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Modi Unveils ₹18,000-Crore Projects in Bihar and Bengal, Opens Ganga Bridge and Kolkata Metro Links

The rollout underscores the government's development pitch ahead of Bihar's autumn assembly election.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering at the inauguration and foundation stone-laying ceremony ofmultiple development projects in Gaya. | Screen grab from PM's X account
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Overview

  • In Bihar, he dedicated works worth about ₹13,000 crore, led by the 8.15 km Aunta–Simaria NH-31 project with a 1.86 km six-lane Ganga bridge built for roughly ₹1,870 crore to connect Mokama and Begusarai and cut heavy-vehicle detours by over 100 km.
  • He inaugurated the 660 MW Buxar thermal power plant costing about ₹6,880 crore to bolster the region’s electricity supply.
  • Health and urban upgrades included opening the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital in Muzaffarpur, commissioning a ₹520 crore sewage project in Munger, and laying foundations for ₹1,260 crore of AMRUT 2.0 water and STP works.
  • The Prime Minister flagged off the Amrit Bharat Express between Gaya and Delhi and the Buddhist Circuit Train linking Vaishali and Koderma.
  • In Kolkata, he launched services on three new metro stretches totaling 13.61 km, opened a subway at Howrah station, and laid the foundation for the six-lane, 7.2 km elevated Kona Expressway worth over ₹1,200 crore.