Patna, National Highway (NH) projects worth thousands of crores in Bihar are delayed. Their construction is underway, but at many places, the work is hampered due to minor problems. Now the Center has asked Bihar to identify a dozen such projects and speed them up. This includes 14 National Highway projects including Amas-Darbhanga Expressway. The projects in Bihar whose work is hampered are either due to the problem of land acquisition or due to lack of approval from the Forest Department, work on those projects is not being started.

Let us tell you that Hindustan had raised the issue of less NH in Bihar. A series of news was published in this regard. After this, the Center has taken this initiative. According to the information received from the officials, there are many such projects whose tender has been done, but work on them is not being started. The Central Government has asked to start such projects without delay. The state government has assured the Centre that it will resolve the problems of these projects in January.

Which problem on which highway

Among the road projects which the Central Government has asked to complete, the matter of land acquisition is stuck in Munger in Munger-Mirzachowki. There is a problem of land acquisition in Samastipur in Kalyanpur-Tal Dussehra. Land is not available in Patna, Gaya and Jehanabad on Amas-Darbhanga Expressway. Forest department land approval has not been received in Supaul and Saharsa in Umgaon-Saharsa.

At the same time, there is a problem of land acquisition in Saran in Sherpur-Dighwara. The work of Bahadurganj-Araria, Muzaffarpur-Sonbarsa, Riwilganj bypass, Jandaha bypass, Bhabua bypass, Ahmedabad-Manihari, Ramnagar-Rosera, Katoria, Banka and Panjwara bypass is also hampered due to land acquisition and objection of the forest department.

Bihar Chief Secretary Amritlal Meena said that the review of centrally sponsored schemes is being done at his level for two days every month. This includes the concerned departments of the state government, the District Magistrate and the officers of the concerned departments of the central government. This has been beneficial. There is better coordination between the central government and the state government, which is benefiting the projects.