PATNA, Jan. 12 -- The Bihar State Road Development Corporation (BSRDC) has pushed to an early completion of the four-lane Mithapur-Mahuli elevated road project after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) gave its nod for building a flyover on the NH-31 near new bypass, said a senior officer of the corporation on Sunday.

"Our managing director Shirsat Kapil Ashok has been regularly monitoring the scheme to ensure its completion by August this year. Chief secretary Pratyay Amrit too has directed the BSRDC to expedite work on it," said the officer, adding that the project has already been delayed owing to delayed clearance of the design by the NHAI.

The project, approved by the state cabinet to decongest traffic on the Patna-Gaya...