Nitish Kumar gifts development schemes worth Rs 664cr to Purnia region

PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Sunday gave a gift of 49 schemes worth Rs 664 crore to Purnia region besides inaugurating new building of Purnia Engineering College during a building construction department’s (BCD) event organised in the college premises at the divisional headquarters.
CM also inaugurated a regional centre of the Bihar Madrasa Education Board on this occasion. The regional centre would cater to the needs of people from Purnia, Kosi and Bhagalpur regions.
Speaking on the occasion, CM said earlier Purnia used to be considered as a ‘backward region’ in all aspects.Roads, health facilities and educational institutions were in very bad shape. But today, situation has entirely changed.
“Today itself, the PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stones for setting up a medical college at Purnia, through remote control from an event at Begusarai airport. Few months back, a new university was set up at Purnia. The Purnia Engineering College will now run from its own premises as its new building was inaugurated today,” Nitish said adding that his government has already taken a policy decision to open at least one engineering college in each district in Bihar.
“Once the facility of an engineering college will be available in each district, the youths of Bihar will not require to go to other states for studying engineering,” Nitish said. He also asserted that his government was working for development of all sectors under its ‘Saat Nischay” (seven resolves) programme.
CM also laid foundation stones for a scheme to provide safe drinking water in altogether 449 wards in Purnia region.
Speaking about the recently-announced Chief Minister Old Age Pension Scheme, Nitish said the new scheme would be implemented across the stat from coming August 1. But the scheme would be effective from April 1, 2018. All people above the age of 60 years except those who are getting service pension from the government, would be eligible to get pension under the new scheme.
The science and technology minister Jai Kumar Singh, education minister Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma, Purnia MP Santosh Kushwaha MLAs namely Lesie Singh, Bima Bharti, Vijay Khemka, Purnia Mayor Savita Devi, deputy mayor Vibha Kumari, state's additional chief secretary (education) R K Mahajan and Purnia DM Pradip Kumar Jha also were present on the occasion.