Patna, Sept. 11 -- The government has approved the development of a 4-lane greenfield, access-controlled highway project in Bihar.

The corridor will be executed under the Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) with a total length of 82.4 km and an outlay of Rs 4,447.38 crore.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared the proposal for the Mokama-Munger section of the Buxar-Bhagalpur High-Speed Corridor.

The route will improve connectivity between Mokama, Barahiya, Lakhisarai, Jamalpur, and Munger, extending access to Bhagalpur.

Eastern Bihar's industrial belt-comprising an ordnance factory cluster, the Jamalpur locomotive workshop, food processing units in Munger and Barahiya, and Bhagalpur's textile and logistics hub-is expected to ...