Bihar government has announced that they have plans to complete the proposed Rs 8,000 crore metro rail project in Patna by 2016. The state government would ask Rail India Technical and Economic Service to conduct a survey on the proposed project, which may cover a distance of 40 km. Read more...

Bihar government cleared a plan to source natural gas from the proposed Jagdishpur-Haldia gas pipeline.The state cabinet approved the plan to sign MoU with Gas Authority of India (GAIL). Read more...

ICSA India has secured orders total worth Rs 464.17 crore from Bihar State Electricity Board, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. and MP Poorv Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Company. Read more...

The Bihar Government is focusing on converting major roads into state highways. This month, we will pass tenders for the construction of Ganga Expressway project worth Rs 3,160 crore, avers Nand Kishore Yadav, Minister for Road Construction, Government of Bihar in an exclusive interview with Eliza Waghmare. Read more...

In a major relief for the power starved Bihar, the State government now expects the renovation and modernisation work of its thermal power plants at Muzaffarpur and Barauni to be over by the end of this calendar year. These plants will provide at least 400 MW to the state, which is already reeling under major power crisis. Read more...

Tata group's company TRF has won Rs 360.47 crore order from Nabinagar Power Generating Company, which is a joint venture between NTPC and Bihar State Power (Holding) Company. Read more...

The Bihar Road Construction Department (RCD) is committed to constructing Ganga Expressway from Digha to Deedarganj and work on the prestigious project will start in next financial year. The RCD is also constructing more flyovers to ease the growing traffic problem in the state capital and working on an elevated ring road from Digha to Deedarganj. Read more...

Nabinagar Power Generating Co awarded an order worth over $350 million or around Rs 2,251 crore to Alstom Bharat Forge Power for a supply of three 660 MW supercritical coal turbine islands.Nabinagar Power is a joint venture company between Alstom and Bharat Forge. Nabinagar Power Generating Co, on the other hand, is a joint venture between NTPC and Bihar State Electricity Board in Nabinagar. Read more...

Government-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) on February 5 said it has bagged a Rs 2,854 crore contract for setting up a 1,980 MW thermal power project in Bihar. BHEL said in a statement that it has bagged a contract for supply of the Steam Generator Package for three coal-fired thermal units of 660 MW each. Read more...

Nabinagar Power Generation Company, a Joint Venture of NTPC and BSEB, Bihar has achieved financial closure for Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project consisting of three units of 660 MW each. The project is situated in the Aurangabad district of Bihar. A loan agreement for Rs 8,775 crore in this regard was signed with Rural Electrification Corporation. Read more...