Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bihar and West Bengal today. In Bihar, Mr. Modi will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects worth around 13 thousand crore rupees at Gaya at around 11 AM. The Prime Minister will also flag off two trains and address the gathering. Thereafter, he will inaugurate the Aunta-Simaria bridge project on River Ganga. It will provide direct connectivity between Mokama in Patna and Begusarai.
The new bridge will reduce the extra travel distance of more than 100 km for vehicles travelling between North Bihar and South Bihar. The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the four-lane Bakhtiyarpur to Mokama section of NH-31, which will ease congestion, reduce travel time, and enhance passenger and freight movement. The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Buxar Thermal Power Plant, which will significantly enhance power generation capacity, improve energy security, and meet the growing electricity demand of the region.
The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre at Muzaffarpur. This state-of-the-art facility will provide advanced and affordable cancer care to patients in Bihar and neighbouring states. Mr Modi will inaugurate the Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) and Sewerage Network at Munger, constructed under Namami Gange. It will help reduce pollution load in the Ganga and improve sanitation facilities in the region.
The Prime Minister will flag off two trains – Amrit Bharat Express between Gaya and Delhi, and Buddhist Circuit Train between Vaishali and Koderma. Grih Pravesh ceremony of 12,000 rural beneficiaries under PMAY-Gramin and 4,260 beneficiaries under PMAY-Urban will also take place with the symbolic handing over of keys to a few beneficiaries by the Prime Minister.
In West Bengal, the Prime Minister will flag off metro train services on the newly constructed sections in Kolkata at around 4:15 PM and undertake a metro ride from Jessore Road Metro Station to Jai Hind Bimanbandar and back. Further, he will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects worth over 5,200 crore rupees in Kolkata. He will also address the gathering on the occasion.
