Narendra Modi to inaugurate Rs 6,200 crore road projects in Bihar tomorrow

Under the ongoing projects, part of the old GT Road is being upgraded to 4/6-lane super highway under the Golden Quadrilateral Project.

Author: Press Trust of India

Published: August 17, 2015, 7:09 PM IST

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New Delhi, Aug 17 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate tomorrow highway projects involving investment of Rs 6,200 crore in the poll-bound state of Bihar. “Prime Minister, accompanied by Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay foundation stone for 11 National Highways projects involving a length of 720 km at a cost of Rs 6,200 crore in the state,” an official said. Bihar, which is going to Assembly polls later this year, has a network of about one lakh km of roads which includes over 8,500 km of National Highways and State Highways. (Read: Narendra Modi meets UAE PM Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum; discusses trade, investment)

Under the ongoing projects, part of the old GT Road is being upgraded to 4/6-lane super highway under the Golden Quadrilateral Project.
Bihar portion of Golden Quadrilateral passes through Mohania, Sasaram, Aurangabad, Sherghati and Bhaluachatti. Also, a four-lane high speed corridor is under construction by National Highways Authority of India.

Under the government’s flagship road building programme, National Highways Development Project – III, 1,015 kilometers of National Highways have been identified for upgradation to Super Highways under build, operate and transfer scheme providing additional corridors to Nepal and Assam.