Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Darbhanga, Bihar on 13 November, 2024. This is the second AIIMS facility in Bihar after state capital Patna and is expected to bring in transformation in the health sector.

Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, and senior State BJP leaders were present at the event. AIIMS Darbhanga will be built at an estimated cost of Rs 1,264 crore on 187 acres of land, and will have a super-specialty hospital, an AYUSH block, a medical college, a nursing college along with a night shelter, and residential facilities.

The PM also inaugurated several projects related to the road, rail, health, and energy sectors, worth an estimated Rs 12,000 crore. At Sobhan in Darbhanga, he said that that not only people from the Mithila, Kosi and Tirhut regions of Bihar but from West Bengal and Nepal, too, will also come here for medical assistance. It will also create several employment opportunities for people.

The PM also dedicated 18 Jan Aushadhi Kendras at railway stations across the country. He laid foundation stones of multiple national highway projects worth around Rs 5,070 crore, including the four-lane Galgalia-Araria section of National Highway 327E, and a major bridge on NH-110 at Bahadurganj.

Mr. Modi also laid the foundation stone for railway projects worth over Rs 1,740 crore, and multiple initiatives in the petroleum and natural gas sectors worth over Rs 4,020; and of a bitumen manufacturing unit at Indian Oil Corporation’s Barauni refinery.