Bihar: Khagaria expects completion of several projects this year

KHAGARIA: A number of ambitious projects and development schemes in the district are likely to be completed this year.
The Sultanganj (Bhagalpur)-Aguwani Ghat (Khagaria) bridge across the Ganga, under construction for the last eight years, is likely to be completed by the end of this year. The foundation for the 3,160-metre-long four-lane cablestay bridge along with approach road with an estimated cost of Rs1,710 crore was laid by CM Nitish Kumar on February 23, 2014.The bridge would link NH-31 and 107, reducing the distance between Sultanagnj and Khagaria, Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura.
The much awaited Khagaria-Munger rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganga is also likely to be opened for traffic on January 16. The 44-km-long Khagaria-Kusheshwar Asthan railway project with an estimated cost of Rs162 crore is expected to be commissioned this year. The foundation for this project was laid by the then railway minister, Ram Vilas Paswan, in 1998. Paswan hailed from Khagaria district.
An RCC bridge across the Ganga with an estimated cost of Rs14 crore near Maithani village under Mansi block is also likely to be completed by the end of this year. Similarly, another RCC bridge with a cost of Rs56 crore across Bagmati river near Nawada Ghat under Chauham block and another bridge across Gandak at the cost of Rs 15 crore on the outskirts of Khagaria town are expected to be open for traffic by this year-end.
The local MLA, Chhatrapati Yadav (Congress), in a statement, has urged the state government for early completion of the projects in the interest of the people of the region.
A cluster-based food processing park is set to be operational near Mansi. It will generate employment for about 3,000 skilled and semi-skilled people. A cattle-feed manufacturing unit with a cost of Rs50 crore is underway at Maheshkhunt Bazar. It will produce 300 metric tonnes of cattle-feed per day.
The long cherised demand of the students of the area will also be fulfilled with the opening of an engineering college at Alouli block headquarters and a 'Khel Bhawan' in the Chitragupta nagar locality of Khagaria town.