Patna: With a view to expand the industrial area network to boost investment and create employment opportunities, the state cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to acquire 2627 acres of land at a cost of Rs 812 crore.
As part of the decision to expand the industrial areas in the state, the highest 991 acres of land will be acquired at a cost of Rs 351 crore in Begusarai district while 500 acres of land will be acquired at a cost of Rs 219 crore in Patna district, Cabinet Secretariat Department’s Additional Chief Secretary S Siddharth said in a post cabinet briefing here.
Infrastructure Development Authority (IDA), Patna will carry out land acquisition for the development of all the five industrial areas in the state, he said.
Similarly, 167.34 acres of land in Siwan at a cost of Rs 113 crore, 420.62 acres of land in Saharsa district at a cost of Rs 88.01 crore and 548.87 acres of land in Madhepura district at a cost of Rs 41.26 crore, Siddharth said.
It also gave nod for acquisition of 1300 acres of land for development of Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) being developed under Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Project at Dobhi in Gaya Ji district, Siddharth said while making it clear that the above industrial areas will be new ones while the IMC at Dobhi is the old & ongoing project.
APPROVAL FOR PVT INVESTMENT OF RS 35 CRORE AT GAYA CLEARED
In another important decision, the cabinet gave its approval for setting up a Rs 35.14 crore factory to manufacture textile items like, polar fleece, blanket cover, bed sheet, casements etc in Gaya.
The factory would be set up by M/s Prabhavati Textile Mills in industrial area at Guraru in Gaya Ji with 600 MTPA capacity to manufacture textiles, ACS said adding that the investment would generate direct and indirect employment for 237 skilled and unskilled people of the state.
OLS SURVEY FOR SIX AIRPORTS
In order to develop and expand the airport network in the state, the cabinet also approved a proposal to carry out Obstacle Limitation Surfaces (OLS) survey for development of six greenfield airports at Birpur (Supaul), Munger, Valmikinagar (West Champaran), Muzaffarpur, Saharsa and Bhagalpur, Siddharth said adding that it sanctioned Rs 290.91 crore for payment to Airport Authority of India (AAI) for the purpose.
OLS survey in an airport is a crucial process to ensure the safety of aircraft operations by identifying and mapping potential hazards within a defined airspace around the airport. This survey helps in maintaining clear pathways for take off, landing, and ground movement of aircraft by defining surfaces that must be free from obstacles.
It also sanctioned Rs 137.17 crore for acquisition of 18 acres of land for expansion of Gaya Ji airport to install “CAT I Light” to facilitate the landing of aircraft even during bad weather like fog, smog and low visibility. With the installation of the facility, Gaya Ji airport will be included in “all weather airport”.
JP SAMMAN PENSION HIKED
People- christened as JP Senani who fought during emergency period between March 18, 1974 and March 21, 1977- will get double the amount as “samman pension” now. Those who spent one to six months during emergency in jail will get Rs 15000 while those who spent more than six months will get Rs 30,000 as pension. Earlier, they were getting Rs 7500 and Rs 15,000 respectively.
There are altogether 3354 JP Senani who are getting pension currently.
FUNDS FOR BRIDGE OVER PUNPUN & FLYOVER CONNECTING MITHAPUR FLYOVER TO CHIRAIYATAND FLYOVER
The cabinet also sanctioned a revised estimate of Rs 82.99 crore for construction of cable suspension bridge to be built over river Punpun in Patna.
Similarly, it also sanctioned a revised estimate of Rs 292.74 crore to connect the two flyovers of Mithapur and Chiraiyatand in Patna town, ACS said.
MLA/MLCs PHONE BILL
The cabinet gave its nod to amend rule 14 (telephone facility) of Bihar Legislature (Salary, Allowance and pension of members) Rules 2006 as per which members of state legislature will not have to furnish bill of Rs 8300 per month towards telephone, internet. Members will now get the amount without furnishing any bills.
SCRAP POLICY – 50 PER CENT DISCOUNT ON NEW VEHICLE REGISTRATION
It also approved transport department’s proposal as per which people- who have BS-I and BS-II vehicles both LMV/HMV- will get 50 per cent discount for registration of new vehicle if they present “certificate of deposit” of scrap done through registered scrapper, Siddharth said.
HONORARIUM HIKED FOR BLO & BLO SUPERVISOR
The cabinet hiked annual honorariums of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and BLO Supervisors. Now the BLO will Rs 14,000 against the existing Rs 10,000 while the BLO Supervisor will get Rs 18,000 against the existing Rs 18,000, ACS said adding that Rs 38.75 crore has been sanctioned for the purpose.
