Nitish Kumar Inspects Bihta-Danapur Elevated Road and SDRF Headquarters Construction.

On Sunday, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited Bihta, on the outskirts of Patna, to review the ongoing construction of the Bihta-Danapur elevated road and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) headquarters. He instructed officials to accelerate the projects and ensure their timely completion.

During his visit, the CM was briefed on the 25.081 km elevated road, part of the Patna-Buxar four-lane highway project. The road will connect to a road overbridge (ROB) near Danapur railway station, improving access to Bihta airport. In addition to the elevated road, four bypasses are under construction at Neuraganj (1.2 km), Panal (1.75 km), Kanhauli (1.7 km), and Vishunpura (0.6 km). The CM emphasized that the elevated road would significantly ease traffic flow and reduce travel time.

Later, CM Kumar visited Dilawarpur to inspect the construction progress of the SDRF headquarters. Building Construction Department (BCD) secretary Kumar Ravi presented detailed plans for the complex, which will include an administrative building, a 500-capacity auditorium, a training center for 290 trainees, a rapid disaster response team building, family housing, and a national-level swimming pool for flood relief training. The first phase, which includes key facilities such as the administrative, training, and disaster response buildings, is expected to be completed by January 2025. The remaining structures are slated for completion by June 2025.

The CM noted that the SDRF, established in 2010 and modeled after the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), had previously faced challenges in training personnel due to the lack of a dedicated facility. The new headquarters will address this gap by providing permanent infrastructure for training and other operations.

Key officials including Development Commissioner Pratyaya Amrit, Principal Secretary to the CM S Siddharth, Road Construction Secretary Sandeep Pudukkalkatti, District Magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police Rajeev Mishra, and SDRF Commandant Mohd Faroguddin were also present during the visit.

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