Cabinet Approves Transfer of Railway Land to Road Construction Dept
The Bihar Cabinet today gave its nod for transfer of Digha-Patna railway land to the state Road Construction department on payment of Rs 222.19 crore for construction of road.
Patna, Jun 26 (PTI) The Bihar Cabinet today gave its nod for transfer of Digha-Patna railway land to the state Road Construction department on payment of Rs 222.19 crore for construction of road.
The cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar approved the Road Construction department's proposal for transfer of land belonging to Railways (Digha-Patna rail line) to it on the payment of Rs 222.19 crore for construction of 4/6 lane road in the state capital, Cabinet Secretariat department's Special Secretary, Upendra Nath Pandey told reporters here.
On June 14 last, the Railway Ministry had accorded in-principle approval for handing over 71.25 acres of land to the state government upon payment of Rs 222.19 crore, the value of land worked out by a revaluation committee constituted upon directions of the Patna High Court.
The proposed road would bring better connectivity between Digha, the city's north-western extreme, and "R Block" which is a stone's throw from a number of important buildings including the state assembly in Patna.
In another important decision, the state cabinet gave its nod to construction of an eight lane and 4.05 km long Danapur-Khagaul road at an estimated cost of Rs 57.87 crore, Pandey said adding that the money would be spent on widening and strengthening of the road along with construction of culvert and RCC drain.
The existing Danapur-Khagaul road is a two-lane road and it would be first eight lane road in Bihar, he said adding that the road would be built keeping in mind the provision for rolling out metro service in the area.
It also approved the private investment of Rs 33.29 crore for setting up a 3000 metric tonne capacity unit of potato chips and snacks at Chilim in Sherghati sub-division of Gaya district, Pandey said adding that M/S Sa Vishnu Bakers Pvt Ltd, Kolkata would set up the factory.
It also gave nod to Agriculture department's proposal to increase subsidy from Rs 35 to Rs 40 on every litre of diesel for the purpose of irrigating wheat, paddy, maize, pulses, oil seeds, seasonal vegetables, medicinal and other plants, Pandey said and added that subsidy will be given on 10 litres of diesel for one irrigation at one acre of land.
The cabinet sanctioned Rs 60 crore for giving diesel subsidy while Rs 15 crore was sanctioned for Akasmik Fasal Yojana, he said.
It also sanctioned Rs 30 crore from Bihar Contingency Fund for schemes to be executed in 2018-19 under "special central assistance" in left wing extremist affected districts, the special secretary said.
The cabinet also sanctioned Rs 336.26 crore for skill development programme in 2018-19, he said.
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