Overview

• In Bihar, the Prime Minister inaugurated the 8.15 km Aunta–Simaria NH-31 project featuring a 1.86 km six-lane Ganga bridge built for about Rs 1,870 crore to cut heavy-vehicle detours of over 100 km and link Mokama with Begusarai.
• He opened the 660 MW Buxar Thermal Power Plant worth roughly Rs 6,880 crore, the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Muzaffarpur, the four-lane Bakhtiyarpur–Mokama section of NH-31 (~Rs 1,900 crore), and a Rs 520 crore Munger sewerage project.
• Foundation stones were laid for urban works of about Rs 1,260 crore under Namami Gange and AMRUT 2.0, while Grih Pravesh ceremonies covered 12,000 PMAY-Gramin and 4,260 PMAY-Urban beneficiaries.
• Two trains were flagged off from Bihar: the Amrit Bharat Express between Gaya and Delhi and the Buddhist Circuit Train between Vaishali and Koderma to enhance passenger convenience and tourism.
• In Kolkata, three new metro corridors totaling 13.61 km were inaugurated with an airport link ride by the Prime Minister, a new subway at Howrah station was opened, and the six-lane elevated Kona Expressway (7.2 km, >Rs 1,200 crore) saw its foundation stone laid.