Modi inaugurates Rs 540 crore projects for poll-bound Bihar
                     Modi inaugurates Rs 540 crore projects for 
poll-bound Bihar
On Visvesvaraya jayanti,  PM says Bihar significantly contributed to development of
the country by producing millions of engineers
In the run up to the Bihar Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday
inaugurated another set of infra structure projects worth Rs 540 crore for the State through
video conference in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. 
The projects include sewerage treatment plants at Beur and Karam-Leechak in Patna city, as
well as water-related projects in Siwan and Chhapra under the “AMRUT” Yojana.
Apart from this, the PM laid foundation stones for water supply projects in Munger and
Jamalpur and River Front Development Scheme under Namami Gange in Muzaffarpur.
The Prime Minister said even during the times of corona, the work on various development
projects progressed uninterrupted in Bihar.
Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi assured that projects will be completed on
time.
The Prime Minister on Sunday inaugurated a slew of petro chemical projects worth Rs 940
crore in the poll bound State.
The PM lauded the contribution of the engineers to the development of the country on the
occasion  of  Engineer’s  Day,  which  is  celebrated   in  the  memory  of  India’s  pioneering
modern  civil  engineer,  M Visvesvaraya.  Modi  said  Bihar  also  significantly  contributed
towards development of the country by producing millions of engineers. Modi said Bihar is
the land of historical cities and has a rich heritage of thousands of years.
After independence, Bihar was led by visionary leaders who tried their best to remove the
distortions which developed during the era of slavery.
He said thereafter there was a lopsided development with changed priorities which resulted
in urban infrastructure degradation and collapse of the rural infrastructure in the state.
The Prime Minister said when selfishness overtakes governance and the vote bank politics
come into play then the already marginalised and deprived would be the most affected. He
said people of Bihar have endured this pain for decades when the basic needs like water and
sewerage  are  not  met.  He  said  people  contract  diseases  by  drinking  dirty  water  under
compulsion and a large part of his earnings goes to treatment. Under these circumstances, a
very large section in Bihar had accepted debt, disease, helplessness, illiteracy as their fate.
The Prime Minister said in the last 4-5 years, lakhs of families have been provided access to
drinking  water  in  the  urban  areas  of  Bihar  under  the  Mission  AMRUT  and  State
Government schemes. In the coming years, Bihar will be among those states of the country,
where every house will have piped water supply.