Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, July 23
On Monday, the junior finance minister rejected the demand for special status to Bihar, but a day later, finance minister Nirmala Seetharaman paid special attention in her budget speech to needs of Bihar.
JDU working president, Sanjay Kumar Jha welcomed the announcements made in the budget and said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who had been demanding special status for Bihar since 2006, is also happy.
According to the budget speech, Bihar will get Rs 26500 crore for roads, Rs 11500 crore for 20 irrigation projects, Rs 24000 crore for power plant at Pirpaiti. Bihar’s tourism sector will be developed with a new corridor at Gaya-Bodh Gaya and Saptarshi corridor at Rajgir-Nalanda.
Two river bridges will be constructed on the Ganga at Buxar, Amritsar to Kolkata new highway parallel to GT to road will be developed with Gaya as it’s headquarters. Bodh-Gaya to Vaishaili road will be constructed to link two Budhist centres.
According to the budget proposals, a new express way between Patna and Purnia and another express way between Buxar and Bhagalpur will be developed.
Parliamentary affairs minister, Vijay Kumar Chaudhury appreciated the announcements by the union finance minister and claimed the long pending issue of floods have been addressed as Centre has decided to allocate Rs 21000 crores for flood control and negotiate with Nepal
