<h1>Prime Minister inaugurates highway linking Aunta and Simaria with 1.865 km bridge restoring heavy-vehicle access</h1> The prime minister will inaugurate a highway project linking Aunta (Mokama) and Simaria (Begusarai) that includes a 1.865 km bridge over the Ganga built parallel to an older two-lane rail-cum-road bridge undergoing repairs. The project restores heavy-vehicle access curtailed by restrictions on the nearly seven-decade-old bridge, reducing travel detours by up to 100 km between north and south Bihar regions and improving access to a local pilgrimage site. The announcement reflects completion of public infrastructure works intended to alleviate transport bottlenecks and reestablish strategic regional connectivity.