Bihar had set a new record in securing heavy private investments in road construction, cement sectors and the tourism sector. This was revealed by Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi in the Assembly.
Under the Public Private Partnership (PPP), he said, private companies alone had decided to invest 60 per cent of the cost for road between Rajgir and Tajpur. Similarly Rs 332 crore was being invested for Bakhtiyarpur-Tajpur road and Rs 619 crore for Ara-Mohaniya express in private sector in Bihar which was unprecedented in the state’s history, Modi claimed. Modi said the Kumar Manglam Birla’s Ultratech was making an investment of Rs 500 crore, besides six other companies including Ambuja company have finalised investment for setting up cement factories by using fly ash. For Ambuja a plot has been selected in Patna district for a factory, Modi said.