Kathmandu, Feb. 16 -- The Bihar government has proposed a new high-speed expressway connecting Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu with Baidyanath Dham in Deoghar and has forwarded the proposal to the central government for approval.

Presenting the Road Construction Department's budget for 2026-27 in the assembly, Jaiswal said the proposed 250-km-long Pashupatinath-Baidyanath Dham High-Speed Corridor will start from Kathmandu, pass through Bhimnagar and Birpur, and enter India at Supaul district in Bihar, according to the PTI, an Indian news agency.

"The corridor will then pass through Madhepura, Saharsa, Khagaria, Munger and Banka districts of Bihar before reaching Baidyanath Dham in Jharkhand's Deoghar district," Jaiswal was quoted by t...