Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of seven projects worth Rs 541 crore in Bihar on Tuesday (15 September).According to an official release by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), PM Modi has inaugurate and laid the foundation stone of seven projects related to urban infrastructure, via video conferencing.
“Out of these, four projects are related to water supply, two to sewerage treatment and one to river front development. The total cost of these projects is Rs 541 crore,” the release said.
The implementation of these projects has been undertaken by BUIDCO under the state’s Urban Development and Housing Department.Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was also present on the occasion.
The sewerage treatment plants built under NamamiGange, at Beur and Karmalichak, in Patna Municipal Corporation, will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister. PM Modi also inaugurated the water supply projects built under AMRUT Mission in Siwan Municipal Council and Chapra Municipal Corporation.
“Both these projects will help local residents get pure drinking water 24 hours a day,” the statement said.The foundation stone of the Munger water supply scheme under the AMRUT Mission was also laid by PM Modi.
“The scheme will help residents of Munger Municipal Corporation get pure water through pipelines. The foundation stone of Jamalpur water supply scheme, under the AMRUT Mission, in Jamalpur Municipal Council, will also be laid,” it said.
PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of Muzaffarpur Riverfront Development Scheme, being built under NamamiGange.“Under the project, three ghats of Muzaffarpur (PoorviAkhadaGhat, SeedhiGhat and ChandwaraGhat) will be developed. Basic facilities like toilets, information kiosk, changing rooms, pathway, watch tower etc will be made available at the riverfront,” it said.
Proper security arrangements, signage and adequate lighting will be arranged at these ghats. The development of the riverfront will also boost tourism and make it a centre of attraction in future, it added.
Several tourist spots have already emerged along the bank of Ganga, given the joint efforts of the Center and the Bihar government in providing the basic amenities like drinking water and sewer have constantly improved the living standard in the cities across the State. In the last 4 to 5 years, lakhs of families have been connected to water facilities in the urban areas of Bihar under the schemes of Mission Amruitnad and State Government’s schemes. In the last one year, more than 2 crore water connections have been built and provided under the Jal Jeevan Mission all over the country.
Today, more than one lakh households in the country are being connected to piped water, for clean water not only elevates the living standard but also prevents many acute diseases as well, given the pandemic situation of the country, it won’t be an exaggeration to say that we must take the lesson of hygiene and sanitation at heart. After all, the future can’t be predicted and no one can predict a pandemic either. The current pandemic is airborne or so the recent research says, who knows? Perhaps the next pandemic will be waterborne!
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad further added to the spotlights of the virtual event, digital infrastructure has been strengthened in Bihar and 8,743 panchayats have been connected through Bharatnet in the State. About 3.93 crore people are now using the internet in the State against eighty lakh people in 2014-15, all thanks to the 35,000 common service centres, who played a vital role in the same during the lockdown period
