PATNA: The stage is set for construction of the long-awaited Bhagalpur-Hansdiha and Barbigha-Jamui-Godda stretches of the national highways after the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) gave its nod for the project estimates, said a senior officer of the state road construction department (RCD) on Sunday.
The RCD will build the road and the MoRTH would bear the entire expenses of land acquisition and civil work, said the officer, adding that the tenders for both projects would be floated next month to rope in the construction company for that.
The MoRTH, in its letters of approval of the project estimates ( ₹1,684.19 crore in toto), clearly stipulated that the projects shall be complete within two years from the date of award of work and there will be no extension of time for it.
