Government to woo poll-bound Bihar with PSU projects | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Centre appears to be riding piggyback on PSU (public sector units) schemes to project its development plank ahead of state polls in Bihar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate two projects of IndianOil and one of Hindustan Petroleum on Sunday.
Power minister R K Singh inaugurated a slew of community-focused projects of power major NTPC on Saturday. The Prime Minister will unveil two LPG bottling plants at Banka and Harsidih in East Champaran as well as a 193km LPG pipeline to augment LPG supply to Bihar from Durgapur in West Bengal. CM Nitish Kumar and deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi will be present at the virtual event.
IndianOil’s Banka LPG bottling plant will serve consumers in Bhagalpur, Banka, Jamui, Araria, Kishanganj and Katihar in Bihar along with Godda, Deoghar, Dumka, Sahibganj, and Pakur in Jharkhand. Hindustan Petroleum’s Harsidih plant will serve East Champaran, West Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Siwan, Gopalganj and Sitamarhi districts.
The plants are expected to generate direct and indirect employment opportunities in Bihar, a government statement said.