The Hindu Business Line : Reconstruction gathers pace in Bihar

While four months might be too short a time to judge any performance, the Nitish Kumar Government in Bihar has made a head start in taking decisions and formulating policies to repair the State's infrastructure and attract investment.With new sugar and entertainment policies in place, the Government has received 36 proposals for sugar mills. "We've given land to one already, two have bought their own land and for the fourth we're trying to acquire land," the Chief Secretary of Bihar, Mr G.S. Kang, told Business Line. Mr Kang saidproposals have also been received for 25 multiplexes, three of which will come up in Patna, each with an investment of about Rs 15 crore.

Road construction and power sector are getting priority and on Monday the Cabinet cleared a joint venture with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for the Muzaffarpur thermal power station, which will be renovated and managed by NTPC. About Rs 2,500 crore is being spent on the upgradation of power system, sub-transmission, rural electrification etc, he added.

The health care system and infrastructure are also getting attention. For a beginning, Bihar is outsourcing its pathology labs, management of additional primary health centres and ambulances to the private sector, Mr Kang said.

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