PM dedicates 33K-cr projects to Bihar; Patna to get metro rail

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Press Trust of India Barauni/Patna
Last Updated : Feb 17 2019 | 3:35 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 33,000 crore in Bihar, including the long-awaited Patna Metro Rail Project.

Laying the foundation stone of the metro project through a remote at a function at Barauni in Begusarai district, Modi said, "I congratulate the people of Patna, because Pataliputra (the ancient name of Patna) is now connected to the metro rail."
Modi inaugurated the Phulpur-Patna stretch of the Jagdishpur-Varanasi Natural Gas pipeline and laid

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First Published: Feb 17 2019 | 3:35 PM IST

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