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Bihar Protest: Patna March
✍️ Amar Ujala · Bihar
🗓 16 Aug 2026, 07:02 PM
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Hundreds of people are marching to Patna to protest against the proposed Patna-Purnia Green Field Expressway. The expressway threatens to displace 150 residential and commercial establishments, including Kedar Sant Ramashray Mahavidyalaya in Samastipur.
The proposed Patna-Purnia Green Field Expressway has sparked widespread protests in Bihar. Hundreds of people, including students and locals, have embarked on a 100 km march to Patna to submit a memorandum to the government. The protesters are demanding that the government change the expressway's route to save their homes, businesses, and educational institutions. The march is a desperate attempt to save their livelihoods and properties from being destroyed. The protesters are determined to make their voices heard and are marching to Patna to submit their demands to the government.