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Patna: Patna Metro project gets a push with Bihar government giving approval for constitution of special purpose vehicle (SPV) – Patna Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (PMRCL). This SPV will look after the implementation of the metro project in the capital. This decision has come on Tuesday in a meeting chaired by chief minister Nitish Kumar. The cabinet gave green signal for SPV and has also approved authorised capital of Rs 2,000 crore for PMRCL. During a press briefing, Cabinet Secretariat department’s Principal Secretary Sanjay Kumar stated that Urban Development and Housing Department’s Principal Secretary will be heading the SPV while representatives of Finance, Road, Transport and Energy departments will be the members of its board of directors. The managing director for PMRCL will be nominated by the state government. Even the revised detailed project report (DPR) submitted by RITES, will now be tabled in state cabinet for approval. The DRP was submitted to Urban D...

Patna: The Bihar government has prepared a blueprint to run high-speed train between Patna and Bodh-Gaya, one of the biggest Buddhist pilgrimage sites in the world. The 100 km route between Patna and Bodh-Gaya will pass through Rajgir and Nalanda, CM Nitish Kumar’s Assembly constituency. Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar will embark on his 4-days visit to Japan on February 18 during which he is likely to sign a deal for a mini-bullet train project. Sources said that the entire route will be underground. A high-level delegation of Bihar government will also accompany Nitish on the crucial Japan tour to finalise the road map for the project. Observers believe that Nitish, who is facing relentless attacks from Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ever since he walked out of the Grand Alliance or Mahagathbandhan last year, will use the high-speed train project as his major achievement in the next Assembly election in the state. Apart from the ambitious project, the Bihar go...

Patna: The Bihar government has prepared a blueprint to run high-speed train between Patna and Bodh-Gaya, one of the biggest Buddhist pilgrimage sites in the world. The 100 km route between Patna and Bodh-Gaya will pass through Rajgir and Nalanda, CM Nitish Kumar’s Assembly constituency. Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar will embark on his 4-days visit to Japan on February 18 during which he is likely to sign a deal for a mini-bullet train project. Sources said that the entire route will be underground. A high-level delegation of Bihar government will also accompany Nitish on the crucial Japan tour to finalise the road map for the project. Observers believe that Nitish, who is facing relentless attacks from Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ever since he walked out of the Grand Alliance or Mahagathbandhan last year, will use the high-speed train project as his major achievement in the next Assembly election in the state. Apart from the ambitious project, the Bihar go...

Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Tuesday that work on the metro railway project in Patna would be addressed soon and that the state government would submit a corresponding detailed project report (DPR) to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in the next four months. Opened the Station Road overpass, Nitish said that the State Minister of the Union (independent housing) for housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, during his recent visit to the state capital, assured that the DPR for the Patna Metro would be cleared in a minimum time. The vehicular movement on the new flyover that connects the bridge over the Mithapur road and the Chiraiya bridge and bridge will start on Wednesday. CM Nitish Kumar “The central government has recently changed its policy for the development of Metro rail networks in the country, therefore we are obliged to change the DPR for the Patna Metro the state urban development department is finalizing the changes and we intend to present...