patna the state government has formulated an astrotourism project to preserve and develop the historical locations associated with renowned astronomer and mathematician aryabhata namely khagaul taregna and taregna top barely 35km from patna replying to a question of neeraj kumar jdu and harendra prasad pandey bjp science and technology minister shahid ali khan informed the legislative council that the department was looking for a consultant for developing a master plan for this project an expert team of kolkata has also been contacted to make a blueprint of this project he said under the project a museum research centre and observatory will be set up these would showcase various concepts theories and models formulated by aryabhata one of the locations will be equipped with facilities and latest equipments to facilitate further studies in the field of astronomy he said aryabhata incidentally was born in pataliputra then kusumpur in ad 476 and at the age of 23 wrote his monumental work aryabhatiyam taregna meaning calculating stars village had suddenly come alive with scientists students and urban enthusiasts flocking it to view the total solar eclipse on july 20 2009 in 2009 the then cm nitish kumar had announced to develop this region as an astrotourism circuit light sound show minister of art and culture vinay bihari on friday said the government was ready to start a light and sound show on the life and times of mahatma gandhi at motihari in east champaran district he was replying to a question of satish kumar jdu the minister said the government had given rs 150 crore in the last financial year to a registered society headed by east champaran dm to protect and preserve the places associated with gandhiji and his personal belongings the government would be happy to provide additional amount if required he said stadiums in blocks sports minister vinay bihari said in the council the government would construct a stadium at each of the 534 block headquarters of which 77 have been completed replying to a question of ram chandra bharati bjp he said funds had been sanctioned to construct an additional 202 stadiums in block headquarters fake degrees education minister brishen patel on friday said 1000 school teachers in different parts of the state were found to have been appointed on the basis of fake degrees he was replying to a question of sanjay prasad rjd intervening during the ministers reply leader of opposition in the council sushil kumar modi sought to know how many firs were lodged against the erring officials