Bihar- PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of 9 highway projects in Bihar via video-conferencing . These projects involve a road length of about 350 kilometres and will be completed at a cost of Rs 14,258 crore.
“The project would also entail implementation of one wi-fi and five free-of-cost connections to government Institutions like primary schools, anganwadi centres, Aasha workers and Jeevika Didi,” the release said.
“This project will lead to digital services like e-education, e-agriculture, tele-medicine, tele-law and other social security schemes to be easily available to all citizens of Bihar at the click of the button,” it added.
These highway projects are expected to provide better connectivity, convenience as well as economic growth in and around Bihar.
Substantially, the movement of goods and people will also improve, especially with the neighbouring states of Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Besides, Optical Fibre internet services were also being launched by the PM, where all the 45,945 villages of the state will be connected through Optical Fibre Internet Service.