SaralnamaAs you step outside Patna, the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government’s infrastructure development story that seems so visible in Patna, lurches and becomes more fitful. The wide and gleaming new bridge and the recently constructed 4-lane highway represent a smoother connection — but also etch a sharp and glaring disconnect. Long distance travel has been made far easier and shorter now in Bihar, but away from Patna, the distinction between rural and urban still blurs perilously, the narrow road is still all too prone to the ubiquitous traffic snarl and water-logging. Even Muzaffarpur, Bihar’s second most urbanised centre after Patna, also designated a “Smart City”, continues to battle the dismal “ jam ” and “ jal jamaav ” ineffectually. In Sitamarhi, residents point angrily to the Mehsaul overbridge in the heart of the town on which work started several years and… (Updated 29 Oct 2025, 18:57 IST; source: link)
Key Points
- As you step outside Patna, the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government’s infrastructure development story that seems so visible in Patna, lurches and becomes more fitful
- Long distance travel has been made far easier and shorter now in Bihar, but away from Patna, the distinction between rural and urban still blurs perilously, the narrow road is still all too prone to the ubiquitous traffic snarl and water-logging