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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the six-lane Kachchi Dargah-Bidupur bridge over the Ganga River during his Bihar visit on November 21.
Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary announced on Friday that the state government had named the bridge ‘Nitish Setu’ in honour of former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
In a post on X, Choudhary said the Prime Minister would dedicate the bridge to the nation.
PM Modi will also attend a programme in Rajapakar, where he will inaugurate public welfare and development projects and lay foundation stones for new initiatives.
The government invested more than ₹5,000 crore in the infrastructure project. It secured ₹3,000 crore through a loan from the Asian Development Bank and contributed the remaining ₹2,000 crore from state resources.
The government decided to construct the bridge in 2015 and laid its foundation stone in 2016. The project took nearly a decade to reach completion.
The six-lane greenfield bridge stretches approximately 9.75 km and measures 32 metres in width. It connects Kachchi Dargah in Patna district with Bidupur in Vaishali district.
Including approach roads, the project covers approximately 19.76 km. Engineers designed the bridge to support vehicle speeds of up to 100 kmph.
The first phase, covering 4.57 km between Kachchi Dargah and Raghopur Diara, has already opened to traffic.
Once fully operational, Nitish Setu will connect the Patna-Bakhtiyarpur bypass (NH-30) with NH-103 in Vaishali.
The project aims to reduce travel time, ease traffic congestion and improve the movement of passengers and goods.
The bridge is also expected to strengthen trade, attract investment, generate employment and accelerate economic activity across North and South Bihar.
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