₹1,742 cr revamp plan approved for Patna bridge
The government on Wednesday approved a ₹1,742 crore plan to revamp the Mahatma Gandhi Setu on the river Ganga in Patna. The proposal for the rehabilitation of the four-lane, 5.5-km-long bridge on NH-19 was pending for the last 15 years, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. The rehabilitation plan will help in easing the heavy traffic plying between North and South Bihar.