PM Modi launches projects worth Rs 13,480cr in state

Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched and inaugurated projects worth around Rs 13,480 crore during the National Panchayati Raj Day programme in Madhubani district. He also flagged off four new trains — Jayanagar-Patna Namo Bharat Rapid Rail and Saharsa-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai) weekly Amrit Bharat Express, besides Pipra-Saharsa and Saharsa-Samastipur passenger trains.
Modi also inaugurated Supaul-Pipra and Hasanpur-Bithan rail lines, besides two-lane rail overbridges (RoBs) at Chhapra and Bagaha. He also dedicated to the nation Khagaria-Alauli rail line.
The PM further laid the foundation stone of an LPG bottling plant with rail unloading facility at Hathua in Gopalganj district, worth around Rs 340 crore, which will help in streamlining the supply chain and improving efficiency of bulk transportation.
He also laid foundation stone for projects worth over Rs 1,170 crore and inaugurated multiple projects worth over Rs 5,030 crore in the power sector in Bihar under the revamped distribution sector scheme.
Besides, the PM distributed benefits of around Rs 930 crore under community investment fund to over 2 lakh SHGs from Bihar under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY- NRLM).
He also handed over sanction letters to 15 lakh new beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-Gramin) and released instalments to 10 lakh PMAY-G beneficiaries from across the country.
Further, he handed over keys to one lakh PMAY-G and 54,000 PMAY-U houses to their owners in Bihar.
Citing the example of the PMAY, Modi said over the past decade, more than four crore permanent houses have been constructed under the scheme. "In Bihar alone, 57 lakh poor families, including from dalit, and backward and extremely backward communities like Pasmanda, have received permanent houses. In the coming years, three crore more permanent houses will be provided to the poor families. Today, approximately 1.5 lakh families in Bihar are moving into their new permanent homes," he said.
Across the country, 15 lakh poor families have been issued approval letters for the construction of new houses, including 3.5 lakh beneficiaries from Bihar.