Darbhanga civil enclave to be upgraded into an international airport: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said that the civil airport at Darbhanga would be finally upgraded into an international airport.
Addressing an election rally in the presence of PM Narendra Modi at the University ground in Darbhanga divisional town, Nitish said, “Construction works on the civil airport (at Darbhanga) is going on in full swing. Once the airport becomes operational, a large number of people from this region will avail the facilities of air services from the civil airport.I have full confidence that one day Darbhanga civil airport will be finally upgraded into an international airport.”
The CM further extended special thanks to the PM for deciding to establish Bihar's second AIIMS at Darbhanga. “It is our wish that the state’s second AIIMS is opened at Darbhanga. The Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital is the oldest medical institution in the state after the Patna based medical college. Now as the Centre has decided, the state’s second AIIMS would be established at Darbhanga. And, it is a matter of great happiness for us,” Nitish, who is also the JD(U) president, said.
Nitish further praised the central assistance for the development of Bihar. He said, “The PM has taken certain special initiatives for development of the state. More than Rs 50,000 crore was provided for construction of roads and bridges in the state, eight new medical colleges are being established with the assistance of Union government.”
Nitish also thanked the PM for providing special trains for safe return of migrant workers to Bihar during the lockdown period.
Later, while sharing dais with the PM at another election rally at the Veterinary College ground in the state capital here, Nitish said the PM Modi’s special initiatives for the development of Bihar could not be forgotten. “People of Bihar know that the PM had laid foundation stones for the Patna Metro Project just before the beginning of the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. Now, the construction of Patna Metro rail is underway and it is not an ordinary fact that people of Patna would soon avail the facility of metro train services. The state is getting adequate cooperation from the Centre in the metro project,” Nitish said while showering praises on the PM.
He said the Centre has taken up several development projects in the state capital. “Several schemes under the Patna Smart City Project are under the final stage. Very recently, the PM inaugurated sewerage treatment plants at Beur and Karmali Chak,” he said.
Lauding the Centre’s assistance to poor families during covid-19 period, Nitish said more than 85 lakh poor families in Bihar were provided free refilling of LPG cylinders under the Ujjawala Yojana.
CM also said the Patna and Bihta airports also were being developed and expanded with the help of the Centre.
Nitish further assured the PM that people of Bihar would not forget the development works done by the Centre under his stewardship.
Bihar CM further called upon the electors to give the NDA one more chance on the PM’s appeal. “If you provide us one more term, Bihar will be converted into a ‘developed’ state,” he said.