PATNA, Aug. 20 -- The Bihar cabinet, on Wednesday, approved the construction of 336-km, six-lane greenfield expressway between Buxar and Bhagalpur. This fully access-controlled corridor would connect the western and eastern parts of the state, officials said. The expressway will connect Buxar, Bhojpur, Arwal, Jehanabad, Gayaji, Nalanda, Sheikhpura, Munger, Lakhisarai, Nawada, Jamui, Banka and Bhagalpur. As a fully access-controlled road, there will be no direct crossings or access points across the expressway along its main corridor. In another decision, the state's IT department will sign an MoU with Taiyo AI India Pvt Ltd to build Bihar's AI ecosystem. The partnership will cover identification, prioritisation, monitoring and execution of public infrastructure projects using AI; an AI-enabled public infrastructure dashboard with early-warning indicators to flag delays and cost overruns; geospatial and demographic data mapping to aid planning and monitoring of civil projects; and training of government officials in digital governance. In a related development,the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs, chaired by PM Modi, on Wednesday approved the upgrading of the 82.578-km Muzaffarpur-Sitamarhi-Sonbarsa section of NH-22 to four-lane standard at a cost of Rs.3,590.73 crore. P3...