Overview

• An 82.4 km, four‑lane access‑controlled Mokama–Munger highway was cleared at ₹4,447.38 crore on Hybrid Annuity Mode with closed tolling, designed for 100 km/h and targeting about 1.5 hours end‑to‑end.
• The highway is projected to create about 33 lakh man‑days of employment and serve the Munger–Jamalpur–Bhagalpur industrial belt spanning ordnance, locomotive, food processing, textiles and warehousing.
• The Cabinet also approved doubling of the 177 km Bhagalpur–Dumka–Rampurhat rail line at ₹3,169 crore across Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal to decongest a saturated corridor.
• Rail capacity is expected to rise by roughly 15 MTPA, with connectivity extended to 441 villages and about 28.7–29 lakh people, including links to Deoghar and Tarapith, per official estimates.
• Government projections cite energy and environmental co‑benefits including savings of about 5 crore litres of oil and 24 crore kg of CO2, with detailed implementation timelines and contractor awards yet to be released.