New Delhi, June 18: Railways has provided Rs 44.71 crore for overbridge and underbridge projects in Bihar during the 2003-04 financial year. At present there are 49 new proposals of railway overbridges and two new proposal for railway under bridges in the state, an official release said, adding all these works are at different stages of planning and execution.

Out of 71 proposals by the state government in February, 2003, as many as 28 proposals qualified to be taken up on cost sharing basis between the Centre and the state, the release said. These projects were sanctioned as supplementary works during 2002-03 and two projects during regular budget, it said.

Bureau Report