Lok Sabha Question No. 3217 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: NHs in Bihar
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Vijay Kumar

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the schemes for construction of highways in Bihar and the time by which the above schemes are likely to be completed; (b) whether the Government proposes to construct highways to connect pilgrimages like Bodh Gaya, Rajgir, Vaishali and other Pilgrimages of Bihar;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the time by which these are likely to be connected and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to construct any road or bypass to minimize the distance among Rajgir, Bodh Gaya and Patna; and (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) The details of the ongoing works under various schemes in the State of Bihar are Annexed as Annexure I.
- (b) and (c) the details of proposed highways for construction to connect Pilgrimages in Bihar are Annexed as Annexure II.
- (d) and (e) Details of proposed construction or bypass to minimize the distance among Rajgir, Bodh Gaya and Patna are Annexed as Annexure III.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3217

ANSWERED ON 4 TH  AUGUST, 2022

## NHs IN BIHAR

3217. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANNEXURE I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3217 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2022

ASKED BY SHRI VIJAY KUMAR REGARDING NHs IN BIHAR

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|   S. No. | Name of Work                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Scheme   |   Cost work (Rs. Crore) | of Target date of completion            |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|        1 | Construction of ROB and its approaches in lieu of existing level crossing (L C No 43-A/3-E) at km 12 of NH-103 in the state of Bihar (Job no. NH-103/Bihar (5)/15-16/019-S&R(B))                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | NH(O)    |                  146.46 | Nov-22                                  |
|        2 | Construction of ROB and its approaches in lieu of existing level crossing (L C No 62-A/3-E) at km 135 of NH-19 in the state of Bihar (Job no. NH-19/Bihar(17)/2015-16-012-S&R(B))                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | NH(O)    |                   55.89 | Mar-23                                  |
|        3 | Construction of ROB and its approaches in lieu of existing level crossing (L C No 65-B/2-E) at km 132 of NH-19 in the state of Bihar (Job no. NH-19/Bihar(16)/2015-16-013-S&R(B))                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | NH(O)    |                   77.38 | Jun-23                                  |
|        4 | Four Laning of Gaya Hisua-Rajgir-Nalanda-Biharsharif Section Km 0.00 to 92.935 on NH-82 in state of Bihar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | EAP      |                 2138.16 | Mar 23                                  |
|        5 | Fatuah-Harnaut-barh Section, NH-30A                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | EAP      |                  683.83 | Work Completed Except Dhaniyawan Bypass |
|        6 | Construction of two no of RCC Minor bridge & 3nos of new Box Culverts in Place of old bridge & culvert in place of old bridge as per following: i) Construction of New High Level RCC Minor Bridge (3.18.84m) at Ch. 88+544 on NH-33. ii) Construction of 3*5*4 (Three Cell) RCC Bridge no 73/3 on NH- 33. iii) Construction of 1*3*3 (Single cell) RCC Box culvert no. 57/1 on NH-33. iv) Construction of 1*3*3 (Single cell) RCC Box culvert no. 59/2 on NH-33. v) Construction of 3*3*3 (Three cell) RCC Boc culvert no.56/2 on NH-33 in the State of Bihar. | NH(O)    |                   12.97 | Jul-23                                  |
|        7 | Widening to 2-lane with paved shoulder and strengthening from km 45.00 to 65.140 of NH-101 (New NH-331) in the State of Bihar on EPC Mode.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | NH(O)    |                   88.42 | Oct-22                                  |
|        8 | Construction of 2-lane combined ROBat design chainage 1.10 & 1.11 at L C No 51A/ 51A/3E at Chapra Railway crossing of NH- 101 in the state of Bihar on EPC mode                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | NH(O)    |                   61.99 | Feb- 23                                 |
|        9 | Widening to two lane with paved shoulders including strengthening of existing pavement from km 14.5 to km 30.00 of NH 101 (New NH 331)on EPC mode in the state of Bihar for the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | NH(O)    |                   84.98 | Oct-23                                  |

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|    | 0.000 to 10.840) [AllMS (Bhusaula Golambar ) to Naubatpur (Patna Ring Road ) section] on EPC mode in the state of Bihar for the year 2021-22                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |       |         |                       |
|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|---------|-----------------------|
| 52 | Balance work for improvement to 2 lane with paved shoulders configuration in realignment from Km 52.320 to Km 52.940 (length-0.620 Km) of NH-81, Protection works inHL Bridges at Km33 & Km36, Protection work for the approach of Mahananda River bridge and reconstruction of culvert in 30th km of NH-81 on EPC mode in the state of Bihar                                                         | NH(O) |   37.56 | Under Bidding         |
| 53 | Improvement to two lane with paved shoulders of BH/WBBorder- Amdabad-Manihari section from design Km 0+000 to Km23+945 of NH-131 A (Total length-23.945 Km) on EPC mode inthe state of Bihar                                                                                                                                                                                                          | NH(O) |  353.27 | Under Bidding         |
| 54 | Construction of Bhabhua Bypass from Ch. 10+800(Design Ch. 10+800) to Ch. 19+860 (Design Ch. 18+150) and Chand Bypass from Ch. 38+060 (Design Ch. 36+250) to Ch. 40+460 (Design Ch. 38+650) and widening of existing road to 2 - lane with Paved shoulder from Ch. 40+460 (Design Ch. 38+650) to Ch. 46+860 (Design Ch. 45+050) of NH-219 (Total length-16.150 Km)under EPC mode in the state of Bihar | NH(O) |  179.86 | Under Bidding         |
| 55 | Widening to 2/4-lane with paved shoulders of left out portion of NH 30 from existing CH.125.285 to CH 115.485 (Kayamnagar to Zero Mile) Design CH .0.000 to CH. 9.800) in the state of Bihar for the year 2021-22(length- 8.600 km)                                                                                                                                                                   | NH(O) |   98.54 | Under Bidding         |
| 56 | Construction of proposed 4_Lane Revelgunj bypass NH-19 in the State of Bihar on EPC mode connecting NH 19 to 85 origin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | NH(O) |  295.24 | Under Bidding         |
| 57 | Pre-Construction activities from km 0 to km 72.00 of NH-333A and Conrtruction of 3 no. of Bypasses at Sheikhpura, Jamui & Khaira along with 1 no of realignment at Sikandra (total length -13.472) to two lane with paved shoulders standard in state of Bihar                                                                                                                                        | NH(O) |  376.64 | LA under progress.    |
| 58 | Munger-Mirza Chawki Section of NH 80 (Pkg-I)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | NH(O) |  981    | 30.03.2024            |
| 59 | Munger-Mirza Chawki Section of NH 80 (Pkg-II)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | NH(O) |  902    | 11.03.2024            |
| 60 | Munger-Mirza Chawki Section of NH 80 (Pkg-III)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | NH(O) | 1017    | 05.04.2024            |
| 61 | Munger-Mirza Chawki Section of NH 80 (Pkg-IV)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | NH(O) |  892    | AD yet to be declared |
| 62 | Maheshkunth - Saharsa - Purnea NH-107 PKG-I .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | NHDP  |  644.5  | 04.06.2023            |
| 63 | 2L with PS Maheshkhoot-Saharsa-Purnea (Pkg-II) NH-107 on EPC.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | NHDP  |  736.01 | 14.03.2023            |
| 64 | 2L+PS Majholi to Charout Section to 2lane/4 lane Standard                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | NHDP  |  537.8  | 04.01.2023            |
| 65 | 4L Aunta- Simaria (including 6 lane Ganga bridge) NH-31on HAM                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | NHDP  | 1161    | 21.08.2023            |
| 66 | 4L Hazipur - Muzaffarpur and construction of Muzaffarpur Bypass                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | NHDP  |  671.71 | 31.03.2023            |
| 67 | Patna-Gaya Dobhi-pkg-I                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | NHDP  |  649.9  | 31.03.2023            |
| 68 | Patna-Gaya Dobhi-pkg-II                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | NHDP  |  469.47 | 31.03.2023            |

|   69 | Patna-Gaya Dobhi-pkg-III                                                       | NHDP       |   464.1 | 31.03.2023            |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|---------|-----------------------|
|   70 | 6 laning of Aurangabad- Chourdaha Pkg-I                                        | NHDP       |  552.55 | AD yet to be declared |
|   71 | 6 laning of Aurangabad- Chourdaha Pkg-II                                       | NHDP       |  461.97 | 04.04.2024            |
|   72 | 6L Varanasi - Aurangabad NH-2                                                  | NHDP       |  565    | 18.11.2023            |
|   73 | Rajauli-Bakhtiyarpur-pkg-II                                                    | NH(o)      | 1065    | 23.04.2023            |
|   74 | Rajauli-Bakhtiyarpur - pkg-III                                                 | Bharatmala | 2310    | 28.06.2024            |
|   75 | Kanhauli-Ramnagar of Patna Ring Road-pkg-I                                     | Bharatmala |  797    | 07.03.2023            |
|   76 | 4L Bakhtiyarpur - Mokama NH-31 (EPC)                                           | NHDP       |  837.09 | 31.03.2023            |
|   77 | Ara-Pararia                                                                    | Bharatmala |  700    | 17.07.2023            |
|   78 | Kosi Bridge from Western Bund to Parsarma (Saharsa-Umagaon, Pkg-IV)- EPC       | Bharatmala | 1101.99 | 11.08.2023            |
|   79 | 4L Simaria - Khagaria NH-31 (EPC)                                              | NHDP       |  567    | 31.12.2022            |
|   80 | 4L Elevated Section and at-grade improvements at Begusarai town                | Bharatmala |  255.99 | 30.06.2024            |
|   81 | 4L Greenfield Alignment of Amas to Shivrampur of NH 119 D (Pkg-I)              | Bharatmala | 1157.5  | AD yet to be declared |
|   82 | 4L Greenfield Alignment of Shivrampur to Ramnagar of NH 119 D (Pkg-II)         | Bharatmala | 1207    | AD yet to be declared |
|   83 | Narenpur- Purnea                                                               | NHDP       | 1905    | 30.06.2023            |
|   84 | 4L Forbesganj-Jogbani section of NH-57A EPC                                    | NHDP       |  247.36 | 31.08.2022            |
|   85 | Construction of 2 Lane elevated structure at Kishanganj Town on NH-31          | NHDP       |  129.2  | 31.08.2022            |
|   86 | 4 laning of Galgalia to Bhadurganj (Pkg-I)                                     | Bharatmala |  800.23 | 09.01.2024            |
|   87 | 4 - lanning of Bahadurganj - Araria (Pkg-II)                                   | Bharatmala |  799.14 | 09.01.2024            |
|   88 | Balance work - WB-10 (Gandak Bridge) Km 402.00 to Km 440.00 (Devanpur - Kotwa) | Bharatmala |  137.23 | AD yet to be declared |
|   89 | 4L Elevated corridor in Gopalganj town                                         | Bharatmala |  182    | 09.09.2024            |
|   90 | 4L Koilwar to Bhojpur NH-30&84 (EPC)                                           | NHDP       |  825.17 | 31.12.2022            |
|   91 | 4L Bhojpur - Buxar section NH-84 (EPC)                                         | NHDP       |  681.67 | 17.10.2022            |
|   92 | Pararia-Mohania                                                                | Bharatmala |  690    | 16.07.2023            |
|   93 | 4/2 L Chhapra - Hazipur NH-19 BOT(Annuity)                                     | NHDP       |  575    | 31.03.2023            |

|   94 | 4L Greenfield Alignment from Kalyanapur to Tal Dashraha of NH- 119D (Pkg-III)   | Bharatmala   |    1358 | AD yet to be declared   |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|---------|-------------------------|
|   95 | Umagaon - Saharsa (Pkg - 1, 2 & 3)                                              | Bharatmala   | 1228.24 | AD yet to be declared   |
|   96 | 4L Greenfield Alignment from Taldashraha to Bela Nawada Pkg - IV                | Bharatmala   | 1687.81 | AD yet to be declared   |
|   97 | 2L with PS Piprakothi-Motihari-Raxaul NH-28A                                    | NHDP         |  333.6  | 31.11.2022              |

ANNEXURE II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  AND  (c)  OF  LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3217  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON

04.08.2022 ASKED BY SHRI VIJAY KUMAR REGARDING NHs IN BIHAR

|   Sl.no | Place of Pilgrimages   | Connected (YES/NO)   | If not when connected   |
|---------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|       1 | Bodh Gaya              | YES                  | -                       |
|       2 | Sitamarhi              | YES                  | -                       |
|       3 | Pawapuri (Jain)        | YES                  | -                       |
|       4 | Rajgir (Buddha Stup)   | YES                  | -                       |
|       5 | Kesaria (Buddha Stup)  | NO                   | Dec 26                  |
|       6 | Areraj (Buddha Stup)   | NO                   | Dec 26                  |
|       7 | Vaishali (Buddha Stup) | NO                   | Dec 26                  |
|       8 | Mahishi Tara Sthan     | NO                   | Dec 26                  |
|       9 | Uchhaith Bhagawati     | NO                   | Dec 26                  |

ANNEXURE III ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  AND  (e)  OF  LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3217  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON

04.08.2022 ASKED BY SHRI VIJAY KUMAR REGARDING NHs IN BIHAR

| S. No.   | Name of Work                                                                                                                                           | Scheme     | Cost of work (Rs. Crore)   | Target completion     | date                  | of                    |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | Construction of Rajgir Elevated Corridor From Vanganga to SDM Office on NH 120 (Old NH 82) from KM 64.975 to 73.515 (Gaya- Rajgir- Biharsharif Section | NH(O)      | 1200                       | DPR under preparation | DPR under preparation | DPR under preparation |
| 2        | Four laning of Gaya-Bodhgaya bypass NH-120                                                                                                             | NH(O)      | 98.98                      | Included in 2022-23   | Annual                | Plan                  |
| 3        | Four Laning of Gaya Hisua-Rajgir-Nalanda-Biharsharif Section Km 0.00 to 92.935 on NH-82 (New NH-120) in state of Bihar                                 | EAP        | 2138.16                    | 31.03.2023            |                       |                       |
| 4        | Patna Gaya Dobhi NH-83                                                                                                                                 | NHDP       | 1610.97                    | 31.03.2023            |                       |                       |
| 5        | Patna Bakhtiyarpur NH-30                                                                                                                               | NHDP       |                            | Completed             |                       |                       |
|          |                                                                                                                                                        |            | 545                        | (PCC 10.04.2015)      | issued                | on                    |
| 6        | Bakhtiyarpur-Rajauli Pkg-III NH-31                                                                                                                     | Bharatmala | 2310                       | 28.06.2024            |                       |                       |

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