Feb 20, 2023 Cabinet approves planning areas for 10 towns in Bihar The state cabinet gave its approval to new planning areas of 10 towns to pave the way for the constitution of corresponding planning authorities and drafting the master plan for future development.
Feb 05, 2023 BERC approved 600 MW Solar purchases From SECI The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) has given nod to procurement of 600 MW of solar power from Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) in Tranche-VIII by the distribution companies (DISCOMS). BERC has allowed the procurement at a tariff of Rs 2.50/kWh. The trading margin has been kept by the regulator at Rs 0.07 for every kWh.
Oct 20, 2022 Bihar government planning to widen roads The Bihar government is making a new plan to get rid of the road jams for the people of the state. Under this scheme, the roads of the city will be widened. Along with this, the plan to build flyovers on narrow roads will also be implemented soon.
Jun 20, 2022 Patna Government transfers 21 acre land for airport expansion Patna district administration has handed over 21 acre land to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to develop the parallel taxi track (PTT) that will increase the frequency of the aircrafts at Jayprakash Narayan International Airport.
Jun 20, 2022 Patna government approved Rs 267 crore for infra development The state cabinet sanctioned Rs 267 crore for infrastructure development on the campus of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) at Bihta in Patna. The cabinet also cleared the proposal of the water resources department for Rs 2.78 crore that has to be spent on the survey work required for the preparation of detailed project report regarding Kosi-Mechi intra-state river-linking project.
Jun 20, 2022 Lords Mark awarded street light project in Bihar Lords Mark Industries announced its entry into the solar-based lighting space and said it has bagged a street lighting contract from the Bihar government. Bihar is the first state to implement the worlds largest solar-based lighting project, which will be implemented through BREDA (Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency).
Jun 20, 2022 Solar energy plants to be build at Bihar A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed at Vidyut Bhavan for installation of solar energy plants at Banka and Jamui with a combined production capacity of 200 MW, and the two plants will be ready by December next year.
Jun 20, 2022 NHAI to develop E-way from Kurnool to Solapur Andhra Pradesh will get another expressway, connecting Kurnool with Solapur in Maharashtra. The National Highways Authority of India will develop the expressway which will also connect the Chennai-Solapur economic corridor under the Union government’s flagship Bharatmala project.
Jun 20, 2022 Contract award for construction of rail viaducts MG Contractors Awarded contract for construction of rail viaducts on pile foundation with composite steel girders and deck slabs and allied other civil engineering works on the south end approach of proposed railway bridge on river ganga at Mokama.