Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today flagged off 227 new well-equipped buses purchased by the state government for the free travel of devotees coming for the 350th Prakash Parva of Guru Govind Singh.
The 227 buses purchased under JNURM scheme would be launched on roads for the festival which would last from December 25 to January 5, 2017, after which the buses will be pressed into services for general public, Mr Kumar said after flagging off the buses.
The buses are fitted with GPS, CCTV, reverse camera, distress alarms and road maps, he said.
He also laid foundation for an inter-state bus terminus for Patna which would be constructed within two years on Patna-Gaya road.
Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh, Development Commissioner Shishir Sinha and Principal Secretary of Urban Development department Chaitnya Prasad were present among others.
He declared the commencing of construction of ghats on bank of Ganga at 12 places.
Work on construction of four more ghats on Ganga would be completed by June next year, he said adding work is underway to interlink all the ghats.
The 227 buses purchased under JNURM scheme would be launched on roads for the festival which would last from December 25 to January 5, 2017, after which the buses will be pressed into services for general public, Mr Kumar said after flagging off the buses.
The buses are fitted with GPS, CCTV, reverse camera, distress alarms and road maps, he said.
He also laid foundation for an inter-state bus terminus for Patna which would be constructed within two years on Patna-Gaya road.
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Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh, Development Commissioner Shishir Sinha and Principal Secretary of Urban Development department Chaitnya Prasad were present among others.
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He declared the commencing of construction of ghats on bank of Ganga at 12 places.
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Work on construction of four more ghats on Ganga would be completed by June next year, he said adding work is underway to interlink all the ghats.
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