Nitish Kumar inaugurates swanky 'Bihar Sadan' in New Delhi's Dwarka among 169 buildings

PATNA: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday inaugurated altogether 169 newly-constructed government buildings of 21 departments, including a swanky Bihar Sadan in Dwarka area of New Delhi, total worth Rs 1,411 crore, through video conferencing from ‘Sankalp’ hall of his residence in Patna.
The CM also laid foundation stones for other 73 government buildings of 12 departments on the occasion. These 73 buildings would be built at a cost of Rs. 725.22 crore.
Thus, the CM on Monday launched total building projects worth Rs 2,136.22 crore.
The Bihar Sadan will be the third guest house of the state government in Delhi after ‘Bihar Bhawan’ and ‘Bihar Niwas.’
Covering an area of two acre, there are 10 floors in the Bihar Sadan in addition to basement and ground floor.
It has altogether 118 rooms. There is a multipurpose conference hall with a capacity of 200 people and also a cafeteria catering 180 people in the Sadan.
Delhi-based liaison offices of Bihar government e.g of energy, tourism, IPRD, water resources, finance, road construction department among others would now function from the Bihar Sadan.
The new building would cater to the needs of Bihari diaspora in Delhi-NCR more effectively and adequately.
“People from Bihar would not face any difficulty in Delhi after the completion of the Bihar Sadan. They will get many facilities at the Bihar Sadan,” Nitish said soon after inaugurating the 169 new buildings.
“The new Bihar Sadan is expected to become an important land mark in the national capital symbolizing the public-friendly approach of the Bihar government. This house will act like a One-Stop Solution for all needs of people from Bihar,” said a state government official.
Speaking on the occasion, Nitish said his government would also do some extensions in other two Delhi-based guest houses—the Bihar Bhawan and the Bihar Niwas. He said the building construction department (BCD) has been given the responsibilities of maintenance of the Bihar Sadan. The CM further asked the BCD secretary Kumar Ravi to make all necessary arrangements for proper maintenance of the Biihar Sadan.
The CM also asked the BCD officials to ensure proper maintenance of all those buildings which were constructed by the department.
He also asked the officials to complete on time all the building projects for which foundation stones were laid on Monday.
Highlighting the importance of using fly ash bricks, Nitish said, “Fly ash bricks have been used in the construction of all the buildings including the Bihar Sadan, which were inaugurated on Monday. The bricks of fly ash will also be used in all those buildings for which foundation stones were laid today.”
He also said that the use of fly ash bricks was very important in view of the environment protection.
Nitish also said that the state government was constructing a world class guest house at Bodh Gaya at a cost of Rs 136 crore.
“People will get a 5-star hotel like facilities at the guest house once it is ready,” he said. The CM further asked the BCD officials to complete the construction work of Patna-based Anjuman Islamia at the earliest.
The BCD minister Ashok Choudhary said, his department was engaged in construction of many iconic buildings of different departments under the able leadership of Nitish Kumar.
Choudhary said the state government has decided to construct new buildings for 31 new engineering colleges. Of 31, the buildings of 15 colleges were complete. The buildings of five engineering colleges were inaugurated by the CM on Monday.
Choudhary said the CM also inaugurated 16 sports structures and laid foundation stones for other 17 sports structures to be come up in the state.