📋 Tender Overview
COUNTR India
STATUS: Approved
AREA OF OPERATION Transport Infrastructure
TYPE: Sovereign
Project Context Bihar is a state in the eastern part of India. It is the third most populous state in the country with around 90% of its’ population living in rural areas. Out of the total mapped road network in Bihar, 83% are rural roads that provide inter-village connectivity and act as a feeder network to roads of higher categories such as district road, state highway or national highway.
Around 89% of the total rural habitations of Bihar have access to roads through various central and state level rural road development plans. To further increase access to road network, the GoB has formulated the Mukhya Mantri Gram Sampark Yojana (MMGSY)-Awsesh scheme, which constitutes the Project, to provide connectivity to identified habitations, with a population of more than 100 without direct access to the nearest road.
Project Description: The Project will support construction of more than 8,000 km length of rural roads under the MMGSY-Awsesh. The Project will include innovative components to improve project and asset management as well as quality assurance systems in Bihar for the Rural Works Department, which operates the largest road network in state.
Project Objective: The Project aims to provide first-time road connectivity to more than 7,000 rural habitations, benefiting 2.25 million rural population. This road network coverage will increase to 95% of the total rural habitations in state.
