Overview
- In Samastipur on Jan 29, Nitish Kumar launched, inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 188 works worth ₹827 crore, including 71 new foundations, 74 inaugurations and 43 other schemes, after inspecting facilities at the Government Engineering College.
- A day earlier in Darbhanga, he opened or began 90 schemes totaling about ₹138 crore and handed bank credit linkage cheques of ₹311.79 crore to 23,384 Jeevika self-help groups and 93,536 women, while reviewing bus terminal and expressway progress.
- The second phase began Jan 27 in Madhubani with projects of roughly ₹391 crore—101 new foundations and 294 inaugurations—where he announced plans such as a five-year target of one crore jobs, hospital upgrades and expanded milk cooperatives.
- In Uttar Pradesh on Jan 28, Yogi Adityanath marked the Siddharthnagar Mahotsav by inaugurating or laying stones for 229 projects worth about ₹1,052 crore, reiterating a law-and-order and inclusive-development pitch.
- Officials said the Bihar tour’s next leg is likely to pause during the Feb 2–27 Assembly Budget Session, after reviews that also covered airport expansion, logistics park land, and the Amas–Darbhanga Expressway.