Prime Minister Narendra Modi was received by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar with a flower as the PM arrived in Patna on Saturday. Adhering MHA guidelines, Nitish Kumar did not welcome Modi with bouquets.
PM Modi is on Bihar visit for the first time since Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) returned to NDA.
PM Modi' is scheduled to address the Centenary Celebrations of Patna University and will lay the foundation for development and infrastructure projects.
At Mokama, the PM will lay the foundation stone for four sewerage projects under the Namami Gange programme; and four National Highway projects.
The total outlay of these projects will be over Rs. 3700 crore. He will also address a public meeting.
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.
These projects together will create new STP capacity of 120 MLD and upgrade the existing 20 MLD for Beur.
The four National Highway projects for which foundation stone will be laid include:
4-laning of Aunta-Simariya section of NH-31 and construction of 6-lane Ganga Setu
4 laning of Bakhtiyarpur-Mokama section of NH-31
2-lane construction of Maheshkhunt-Saharsa-Purnea section of NH 107
2-lane construction of Biharsharif-Barbigha-Mokama section of NH-82
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