), they said.
This state-of-the-art facility will provide advanced and affordable cancer care to patients in Bihar and neighbouring states, reducing the need to travel to distant metros for treatment.
The PM also inaugurated a sewerage treatment plant (STP) and sewerage network at Munger, constructed under the Namami Gange project, worth over Rs 520 crore. It will help reduce pollution load in the Ganga and improve sanitation facilities in the region, they said.
Under the Under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT 2.0), he laid the foundation stone of water supply projects at Aurangabad, Bodhgaya and Jehanabad. A ‘griha pravesh’ ceremony of 12,000 rural beneficiaries under PMAY-Gramin and 4,260 beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) also took place with the symbolic handing over of keys to a few beneficiaries by the PM.
Expected impact of infrastructure projects
The PM also flagged off two trains — Amrit Bharat Express between Gayaji and Delhi and Buddhist Circuit train between Vaishali and Koderma. The latter will give a boost to tourism and pilgrimage across key Buddhist sites in the region. The Buxar thermal power plant will significantly enhance power generation capacity, improve energy security, and meet the growing electricity demand of the region, they said.
The PM also laid the foundation stone for a series of urban infrastructure projects worth around Rs 1,260 crore. These include the STP and sewerage network at Daudnagar in Aurangabad, and Jehanabad; STP and interception and diversion work at Barahiya in Lakhisarai, and Jamui.
The PM also inaugurated the four-lane Bakhtiyarpur to Mokama section of NH-31, worth around Rs 1,900 crore, which will ease congestion, reduce travel time, and enhance passenger and freight movement. PM Modi will later inaugurate the 1.86-km Aunta-Simaria Bridge on the Ganga River. It will provide direct connectivity between Mokama in Patna district and Begusarai.
Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and several Union ministers, state ministers, MPs and MLAs were also present on the occasion.