Bihar: Centre approves major infra projects worth over Rs 7,000 crore; four-lane highway corridor project greenlit

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the two major infra projects in Bihar worth Rs 7616 crore. The first project is the construction of a four-lane greenfield access-controlled Mokama-Munger section of the Buxar-Bhagalpur High-Speed Corridor, with a cost of Rs 4447.38 crore. The second project is the doubling of the Bhagalpur – Dumka – Rampurhat single railway line Section (177 km) in Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal with a total cost of Rs 3,169 crore (approx.).