Another Cong overture to Nitish; Bihar gets Rs 4,130 cr package
July 06, 2013 16:35
In another instance of Congress reaching out to Nitish Kumar, the Union rural development ministry has approved Rs 4,130 crore for the construction of 5,700 km of rural roads, highest allotment for the state in the past 12 years.
"The decision to allot the amount under Prime Minister Gramin Sadak Yojna in the current financial year wast taken by the ministry in July," Union minister Jairam Rameshtold reporters here.
This is the highest allocation under the scheme to Bihar in the last 12 years (when UPA is in power at the Centre).
Out of the fund allocated in all 38 districts, 2,400 rural roads and 190 bridges would be constructed, he said.
"The decision to allot the amount under Prime Minister Gramin Sadak Yojna in the current financial year wast taken by the ministry in July," Union minister Jairam Rameshtold reporters here.
This is the highest allocation under the scheme to Bihar in the last 12 years (when UPA is in power at the Centre).
Out of the fund allocated in all 38 districts, 2,400 rural roads and 190 bridges would be constructed, he said.
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