The board of directors (BOD) of Biharsharif Smart City Limited (BSCL), in its meeting on Thursday, approved seven projects worth Rs225 crore. The meeting was presided over by its chairman and principal secretary of urban development and housing department Anand Kishore.
The projects include a flyover near Bharaopar at an expenditure of Rs72.77 crore. Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam will construct it. The Bharaopar roundabout is one of the most congested localities in Biharsharif.
Construction of road over drains from Bhattu Seth to Laheri police station, refurbishment of Nalanda health club at a cost of Rs1.17 crore, upgradation of four schools at an expenditure of Rs4.91 crore, construction of sports facilities at Tali Road for a sum of Rs4.66 crore, development of Badi Pahadi at Rs4.98 crore and construction of a library near Dhaneshwar Ghat with Rs8.70 crore were the other projects approved.
BSCL managing director and Biharsharif municipal commissioner Anshul Aggrawal said various schemes, including construction of a four-storey building for integrated command and control system (ICCS) is in progress at Biharsharif Town police station at a cost of Rs10 crore. He said a logistics and trading hub was being developed at Ramchandrapur Bazar Samiti at a cost of Rs14.5 crore. Various other projects worth Rs150 crore were in progress.
Kishore directed the officials concerned to speed up the Smart City work.
Biharsharif, the headquarters of Nalanda district, was included in the flagship ‘Smart Cities Mission’ in 2018. In its first meeting in May that year, the BOD had approved 47 schemes worth Rs350 crore. A sum of Rs100 crore had been disbursed against the budgetary allocation of Rs900 crore.
Aggrawal said there was no confusion about the schemes and work order worth Rs225 crore would be out by April end this year.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Farrukh Nadim
Quelle/Source: The Times of India, 03.04.2021
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