BITHA is proposed to be a powerful engine as well as a catalyst for a well-rounded, accelerated economic development of Bihar, improving quality of life and to create job opportunities.
1. Bihar Intelligent Transport and Habitat Authority A Catalyst to Accelerate Inclusive Growth, Uplift Quality of Life and Create Employment Presentation to Govt. of Bihar Proposal to set up Chandra Vikash PGDM, IIM Calcutta B.Tech, IIT Kharagpur
8. ICOR by Broad Sector (1999-2004) In the Eleventh Plan for Bihar the ICOR (Incremental Capital Output Ratio) is assumed to be higher than the ICOR for 1999-2004, at 3.0 as the state will be incurring vastly higher capital expenditures on developing infrastructure projects in roads, bridges, power, irrigation and flood control. >10 * * BITHA target for rest of 11 th and for 12 th 5-year Plan
9. Role of Transport in Urban Areas “ Rise in traffic jams in Patna that has virtually taken the form of an epidemic.” While in other urban centers, growth has been hampered due to lack of adequate road infrastructure and transport options. This has led to significant emigration of students and working population out of Bihar, leading to a vicious cycle affecting economic development of the state. - Bihar DGP Anand Shankar 3 December, 2009, Patna Daily Traffic snarls, not crime, worry traders now. - Times of India, 6 December 2009
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29. “ Build a quality service and people will pay” Source: www.goodnewsindia.com/index.php/Magazine/story/sulabh/P4/ Folks in Patna were amazed that the public—that would dodge bus fares—would actually pay to use the Sulabh. Legislators and ministers visited the site daily to see this social miracle. Hopefully they learnt the lesson therein: build a quality service and people will pay.” “… in 1974, Patna got a grand public toilet with 48 seats, 10 urinals and 20 baths for Rs.60,000. It became the talk of the town. All Sulabhs are pay-toilets, in order to make their maintenance sustainable.