Need for Border Roads Organization's Participation in Construction of Roads in Bihar

NK Singh has written about "Blueprint for the new
Bihar Government".

He stresses that we need more participation from
Central Agencies to take up development projects in
Bihar as our state institutions are flawed.
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Third, the experiment of having central agencies
implement projects as part of the compensation pocket
for partition of Bihar needs to be accelerated and
clarified. The initial goal was to cocoon these
projects from the deep-rooted malaise in institutions
at the state level, but there are subsisting
ambiguities regarding project implementation,
operation and maintenance.
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Another point made by his is to press NHAI to complete
Highway Project.
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Sixth, considering that Bihar ranks 11th among 15
states in the Infrastructure Index, improved energy
availability is crucial. Augmenting capacities,
improving distribution networks, the transmission and
distribution losses, unbundling electricity boards,
encouraging private investment at the distribution end
and setting up joint ventures for generation systems
close to the nearby coal pitheads is part of the
strategy. Ensuring smoother implementation of the
ongoing programme of the National Highways Authority
of India, coupled with upgradation of resources
available for state highways and effective utilisation
of funds from the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana,
needs close attention. The low teledensity reflects
the enormous scope for improvement even in the short
run.

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These points once again confirm the need for asking
Border Roads Organization(BRO) to take up Highway and
road construction work in Bihar.