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A time aft securing triumph successful the Rajya Sabha election, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar connected Tuesday embarked connected a four-day tour, covering 8 districts of the State, arsenic portion of the 4th limb of his Samriddhi Yatra, to reappraisal the improvement enactment and interact with the public.
He visited Bhagalpur and Banka wherever helium inaugurated and laid the instauration chromatic of 641 projects worthy ₹1,151 crore.
While addressing a nationalist gathering astatine Baijani Gram Panchayat successful the Jagdishpur artifact of Bhagalpur district, Mr. Kumar asserted that ‘Rule of Law’ was established successful the authorities ever since helium formed authorities successful Bihar.
He added that helium has been continuously engaged successful the improvement of Bihar and anterior to 2005, the information of Bihar was pathetic.
“Our authorities has acceptable a people to supply jobs and employment to 1 crore youths implicit the adjacent 5 years. From the precise beginning, the authorities has worked for the improvement of each sections of society,” Mr. Kumar said.
He further said, “Whether Hindu oregon Muslim, Upper Caste, Backward, Extremely Backward, Dalit, oregon Mahadalit—work has been undertaken for everyone. We person besides done important enactment for the Muslim community.”
The Chief Minister made a peculiar notation of the Agricultural Roadmap since 2008, pointing retired that enactment has been carried retired based connected a structured Agricultural Roadmap, resulting successful important advancement wrong the cultivation sector.
“The archetypal roadmap was implemented from 2008 to 2012, the 2nd from 2012 to 2017, and the 3rd from 2017 to 2023; consequently, the accumulation of nutrient grains, fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, meat, and food has accrued substantially. Fish production, successful particular, has seen a two-and-a-half-fold increase, rendering Bihar self-reliant successful this sector,” Mr. Kumar said.
He highlighted that farmers’ incomes person risen and currently, enactment is progressing rapidly connected assorted schemes nether the 4th Agricultural Roadmap (covering the play from 2024 to 2029).
Mr. Kumar stated that successful bid to code immoderate gaps remaining successful improvement works, helium undertook a “Pragati Yatra” crossed each districts betwixt December 2024 and February 2025.
Mr. Kumar informed that Bihar is receiving the afloat practice of the Central Government successful its developmental projects.
“In the Union Budget of 2024, a important fiscal allocation was announced for Bihar—in the signifier of peculiar economical assistance—earmarked for sectors specified arsenic roads, industries, healthcare, tourism, and flood control,” Mr. Kumar said.
He added that now, the gait of improvement volition beryllium further accelerated owed to practice from the Narendra Modi government.
The Chief Minister reiterated Bihar is continuously progressing and implicit the adjacent 5 years, much developmental enactment volition beryllium undertaken.
Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, Water Resources Minister Shri Vijay Kumar Choudhary, and Industries Minister—who besides serves arsenic the Minister-in-Charge for Bhagalpur District Dilip Kumar Jaiswal were besides present.
Samrat Choudhary said that Bhagalpur is being developed on the lines of a “Smart City.”
“Following the operation of the Marine Drive successful Patna, a akin Marine Drive task is present being undertaken successful Bhagalpur. Furthermore, four-lane roads are being constructed to link Bhagalpur with Munger, and Banka, arsenic good arsenic to nexus Sultanganj with Deoghar,” Mr. Samrat said.
He noted that astir ₹36,000 crore is being invested successful the improvement of Bhagalpur.
In Katoria’s Banka territory on with Mr. Kumar, the Deputy Chief Minister, said that presently it takes the residents of Banka betwixt 10 and 12 hours to question to Kolkata. However, with the operation of the Raxaul-Haldia Expressway—which passes done Banka — this travel volition beryllium completed successful 5 to 6 hours.
He declared that wrong the adjacent 5 years, nary resident—whether from Banka oregon immoderate different portion of Bihar—will request to migrate extracurricular the State successful hunt of work.
