Govt to take up highway projects worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore in Bihar, says Nitin Gadkari

New Delhi: The Centre will take up highway projects worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore in Bihar and is committed to package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said. [caption id=“attachment_2723522” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. PTI[/caption] The Prime Minister in the run up to Assembly polls in Bihar last year had announced to provide a special package of Rs 1.25 lakh crore for Bihar. “In our five years regime we will do work worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore in Bihar. Whatever package the Prime Minister declared, that will be done,” Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said addressing the media. Gadkari said as of now the total projects approved in Bihar by the Centre stood at Rs 60,000 crore. Bihar has 4,967 km of National Highways including the 2,100 km approved by the Centre recently, he said. “We will increase it by another 2,000 km,” the Minister said adding, currently work is on 77 projects worth Rs 20,000crore in the state and another 27 projects worth Rs 5,000 crore will be awarded soon. He said under the Setu Bharatam projects, 13 railway over bridges (RoBs) will be built in the state at a cost of Rs 900 crore.