Bihar Pul Nirman Nigam : A recarnation

The mantra of modern India economy which began saying bid adieu to public sector enterprise way back in early ninties seems losing its charm as the post 2k scene is depicting a different story. With some work at grassroot level the leaders of Bihar shown their ability and managerial skill set. Be it the NDA or UPA in the center, leaders of Bihar has been taking profit out of it for the development in Bihar. The success story
in turnstiling almost dead or bad a/c state institution into a profitable one not just limited to Indian railways and Laloo Prasad yadav. India
could not sidelined the role of Ramvilas Paswan as telecommunication minister who changed the face of telecomm industry and the way country communicate today.


In recent time there is a very healthy competition among leaders of Bihar for development. With decades of false promises and maturity among voters with time the leaders now understands that untill the profit remain unreachable for the majority they can't be in power. The uprootment of RJD has been proved as a bacon for them.

With the onset of Nitish Kumar as CM, Bihar has witnessed the unprecedented development work in Bihar. There is also a slower but significant change in work culture too, resulting in timely execution of state duty. The most happening state institution here is none other than Bihar Pul Nirman Nigam.

The corporation which were running into the loss of 16 crores rupees just a couple of years back in 2005 is all set to make a whopping profit of rupees 30 crores. Knowingly most the work (including Patna Road Project) taken back from Tantia Construction has been given to the Pul Nirman
Nigam taking its success into account.

The most promising infrastructure development program 'Chief Minister project' in recent times in Bihar, has been assigned to the Pul Nirman Nigam Limited. A total of 519 small size bridges has to be constructed by the corporation under this Project. The mentor of this promising project, CM Nitish Kumar himself monitoring the project and satisfied with the work of Pul Nirman Nigam.

Though the role of government assistance to get back the corporation on track could not be overlooked. The ruling NDA govt. in Bihar helped the institution to its full. A percentage of 9% had been applied for a turnover of more than 250 crores. A managerial make over been done to the corporation and new young faces been introduced in the board. Almost a fresh team has been created and new secretary been appointed. This helped to expunge red tapism and changed the work culture in the corporation. These efforts began to take shape right in the first year and the corporation successfully made a profit of 5.96 crores in 2005-06. The acceleration continued and helped the institution touching the profit to a whopping 17.22 crores in the very next financial year 2006-07.

The officials in the Bihar State Pul Nirman Nigam having no hiccups boasting to touch the profit to the significant 30 crore marks. "We are working hard and there is no compromise with project deadline, there is no dearth of machinaries and work force", said an enthuasistic officer of Pul Nirman Nigam.

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Bihar bridge is falling down, state says go slow- IBNLIVE.COM

A train travelling over a railway bridge in Bihar's Buxar district is an everyday sight but a closer look reveals that the tracks on the bridge are on the verge of collapsing. And this has been the state of the Karamnasha Railway Bridge for the last two years.

Every passing train displaces a few more bricks, but appalling as it may sound – repair work is yet to begin.

“The state of the bridge is very poor. It could collapse any minute and cause a serious accident. I have seen bricks falling off the tracks,” a passenger Shukdev Ram said.

The bridge, which is over 50 years old, has been declared fragile by the Railway authorities and a speed limit of 30 kilometers per hour has been imposed, but the rule is hardly ever followed.

In fact, every time a train travels over it Railway gangmen rush to tighten the loose nuts and bolts.

For the last two years the Railways have been trying to float a tender for the restoration of the bridge but it seems to have run into problems.

Railway engineer DD Upadhyay said, “There is a problem but the authorities are trying to work it out. As soon as it is sorted the repair work will start.”

However, what the authorities seem to miss is that leaving a bridge in such a state is nothing less than waiting for an accident to happen.

Bihar polishes its roads to chase Naxals-NDTV

Police chasing Naxals in Bihar may have better mobility if the Centre accepts the state government's demand for sanction of special funds for strengthening and widening of roads in the affected areas.

With bad roads in Bihar coming in the way of police operations against naxalites, the state's road construction minister Prem Kumar has made a strong demand to the Centre to upgrade some state highways into national highways.

The demand was made by him at a conference of ministers-in-charge of highways here yesterday, a state government spokesman said on Tuesday.

Kumar said widening of two-lane roads would cost about one crore per km and thus the state will need Rs 1150 crores for the purpose.

Naxal violence is on the rise in Bihar and the state witnessed 135 incidents in 2007 leaving 67 persons dead, compared to 107 incidents in 2006 when the casualty figure was 45.

Out of 834 police stations in the state, 71 are affected by Maoist violence, as per latest data available with the Union Home Ministry.

Kumar said 105-km NH-2C (Dehri-Akbarpur-Jagnnathpur- Jardag), 20-km NH-99 (Dobhi to Jharkhand border) and 90-km NH-110 (Biharsharif-Ekangarsarai-Jehanabad-Arwal) have been declared Naxal-affected highways.

He said without special funds road communication could not be improved and suggested taking help from World Bank or Asian Development Bank (ADB). Kumar also demanded that all state capitals should be connected with different cities through an Expressway.