Cabinet Decision
Cabinet approves rail, highway projects in Bihar with INR 76.16 bln outlay
This story was originally published at 15:19 IST on 10 September 2025
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--Cabinet OKs INR 76.16 bln for infra projects in Bihar
NEW DELHI – The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Wednesday approved one highway and one railway project in Bihar with a total outlay of INR 76.16 billion, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the construction of four-lane greenfield access-controlled Mokama-Munger section of the Buxar-Bhagalpur high-speed corridor in Bihar. The total length of the project will be 82.4 kilometres and it will be built at a cost of INR 44.47 billion.
"The 4-lane access-controlled corridor with close tolling, supporting average vehicular speeds of 80 km/h with design speed of 100 km/h will reduce the overall travel time to approximately 1.5 hours, while offering safer, faster, and uninterrupted connectivity for both passenger and freight vehicles," the government said in a release.
The Cabinet also approved the doubling of Bhagalpur–Dumka–Rampurhat single railway line section in Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal with a total cost of INR 31.69 billion.
The announcement of these projects comes ahead of the assembly elections in Bihar, which are expected around November. End
Reported by Shubham Rana
Edited by Vandana Hingorani
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