Patna's version of Marine Drive to open for public today | Details
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Patna's own Marine Drive will open to the public today after state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurates the 6.5km long expressway.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will inaugurate the Ganga Path expressway in Patna today at 4pm. Hailed as Patna's own 'Marine Drive', the 6.5km long path connects Digha to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH). The road has been constructed on a 13m high dam.
The 6.5km stretch is just the first phase of the Ganga Path project, which includes a 21km long expressway from Digha to Didarganj. About Rs 3160 crore is estimated to be spent on the entire project.
In 2011, the proposal to build a 'Marine Drive' in Patna was passed by the government, after which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar laid the foundation stone in Patna in 2013.
Road Construction Minister Nitin Naveen said that after the inauguration of the first phase of the Ganga Path, the distance from Digha to PMCH will be only 15 to 20 minutes.
Along with CCTV cameras, speed guns will also be installed on this expressway so that people can't run over speeding vehicles unbridled.
Along with the Ganga Path, the second phase of the 6.5 km long Atal Path, connecting R-Block to Digha, will also be inaugurated today.
After completion of both the phases of the Atal Path, it will now be possible to go directly from the R-Block to the Digha-Sonpur Bridge (JP Setu) on the Ganges via Digha.
