PM Modi to open sixlane bridge in Bihar

Project will link Mokama in Patna district with Begusarai

After doling out one sop after another in recent times, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dish out yet another largesse for the poll-bound Bihar on Friday. This time he will launch projects worth Rs 13,000 crore in the field of health, power sector, urban development, infrastructure and road construction. This includes a six-lane bridge on Ganga connecting Patna with Begusarai. Constructed at a whopping cost of Rs 1871 crore, this is the widest bridge in Asia with a width of 34 metres. Aware of the fact that the NDA has been weak in Magadh region (central Bihar), where the JD (U) could not win even one of the 26 seats spread over five districts in Magadh division during the 2020 Assembly polls, the Prime Minister is scheduled to address a public rally on the campus of Magadh University in Gaya. He will also flag off Amrit Bharat Express connecting Gaya with New Delhi and a Buddhist circuit train between Vaishali and Koderma. This will be besides the special passenger trains the Railways has decided to run for Bihar during Diwali and Chhath. This is PM Modi’s fourth visit to Bihar in the last four months after his rally at Madhubani, Siwan and Rohtas. The chief crowd-puller of his party, the BJP has been planning PM’s visit every month to boost the morale of the saffron leaders and shore up BJP numbers during the ensuing Assembly polls, slated for October and November this year.

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