Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
on Tuesday asked for allocation of sufficient funds for ongoing
projects and introduction of new trains in the state.
Talking to reporters here after arriving from New
Delhi, Kumar said he met Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee
yesterday and apprised her of the need of allocating
sufficient funds in the forthcoming Railway Budget for the
completion of ongoing projects in Bihar.
Kumar said he had also written a letter to Banerjee
asking her to make provisions for sufficient budgetary
allocation for executing pending projects and introduction of
new trains.
"I have sent a list of important sanctioned projects
for Bihar which are yet to be completed," he said.
Kumar said there were several projects sanctioned
earlier which had not made expected progress due to
insufficient funds.
The state government, he said, would provide all
necessary assistance to railways for completion of these
projects.
The list of 19 pending projects include Harnaut
workshop, Patna Ganga rail-cum-road bridge, Kosi bridge,
setting up wheel manufacturing plant at Chapra, diesel
locomotive manufacturing unit at Marhaura, greenfield electric
loco manufacturing factory at Madhepura, rail-cum-road bridge
at Munger and doubling of tracks in the remaining blocks on
Patna-Gaya section.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, February 09, 2010, 17:06