Nitish launches projects worth `2,330 crore

Ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday launched development projects worth `2,330 crore in Gopalganj and Vaishali districts. The CM unveiled projects worth `1,585.59 crore at an event held at Sabeya Airport Field in Gopalganj. Of these, 124 schemes worth `1,295.85 crore were for foundation laying, and 61 projects with `289.74 crore were inaugurated, according to a Bihar Government statement. A 3.18-km two-lane rail overbridge, with approach roads at Mirganj Bypass, will be constructed at an estimated cost of `131.38 crore, it said. This, the CM said, was “a fulfilment of the promise made during the Pragati Yatra”.