ADB, India sign $295 mn loan pact to upgrade state highways in Bihar
Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the central government on Thursday signed an agreement for a USD 295 million loan to upgrade around 265-kilometre state highways with climate and disaster-resilient design and road safety elements in Bihar.
The project supports the Bihar government programme to upgrade all state highways to standard two-lane widths and improve road safety, ADB said in a statement.
The improved roads will enhance connectivity in some of Bihar’s poorest rural districts and promote access to health and education facilities and markets to improve people’s lives, it added.
