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Building bridges of concrete & courage
14 Jun 2008, 0405 hrs IST,TNN






PATNA: It is a success story, and
Bihar generates success stories rarely.



The Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman
Nigam Ltd (BRPNNL) has virtually risen from ashes. In just three years this
corporation, lying comatose for 30 years, has risen like a phoenix. It is now
building bridges of confidence.



Established on June 11, 1975, the
corporation celebrated its 33rd, but for all practical purposes only 3rd,
foundation day on Thursday evening at a gala function with gleeful employees, a
well-satisfied looking chairman Pratyaya Amrit and happy chief minister Nitish
Kumar, his ministers and bureaucrats present on the occasion.



This
was first such occasion in the lives of hundreds of its staff right from
engineers down to peons and guards, all wearing newly-stitched uniforms and
broad smile and also a sense of commitment and readiness to shoulder greater
responsibilities.



This was also an occasion to celebrate freedom from
debt and loss and ushering in a new dawn of prosperity and profit, from Rs 17
crore loss to Rs 35 crore profit. "We have come out of debt to a condition of
abundance due to sheer diligence of the team and support from the government,"
said Amrit.



Not long back, its employees were going without salary
and their families were on the verge of starvation and the government had almost
decided to liquidate the giant corporation.



The dying corporation was
given a new lease of life in 2005-06 and since then its turnaround started. As
Nitish said it was a simple funda, the corporation was given work opportunity
and it started thriving. Until then it was going without work.



"It is
only a matter of time before they will be executing projects in other states and
may be out of country," said Nitish, lauding the efforts of the employees.
Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi hoped the corporation will become a
model for other government organisations. Apart from employees, engineers and
consultants, the corporation also awarded Advantage Media for its work and event
management and its CEO Khurshid Ahmad was given the trophy by
Modi.



At present, the corporation is engaged in construction of
various bridges, roads and river over bridges, besides work on hundreds of
bridges under Mukhya Mantri Pul and Sarak Nirman Yojna worth Rs 2,700
crore.



And now the corporation has been entrusted with the task of
bridging the distance in the society just as it made bridge between two ends of
a river. Nitish said, "bridging the gaps in the society will make Bihar stronger
and prosperous."



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Lt. Col. (Retd.) Bajrang Bihari Singh
Head Administration Apollo International School & Raunaq Public School
Raunaq Education Foundation C/O Apollo Tyres Mobile: 91-9729057707
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