Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Thursday inspected the under-construction Muzaffarpur bypass road and asked the NHAI officials to complete the project at the earliest.
"Complete the project quickly," the chief minister told during the inspection, Nitish Kumar.
The 17 km bypass under construction in Muzaffarpur is set to hugely enhance connectivity for people traveling from Patna to Uttar Pradesh via Gopalganj, and extend to Darbhanga, Madhubani, Araria, and Purnea, right up to Kishanganj district in the Seemanchal region.
The bypass will also provide a smoother linkage to Sonvarsha in the Sitamarhi district. Besides, NH 527 C, the road which connects Majhauli to Nepal, shall link more smoothly to facilitate easier travel of vehicles coming to Patna.
This bypass falls under the Hajipur-Muzaffarpur four-lane national highway 77, and the cost of the project is Rs 180 crore.
This decision for the construction of the bypass was taken way back in the year 2010, after which the land acquisition started in the year 2012. The project underwent several delays, and only with the interference of Patna High Court, the construction work gained speed in the year 2019.
This would make easy the traveling routes to Nepal and Uttar Pradesh from Patna.
The work on the bypass project is likely to be completed this year. His visit is aimed at further speeding up the construction work so that the project gets completed in the current year itself.
During his visit, Kumar travelled to Muzaffarpur by road and also inaugurated the new buildings of Turki, Jajuar, and SC/ST police stations.
Nitish Kumar has been actively monitoring several road projects within Bihar; one such is the JP Ganga Pathway, which is presently functional from Digha to Kangan Ghat, and construction work is in process to extend it to Didarganj, targeted to be finished by December this year.
Not to miss out, the Bakhtiyarpur-Mokama four-lane road was visited by Kumar recently; he is very serious about building infrastructure across Bihar.
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