PM Narendra Modi inaugurates three major railway projects in Bihar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated three major railway projects in Bihar at an estimated cost of Rs 7000 crore.

  • PM dedicated a rail-cum-road bridge at Patna, inaugurated another at Munger and laid the foundation of additional bridge at Mokama over the River Ganga.
  • Modi laid foundation stone of second Mokama double line railway bridge adjacent to existing Rajendra Pul.
  • PM dedicated Patna Ganga bridge (4.56 km) to the nation and inaugurated the freight operation through Munger rail-cum-road bridge.
  • There are three bridges over the entire 460 km length of the river Ganga in Bihar – one road bridge at Naugachia, a rail-cum-road bridge at Mokama and the third road bridge Mahatma Gandhi Setu at Patna. 

Three Projects are:

  1. Rail-cum-road bridge at Patna over the River Ganga: It is 4.56 km long.
  2. Rail-cum-road bridge at Munger.
  3. Additional bridge at Mokama over the River Ganga: It is double line Railway Bridge.