PM Narendra Modi is all set to inaugurate completed projects and also lay the foundation of new projects worth Rs 294 crore on Thursday, ahead of the assembly elections whose schedule the Election Commission (EC) may announce soon. In this regard, deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi (SuMo) said on Monday that the projects worth Rs 294 crore are related to fisheries, animal husbandry and agriculture departments aimed at underpinning their scientific farming. While the PM is scheduled to announce proposed projects in five phases till September 25, he would inaugurate completed projects related to the fishery resources worth Rs 107 crore on Thursday. Besides projects related to animal husbandry valued at Rs 94.5 crore and also Rs 74 crore worth of projects related to the campus of Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University will also be launched, SuMo said. The Bakhri fish seed farm near Dumra in Sitamarhi district worth Rs 5 crore, fish rearing college at Kishanganj for disease eradication and quality testing and aqua referral laboratory on the campus of Bihar Animal Science University worth Rs 10 crore, fish feed mill at Madhepura worth Rs 1 crore, fish on wheels project at Masurahi (Patna) worth Rs 2.8 crore, and the integrated fish production technology centre on the campus of Rajendra Central Agriculture University at Pusa worth Rs 2.87 crore. The projects related to animal husbandry department, whose start the PM would announce, are semen station at Purnia (Rs 84.3 crore), embryo transfer technology and IVF laboratory at Bihar Animal Science University (Rs 8.06 crore), and sex-sorted semen project prepared at centres located at Begusarai, Khagaria, Samastipur and Nalanda (Rs 2.13 crore), SuMo said. Similarly, the PM would also inaugurate School of Agri-Business and Rural Management Bhavan (Rs 11 crore) about the Rajendra Central Agriculture University, besides laying the foundation stones for the construction of Boys’ Hostel (Rs 27 crore), stadium (Rs 25 crore) and International Guest House (Rs 11 crore) for the same campus.