The all new Bihar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar being greeted by people after his thumping win in the state Assembly polls in November, 2010.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addresses media outside his residence in Patna.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's residence after his victory in Assembly polls.

The hoarding shows road being built under Chief Minister village's road project.

Infrastructure growth: Construction of good quality new roads and flyovers in the last five years helped Nitish Kumar return to power with a thumping majority in the state.

Safe travel: Night travelling has become easy in the state.

People are no longer scared of travelling during nights on Bihar roads.

An official at the Bihar transport office.

The old buses are dumped to make way for new ones.

The government has given bicycles to every girl student. The headcount of this school in Hajipur has doubled as a result

Dr Yogendra Thakur, a vet, teaches children in his village Amritpur, in Vaishali district, in his spare time. Free.

At last, Mahadeo Prasad of Begumpur, in Patna district, can till his plot next to a national highway, without fearing the land mafia.

Mahadeo Prasad of Begumpur, in Patna district, relaxes with his wife after tilling his plot next to a national highway. The fear of the land mafia has vanished.

Hospitals get a face-lift: Bihar saw a marked differnce in the healthcare sector with the availability of high tech facilities in some government hospitals.

Latest technologies that can help fight innumerable diseases have been placed at some of the state hospitals to help people of Bihar.

Umakant had to give up most of his small holding for a giant power project in Barh. He continues to till what is left and has refused the government compensation

Refreshing change: Coffee mobile van are a common feature at the bus stands.

Sonepur cattle fair: Know as the world's largest animal fair.

Yes, even Patna is getting high-rises. A villager tries to figure out the traffic.

Patna has all the big banks now for its people.

Criminals no longer control the supply of river sand for construction. The government regulates it for a token fee. The workers are paid well. At Chanderi Ghat on the Ganga river.

Work at Chanakya Law College under progress.

A Tata Nano parked in a village in Bihar.

Patna Yatayat: Private buses make a killing on the freshlypaved roads, because the State Transport Corporation has to be rebuilt. New buses, new roads, old habits

Workers at a brick field in Bihar.