Samsatipur, 29 January (Khorshed Alam) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday inaugurated, laid the foundation stone and initiated work on 188 development projects worth Rs 827 crore in Samsatipur district during his Samriddhi Yatra.

Chief Minister Mr Kumar today inaugurated 71 schemes worth Rs 470 crore, laid the foundation stone of 74 schemes worth Rs 273 crore and initiated work on 43 schemes worth Rs 84 crore for Samsatipur district through remote from the premises of Government Engineering College.

During his Samriddhi Yatra, Chief Minister Mr Kumar reviewed various development projects in Samsatipur district and directed officials to complete the works at a faster pace. Earlier, Secretary of Science, Technology and Technical Education Department, Dr Pratima, welcomed Chief Minister Mr Kumar by presenting him a bouquet.

Mr Kumar inspected the premises of Government Engineering College, Samsatipur, located at Sarai Ranjan. During this, Chief Minister Mr Kumar inaugurated the Amenities Building by unveiling the plaque and got information about the facilities of the Refreshment Center and Gymnasium established there.

Chief Minister Mr Kumar also inspected the administrative building on the first floor during the inspection of Government Engineering College. He inspected the Smart Classroom, Project Lab, Language Lab and Network Lab. Mr Kumar had a conversation with the students and teachers studying in the classroom.

After that, Mr Kumar reached the Language Lab, where the teachers told that children are taught various international languages here. A student present there welcomed the Chief Minister in French and English.

Later, Chief Minister Mr Kumar also inspected the local start-ups, innovative stalls and stalls set up by various departments in the premises of Government Engineering College. During the inspection, Mr Kumar saw the products made by Jeevika didis and appreciated them.

Chief Minister Mr Kumar provided a symbolic check of Rs 437 crore to Jeevika didis associated with 23,472 self-help groups. He also gave symbolic checks to the beneficiaries of Social Rehabilitation Scheme, Inter-Caste Marriage Incentive Grant and Chief Minister Disabled Marriage Incentive Scheme.

Chief Minister Mr Kumar interacted with the beneficiaries of Chief Minister Old Age Pension Scheme present there. The beneficiaries thanked him for increasing the amount of Chief Minister Old Age Pension Scheme. Mr Kumar inspected the stall set up by Borlaug Institute for South Asia, Samsatipur.

On this occasion, he got information about new technologies and agricultural products. He also saw the multi-crop farming model being implemented by the Agriculture Department in Samsatipur.

Chief Minister Mr Kumar interacted with the beneficiaries of Mukhyamantri Gram Parivahan Yojana during the inspection and discussed the development of industries in the district with the District Magistrate.

He said that the small industrialists who are producing products here, their products should be taken to the market in a planned manner, so that both local products and local markets get promoted.

Chief Minister Mr Kumar inspected the stalls set up by the Education Department and Transport Department and got information about the awareness campaign being run in the district. After that, he inspected the RCC bridge-cum-bypass road under construction in Dekima Baad block of Samsatipur district.

On this occasion, the officials apprised the Chief Minister of the progress of the construction work and the current situation. The officials also apprised the Chief Minister of the current situation of the implementation of the development projects announced for Samsatipur district during the Pragati Yatra.

The announced projects include development of Muktarpur-Main as a tourist spot, construction of a rail overbridge at the railway crossing at Muktarpur on the Samsatipur-Darbhanga road, expansion of the road from Mathurapur to Muktarpur (from km 67.47 to 89.256) on National Highway No. 322, construction of a new high-level RCC bridge at Maghi Dahi Ghat, and construction of a bypass road from Manika (SH-88) to Vikrampur (NH-322) via Shri Ram Janaki Medical College, Narghoghi, Sarai Ranjan bypass.

In addition, detailed information was provided about the progress of the expansion and strengthening work of the Rosera-Shivaji Nagar-Bherahi Ghat-Baheri road from km 0.00 to 22.20, the construction of Rosera Bypass (North) from Kalyan Chowk (Rosera Hathaudi Kothi road) to Daraha Paura via Lalpur Mohammadpur Paura, and the construction of Rosera Bypass (South) from Rehua (SH-65) to Daulatpur (SH-66), construction of a high-level RCC bridge and connecting road on the Shankarpur Ghat on the Kareh river in Shivaji Nagar block, excavation work of Balan river and Jamuari river, construction of bypass road from Chhoti Bejha Deeh to Kanhaiya Chowk via Sheetlapati, Mahadeo Chowk (Part-A), construction of bypass road from MDR TI 01 to Hakimabad (Part-B) and other development projects.

On this occasion, the Chief Minister directed the officials to complete all the works at a faster pace.