Overview

• An 82.4 km, four-lane Mokama–Munger greenfield corridor was approved at Rs 4,447.38 crore on Hybrid Annuity Mode with closed tolling as part of the Buxar–Bhagalpur high-speed corridor.
• The access-controlled highway is designed for 100 km/h (80 km/h average), targeting a roughly 1.5‑hour trip and linking Mokama, Barahiya, Lakhisarai, Jamalpur and Munger to Bhagalpur, with about 14.83 lakh direct and 18.46 lakh indirect man‑days of work estimated.
• The Cabinet also cleared doubling of the 177 km Bhagalpur–Dumka–Rampurhat rail line across Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal at Rs 3,169 crore to ease congestion and improve reliability.
• Railway projections cite added freight capacity of about 15 MTPA, reduced oil imports of roughly 5 crore litres and a CO2 cut of about 24 crore kg, while benefiting 441 villages and around 28.72–29 lakh people including three aspirational districts.
• Officials and reports note a highway completion timeframe of about three years and highlight the political timing in poll-bound Bihar, with a prime ministerial visit to the state announced for next week.