New Delhi (NVI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation stone for nine highway projects worth Rs 14,258 crore in Bihar. He also inaugurated the optical fibre internet services, paving the way for development in the state.
The total road length of these highway projects is about 350 km and on completion will improve the state’s connectivity with Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.
With the completion of these projects, all rivers in Bihar will have bridges and all major national highways will be widened and strengthened.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also joined the ceremony via video conference.
During the inauguration event, PM said, “The country is moving towards its goal of providing internet connectivity to every village in the country. When fast internet will reach every village, it will become easier for the students to study. The children will be able to easily access the world’s books, technology at one click.”
The optical fibre internet services programme as a prestigious project covering all 45,945 villages of Bihar which will enable a “digital revolution” to reach the state’s remotest corner, PMO said in a statement.
This project will be executed by the combined efforts of Department of Telecom, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and Common Service Centres (CSC), it added.
PM Modi also spoke on the two Agriculture Reform bill which was passed in Rajya Sabha amid ruckus. He said, “Yesterday, two farm bills were passed in the Parliament. I congratulate my farmers. This change in the farming sector is the need of the present hour and our government has brought this reform for the farmers.”
He also spoke about the progress in Agriculture during his tenure and said that during the Coronavirus pandemic, record purchase of wheat has been made from farmers during the Rabi season.
He said, ”Rs 1 lakh 13 thousand crores given to the farmers at MSP. This amount is more than 30% over last year.”
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