Modi announces Rs.1.25 lakh crore Bihar package (Lead, changing dateline)
Ara (Bihar), Aug 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a package of Rs.1.25 lakh crore for Bihar and said it will "change Bihar".
"I promise you I will implement this package fully. If we want to solve people's problems then the only way ahead is development," said Modi at an event here.
Modi also said: "I will change the destiny of the country."
He inaugurated a national highway project in Ara town of Bhojpur district.
Modi said the central government was formulating special schemes to empower women and OBCs in the state of Bihar.
Modi spoke a few lines in Bhojpuri language and greeted the people.