The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved two major infrastructure projects. The first is the doubling of the 177 km Bhagalpur–Dumka–Rampurhat railway line across Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal at a cost of ₹3,169 crore.
This will ease congestion, improve efficiency, and enhance service reliability for Indian Railways. The second is the construction of an 82.4 km 4-lane greenfield Mokama–Munger section of the Buxar–Bhagalpur High-Speed Corridor on Hybrid Annuity Mode with an investment of ₹4,447 crore.
The project will generate over 33 lakh man-days of employment and boost economic activities. The Munger-Jamalpur-Bhagalpur belt is also emerging as an industrial hub with factories, workshops, and logistics facilities.
