Bihar CM Nitish Kumar aur Union Minister Nitin Gadkari ke beech Buxar-Barun Road Project ke liye funding ke mamle mein tanav

Patna/New Delhi, 27 May 2024 – Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar aur Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari ke beech Buxar-Barun four-lane national highway project ke liye funding aur credit ke mamle mein ek rajnaitik aur financial tanav paida ho gaya hai. 27 km ka yeh stretch, jo Buxar aur Rohtas districts ke beech ek mahatvapoorn connector hai, Centre-state relationship ka naya flashpoint ban gaya hai, jahan dono taraf se iska inauguration aur completion ke liye daava kiya ja raha hai. Yeh project, jo Bharatmala Pariyojana ke tahat sanction kiya gaya tha, 2018 mein ₹285 crore ke anumanit laagat par approve hua tha. Construction 2020 mein shuru hua tha aur March 2023 tak poora hone ka schedule tha. Lekin, land acquisition ke mamle aur fund disbursement ke bottlenecks ke kaaran delay ho gaya hai, jisse deadline December 2024 tak badh gayi hai. State PWD ke adhikariyon ka kehna hai ki jabki Centre ne ₹180 crore jari kiye hain, lekin sirf ₹120 crore hi ground tak pahunche hain, procedural delays ke kaaran. Nitish Kumar ne Sunday ko Buxar mein ek public rally mein kaha ki Narendra Modi-led central government "jaanboojhkar funds ko rok rahi hai" taaki 2024 Lok Sabha elections se pehle vikas ka shrey na le sakein. "Humne apna kaam kiya hai. Zameen acquire ki gayi, clearances mil gaye. Phir bhi, Centre files par baithi hai," unhone kaha. Unhone yeh bhi daava kiya ki agar zarurat padi to project ko state funds se poora kiya jayega, aur yeh bhi kah ki Bihar ko rajnaitik credit ke liye hostage nahi banaya jayega. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari ne tejawab diya, Delhi mein ek press conference mein kah ki project "fully funded by the Centre" hai aur Bihar government ne samay par necessary clearances nahi di, jisse avoidable delays ho gaye. "Humne norms ke hisaab se funds jari kiye hain. Yeh state ki zimmedari hai ki woh samay par zameen hand over kare," Gadkari ne kaha, aur yeh bhi kaha ki Centre transparency aur timely execution ke prati committed hai. Yeh controversy BJP-led Centre aur JD(U)-led Bihar government ke beech resource sharing aur project implementation ke mamle mein badh rahe tanav ke beech aayi hai. Jab 2025 mein Bihar mein assembly elections aa rahe hain, dono taraf se apne aap ko vikas ke champion ke roop mein project karna chahti hain.