Lok Sabha Question No. 5486 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-25
Subject: Railway Projects for Bihar in 2025-26
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Giridhari Yadav, Shri Ramprit Mandal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5486

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026

## RAILWAY PROJECTS FOR BIHAR IN 2025-26

†5486. SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV: SHRI RAMPRIT MANDAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the current status of the railway projects related to Bihar announced in the last year's Budget 2025-26; and
- (b)  the  project-wise  details  of  the  amount  released  till  date  by  the Government for all  the  works  related  to  the  railway  projects  in  Bihar announced in the Budget for the year 2025-26?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) and (b): Capacity enhancement of Railway network has been taken up by Indian Railways in a big way during last in 11 years.

Accordingly, budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                       |
|----------|------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,132 Cr./year              |
| 2025-26  | ₹10,066 Cr. (Nearly 9 times) |

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Track construction:

The details of commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:-

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 318 Km                   | 63.6 Km/year                          |
| 2014-25  | 1,899 Km                 | 172.6 Km/year (More than 2.5 times)   |

Projects sanctioned:

As on 01.04.2025, 52 projects (31 New Lines, 01 Gauge Conversions and 20 Doubling),  of  a  total  length  of  4,663  km,  costing  ₹86,107  crore,  falling fully/partly in Bihar, are sanctioned, out of which 1,014 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹29,353 crore has been incurred upto March' 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No of sanctioned Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (in Km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (in Km)   | Total Exp upto Mar'25 (₹ in Cr)   |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                          31 | 2,691                           | 516                                       | 16,814                            |
| Gauge Conversion         |                           1 | 69                              | 52                                        | 544                               |
| Doubling/Multi- tracking |                          20 | 1,904                           | 446                                       | 11,995                            |
| Total                    |                          52 | 4,663                           | 1,014                                     | 29,353                            |

Recently completed projects:

Details  of  some  of  the  recently  completed  projects  falling  fully/partly  in Bihar are as under:-

|   SN. | Project                                                               |   Length (Km) | Cost (In Crores of Rs)   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
|     1 | Patna rail cum road Bridge                                            |            28 | 3,210                    |
|     2 | Munger rail cum road Bridge                                           |            15 | 3,040                    |
|     3 | Kosi Bridge                                                           |            22 | 863                      |
|     4 | Daniawan-Biharsharif New Line                                         |            38 | 354                      |
|     5 | Chandan-Banka New Line                                                |            40 | 496                      |
|     6 | Rampurhat-Mandarhill New Line                                         |           130 | 908                      |
|     7 | Maharajganj-Masrakh New Line                                          |            35 | 412                      |
|     8 | Rajgir-Tilaiya & Natesar-lslampur New Line                            |            67 | 726                      |
|     9 | Mansi-Saharsa-Purnia Gauge Conversion                                 |           141 | 752                      |
|    10 | Jaynagar-Narkatiaganj Gauge Conversion                                |           260 | 967                      |
|    11 | Kaptanganj-Chhapra Gauge Conversion                                   |           234 | 819                      |
|    12 | Sakri-Nirmali & Saharasa-Forbesganj Gauge Conversion                  |           206 | 2,113                    |
|    13 | Mansi-Saharsa, Saharsa-Purnia & Banmakhi- Bihariganj Gauge Conversion |           169 | 752                      |
|    14 | Sahibganj-Pirpainti Doubling                                          |            23 | 129                      |
|    15 | Maheshkunt-Thanabihpur Doubling                                       |            32 | 115                      |
|    16 | Hajipur-Ramdayalu Nagar Doubling                                      |            48 | 367                      |
|    17 | Pirpainti-Bhagalpur Doubling                                          |            51 | 493                      |
|    18 | Bakhtiyarpur-Barh Doubling                                            |            19 | 237                      |
|    19 | Kiul-Gaya Doubling                                                    |           124 | 2,462                    |
|    20 | Hajipur-Bachwara Doubling                                             |            72 | 930                      |
|    21 | Darbhanga bypass                                                      |             9 | 253                      |
|    22 | Araria-Galgalia (Thakurganj) New Line                                 |           110 | 2,132                    |
|    23 | Saraigarh Byepass line                                                |             5 | 79                       |
|    24 | Chhapra-Chhapra Kacheri 3rd line                                      |             3 | 33                       |

Ongoing projects:

## Some  of  the  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Bihar  which  have been taken up are as under:

|   SN. | Project                                                               |   Length (Km) | Cost (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------------|
|     1 | Sakri-Hasanpur new line                                               |            76 | 735                 |
|     2 | Khagaria-Kusheshwarsthan New line                                     |            42 | 1,511               |
|     3 | Fatuha-lslampur new line                                              |           167 | 2,882               |
|     4 | Koderma-Tilaiya new line                                              |            65 | 1,980               |
|     5 | Hajipur-Sagauli new line                                              |           151 | 2,702               |
|     6 | Araria-Supaul new line                                                |            96 | 1,925               |
|     7 | Kursela-Bihariganj new line                                           |            58 | 194                 |
|     8 | Bikramshila-Katareah new line                                         |            26 | 2,171               |
|     9 | Jhajha-Batia new line                                                 |            20 | 588                 |
|    10 | Pirpainti-Jassidih new line                                           |            97 | 2,611               |
|    11 | Chhitauni-Tumkuhi Road new line                                       |            59 | 1,731               |
|    12 | Jalalgarh-Kishanganj new line                                         |            51 | 360                 |
|    13 | Jogbani-Biratnagar (Nepal) new line                                   |            19 | 402                 |
|    14 | Darbhanga-Kusheshwarasthan new line                                   |            70 | 367                 |
|    15 | Motihari-Sitamarhi new line                                           |            77 | 1,007               |
|    16 | Sitamarhi-Nirmali new line                                            |           189 | 2,833               |
|    17 | Nawada-Laxmipur new line                                              |           137 | 3,121               |
|    18 | Ara-Bhabua Road new line                                              |           150 | 2,397               |
|    19 | Gaya-Daltonganj new line                                              |           137 | 2,861               |
|    20 | Muzaffarpur-Darbhanga new line                                        |            69 | 282                 |
|    21 | Muzaffarpur-Janakpur Road new line                                    |            67 | 228                 |
|    22 | Dehri on Sone-Banjari new line                                        |            35 | 111                 |
|    23 | Chhapra-Muzzafarpur new line                                          |            78 | 1,894               |
|    24 | Bihta-Aurangabad new line                                             |           120 | 2,995               |
|    25 | Gaya-Chatra and Gaya-Natesar new line                                 |           135 | 4,543               |
|    26 | Deogarh-Sultanganj new line incl.Banka-Barahat and Banka-Bhitiah Road |           154 | 665                 |
|    27 | Sultanganj-Katuria new line                                           |            77 | 291                 |

|   28 | Bariarpur-Mananpur new line                                                                                                    |   68 | 251    |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|--------|
|   29 | Hathua-Bhatni new line                                                                                                         |   80 | 318    |
|   30 | Aurangabad Terminal-Anugrah Narayan Road new line                                                                              |   13 | 441    |
|   31 | Nawadah-Pawapuri New line                                                                                                      |   25 | 492    |
|   32 | Jaynagar-Bijalpura Gauge conversion                                                                                            |   69 | 790    |
|   33 | Dhanbad-Sonnagar 3rd line                                                                                                      |  291 | 7,906  |
|   34 | Samastipur-Darbhanga Doubling                                                                                                  |   38 | 826    |
|   35 | Rampur Dumra-Tal-Rajendra Pul- Additional bridge and Doubling                                                                  |   14 | 2,535  |
|   36 | Sagauli-Valmikinagar Doubling                                                                                                  |  110 | 1,456  |
|   37 | Gaya Bye pass for Manpur                                                                                                       |    2 | 30     |
|   38 | Muzaffarpur-Sugauli Doubling                                                                                                   |  101 | 1,586  |
|   39 | Barauni-Bachwara 3rd & 4th line                                                                                                |   32 | 486    |
|   40 | Sonenagar bye pass(Chiralapothu to Bagha Bishunpur)                                                                            |   10 | 224    |
|   41 | Narkatiaganj-Darbhanga& Sitamarhi- Muzaffarpur Doubling                                                                        |  256 | 4,080  |
|   42 | Chhapra-Ballia Patch Doubling                                                                                                  |   65 | 1,046  |
|   43 | Gorakhpur-Valmikinagar Doubling                                                                                                |   96 | 1,121  |
|   44 | Katihar-Kumedpur and Katihar-Mukuria Doubling                                                                                  |   65 | 943    |
|   45 | Bhadaura Station and Karma Station Surface Triangle Line                                                                       |   11 | 200    |
|   46 | ROR at Sasaram connecting GC to Ara- Sasaram Line                                                                              |    9 | 470    |
|   47 | Ara Bye pass Line to be connected from Jagjivan Halt to existing ARA- Sasaram line through link cabin (Y- Connectivity at Ara) |    3 | 119    |
|   48 | Son Nagar-Andal Multitracking                                                                                                  |  749 | 12,334 |
|   49 | Bulb line at Nabinagar (Ankorha)                                                                                               |   17 | 612    |
|   50 | Punarakh- Barh-Bhaktiyarpur New 4th line & balance 3rd line                                                                    |   28 | 422    |
|   51 | Sanjaygram to Dhachna By Pass line                                                                                             |    2 | 34     |
|   52 | Aluabari Road-Thakurganj Doubling                                                                                              |   20 | 327    |

| 53   | Aluabari Road-New Jalpaiguri 3rd & 4th   | 57   | 1,630   |
|------|------------------------------------------|------|---------|
|      | Line                                     |      |         |
| 54   | Bhagalpur-Jamalpur 3rd Line              | 53   | 1,156   |
| 55   | Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurh at Doubling      | 177  | 3,169   |
| 56   | Bakhtiyarpur-Rajgir-Tilaiya Doubling     | 104  | 2,192   |
| 57   | Bakthiyarpur-Fatuha 3rd and 4th line     | 24   | 931     |
| 58   | Punarakh-Kiul 3rd and 4th line           | 50   | 2,668   |

Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:

-  Land acquisition by State Government
-  Forest clearance
-  Shifting of infringing utilities
-  Statutory clearances from various authorities
-  Geological and topographical conditions of area
-  Law and order situation in the area of project site
-  Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc.

All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s.

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