Lok Sabha Question No. 14 (STARRED), answered on 2026-01-29
Subject: National and State Highway Connectivity in Darbhanga
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Gopal Jee Thakur

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  the  National  and  State Highway connectivity of Darbhanga district and Mithila region is still inadequate, resulting in increase in time and cost for farmers and traders in the transportation of agricultural, commercial and industrial goods and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is also a fact that pending road projects such as AmasDarbhanga Expressway. Darbhanga-Jayanagar NH-527B and Darbhanga  Elevated  Corridor  +  ROBs  are  yet  to  make  progress, thereby  hindering  the  economic  and  logistical  development  of  the said region;
- (c)  if  so,  the  current  status,  approvals,  budget  allocations  and construction timelines fixed for these projects; and
- (d)  if  not,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  prioritize  road network improvements and highway projects in Darbhanga keeping in view the economic development of Mithila region and the interests of farmers and traders and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 14 ANSWERED ON 29 TH  JANUARY, 2026

NATIONAL AND STATE HIGHWAY CONNECTIVITY IN DARBHANGA

†* 14. SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 14 ANSWERED ON 29 th  JANUARY 2026 ASKED BY SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR REGARDING 'NATIONAL AND STATE HIGHWAY CONNECTIVITY IN DARBHANGA'

- (a)  to  (d)  Details  of  existing  National  Highways  (NH)  and  State Highways (SH) network in Darbhanga district and Mithila region are attached as Annexure-1a and Annexure-1b.

Government in Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is primarily responsible for development and Maintenance of National Highways (NHs) in the country and  based on the traffic density, connectivity/logistic requirements and synergy with PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan, NH development in the Darbhanga district and Mithila region has been taken up. Development and planning of SHs in this region is being done by State Government of Bihar.

Improvement of existing NH network and additional NH network has been taken up in Darbhanga district and Mithila Region. Details of  such  National  Highway  and  Expressway  projects  in  Darbhanga district and Mithila region including the projects of Amas-Darbhanga Expressway and Darbhanga-Jayanagar NH-527B indicating the current status, approvals,  budget  allocations  and  construction timelines are attached as Annexure-2. These projects are aimed at improving regional connectivity, reducing travel time/transportation cost and supporting economic and logistical development of Darbhanga district and Mithila region.

The  projects  of  Darbhanga  Elevated  Corridor  and  Road  Over Bridges are not NH projects and they have been taken up by State Government of Bihar from their own resources.

ANEXURE 1a REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 14 ANSWERED ON 29th JANUARY 2026 ASKED BY  SHRI  GOPAL  JEE  THAKUR  REGARDING  'NATIONAL  AND  STATE HIGHWAY CONNECTIVITY IN DARBHANGA'

|   S.N.NH | / Expressway                    | Corridor Name                                                                                     |   Length of the corridor (in Km) | Length in Mithila Region(in Km)    |
|----------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|        1 | NH-27                           | Part of the East - West Corridor                                                                  |                              485 | 120 (Darbhanga, Madhubani, Supaul) |
|        2 | NH-119D                         | Amas - Darbhanga Expressway                                                                       |                              198 | 57 (Samastipur & Darbhanga)        |
|        3 | NH 527A                         | Pokhrani Chowk- Madhubani - Jhanjharpur -Bheja- Bakaur - Bangaon - Parsarma                       |                              111 | 111 (Madhubani, Supaul)            |
|        4 | NH - 227J                       | Saharghat - Uchhait - Benipatti - Rahika                                                          |                               30 | 30 (Madhubani)                     |
|        5 | NE -9                           | Patna - Purnea Expressway                                                                         |                              245 | 65 (Samastipur)                    |
|        6 | Gorakhpur - Siliguri Expressway | Gorakhpur - Siliguri Expressway                                                                   |                              526 | 135 (Madhubani & Supaul)           |
|        7 | Raxaul - Haldia Expressway      | Raxaul - Haldia Expressway                                                                        |                              585 | 58 (Samastipur)                    |
|        8 | NH - 327E                       | Parsarma - Araria                                                                                 |                              102 | 72 (Supaul)                        |
|        9 | NH - 527 B                      | Dilli More - Banwari Patti - Jainagar                                                             |                               53 | 53 (Darbhanga Madhubani)           |
|       10 | NH 131                          | Birpur (near Nepal Border) - Madhepura - Udakishanganj-Phulaut- New Kosi Bridge-Bihpur (on NH-31) |                              136 | 126 (Supaul, Madhepura, Saharsa)   |

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|   11 | NH - 327A         | Bhaptiyahi - Supaul                                                                       |   25 | 25 (Supaul)                |
|------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|----------------------------|
|   12 | NH 327AD          | Saraigarh - Lalganj - Ganpatganj                                                          |   11 | 11 (Supaul)                |
|   13 | NH 227            | Chakia - Sheoher - Sitamarhi - Sursand - Jayanagar - Laukaha - Narahia                    |  209 | 161 (Sitamarhi, Madhubani) |
|   14 | NH 527 E          | Hajma Chowk- Ramnagar - Roseda.                                                           |   43 | 43 (Darbhanga, Samastipur) |
|   15 | NH 322            | Hajipur-Jandaha- Mushrigharari- Samastipur-Darbhanga                                      |  114 | 64 (Samastipur, Darbhanga) |
|   16 | NH 122B           | Hazipur - Mahanar - Mohiuddin Nagar - Bachwara                                            |   72 | 35 (Samastipur)            |
|   17 | NH 122A           | Viswanathpur near Sitamarhi - - Kharka Basant.                                            |   32 | 32 (Sitamarhi)             |
|   18 | NH 227 A & NH 227 | Ram Janki marg in Bihar from Mehrauna Ghat-Siwan-Masrakh - Chakia - Sitamarhi- Bhittamore |  237 | 51 (Sitamarhi)             |

ANEXURE 1b REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 14 ANSWERED ON 29th JANUARY 2026 ASKED BY SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR REGARDING 'NATIONAL AND STATE HIGHWAY CONNECTIVITY IN DARBHANGA'

|   S.N.SH |        | Corridor Name                |   Length of the corridor (in Km) | Length in Mithila Region(in Km)   |
|----------|--------|------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|        1 | SH- 49 | Vaishali-Samastipur          |                               63 | 22 (Samastipur)                   |
|        2 | SH- 52 | Rahika-Benipur-Pupri         |                               40 | 40 (Madhubani, Darbhanga)         |
|        3 | SH- 51 | Phulparas-Laukaha- Khutauna  |                               33 | 33 (Madhubani)                    |
|        4 | SH- 55 | Samastipur- Begusarai        |                               78 | 78 (Samastipur, Begusarai)        |
|        5 | SH- 56 | Darbhanga- Kusheshwar Sthan  |                               64 | 64 (Darbhanga)                    |
|        6 | SH- 75 | Darbhanga-Kamtaul- Madhuapur |                               47 | 47 (Darbhanga)                    |
|        7 | SH- 88 | Barunapur-Rasiyari           |                              123 | 123 (Samastipur, Darbhanga)       |

ANNEXURE 2 REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 14 ANSWERED ON 29th JANUARY 2026 ASKED BY  SHRI  GOPAL  JEE  THAKUR  REGARDING  'NATIONAL  AND  STATE HIGHWAY CONNECTIVITY IN DARBHANGA'

|   Sl. No. | Name of Highway with NH No.                                | District fal ls under M ithila Regi on   |   Length of the NH in Mithila Region (Km) |   Total lengt h in t he St ate (Km) |   Total P roject Sancti on Cos t (In Cr, Rs.) | Status o f the wo rk                                  | Expec ted / L ikely Compl etion t imelin e   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|        01 | NH-27 (Ol d NH-57) p art of the East - West Corridor       | Darbhanga, Madhubani, Supaul             |                                       120 |                                 485 |                                        224.16 | Develope d to 4-lan e standar d                       | -                                            |
|        02 | NH-119D (Amas - Da rbhanga E xpresswa y) Packag e-III & IV | Samastipur & Darbhang a                  |                                        57 |                                 198 |                                       4043    | Physical progress Package- III :28% Package- IV : 20% | Dec-202 6                                    |
|        03 | NH 527A - Jn with N H 527B (P okhrani C                    | Madhubani                                |                                        28 |                                  28 |                                        123    | Develope d to 2L+P S standar d                        | -                                            |

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|    | howk)-Ma dhubani - Jhanjharp ur.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                    |     |     |                                                 |                                                                    |             |
|----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| 04 | NH - 227J / NH 527A Umagaon- Saharsa c orridor- K aluhai NH- 227J (Noti fied as NH from MDR) -, Sahargh at - Rahik a NH- 227 J, Madhub ani Bypas s NH-527A , Bideshw ar Sthan- Bhaja NH- 527A, PK G- I Bheja Bakaur- P Kg- IV Bakaur - B angaon - P arsarma ( Pkg - V) | Madhubani, Supaul  | 109 | 141 | 3441                                            | Physical progress Package- I : 6% Package- IV: 88% Package- V: 98% | July - 2027 |
| 05 | Patna - Pur nea Expre ssway NE 9                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Samastipur         |  65 | 245 | Project i s taken up for ap praisal/ approval e | DPR Stag                                                           | -           |
| 06 | Gorakhpur - Siliguri E xpresswa y                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Madhubani & Supaul | 135 | 526 | Project i s taken up for ap praisal/ approval   | DPR Stag e                                                         | -           |

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|    |                                                                                                         |                      |         |          |                                               | osi Bridge ) is ongoi ng with c urrent ph ysical pro gress o f 86.02%   |           |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------|----------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
| 11 | NH - 327A Bhaptiyah i - Supaul                                                                          | Supaul               |  25     | 25       | 84.297                                        | Develope d to 2L+P S standar d                                          | -         |
| 12 | NH 327AD Saraigarh connectin g Lalganj and termi nating at i ts junctio n with NH- 131 near Ganpatga nj | Supaul               |  10.627 | 10.627   | 91.63                                         | Physical progress : 75%.                                                | Jul-202 6 |
| 13 | NH 227 Chakia - S heoher - S itamarhi - Sursand - Jayanagar - Laukaha - Narahia                         | Sitamarhi, Madhubani | 160.545 |          | 1488.21                                       | Develope d to 2L/ 2 L+PS stan dard                                      | -         |
|    | NH 227 Jainagar Bypass on North & S outh side of NH 227 including new Kama la Bridge                    | Madhubani            |  25     | 209.04 5 | Project i s taken up for ap praisal/ approval | DPR stag e                                                              | -         |
|    | NH 227 ROB at K m 158                                                                                   | Madhubani            |   1.5   |          | 78.12                                         | Physical progress : 76%.                                                | Jun-202 6 |

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|   14 | NH 527 E Hajma Ch owk-Ramn agar to Ro seda.                                    | Darbhanga, Samastipur   |     43 |     43 | 520.15                                        | Physical progress : 25%.                                                                                                                                                              | Apr-202 7   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|--------|--------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|   15 | NH 322 Hajipur-Ja ndaha-Mu shrigharar i-Samasti pur-Darbh anga                 | Samastipur, Darbhanga   | 64     | 114    | 330                                           | 2L+PS fro m Basedo pur to Dill ahi at bid stage 2L ROB at Muktapur at bid sta ge Rehabilit ation of R OB at Km 67 in prog ress Developm ent of Sa mastipur Bypass is in DPR st age. - |             |
|   16 | NH 122B Hazipur c onnecting Mahanar, Mohiuddin Nagar and terminatin g near Bac | Samastipur              | 35.141 |  72.35 | 850.58                                        | Physical progress: 90%.                                                                                                                                                               | Apr-26      |
|   17 | hwara NH 122A Viswanat hpujr near Sitamarhi - to Juncti on with N H-527 C at   | Sitamarhi               | 31.82  |  31.82 | Project i s taken up for ap praisal/ approval | DPR stag e                                                                                                                                                                            | -           |

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|    | Kharka Ba sant.                                                                                                       |           |    |     |                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 18 | Portion of Ram Janki Marg in Bi har NH 22 7A & NH 2 27 Mehrauna Ghat-Siwa n-Masrakh - Chakia - Sitamarhi- Bhittamor e | Sitamarhi | 51 | 237 | Part in p rogress adn part taken up for appr aisal/ ap proval Masrakh- Chakia-Si tamarhi-B hittamore under DP R stage Work is o ngoing in Mehrauna Ghat-Siw an-Masra kh sectio - |

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