Parliament Question: Railway Projects for Bihar in 2025-26

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 ₹1,132 Cr./year 2009-14 ₹10,066 Cr. (Nearly 9 times) 2025-26 § Page 1 of 6Track 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:- New Track Average Commissioning of new Period Commissioned tracks 318 Km 63.6 Km/year 2009-14 1,899 Km 172.6 Km/year (More than 2.5 2014-25 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:- Length Total Exp No of Total Length Commissioned upto Category sanctioned NL/GC/DL till Mar'25 Mar'25 Projects (in Km) (in Km) (₹ in Cr) New Lines 31 2,691 516 16,814 Gauge 1 69 52 544 Conversion Doubling/Multi- 20 1,904 446 11,995 tracking 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:- Page 2 of 6SN. Project Length Cost (Km) (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 206 2,113 Gauge Conversion 13 Mansi-Saharsa, Saharsa-Purnia & 169 752 Banmakhi- Bihariganj Gauge Conversion 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 Page 3 of 6Ongoing projects: Some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar which have been taken up are as under: SN. Project Length Cost (Km) (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 154 665 incl.Banka-Barahat and Banka-Bhitiah Road 27 Sultanganj-Katuria new line 77 291 Page 4 of 628 Bariarpur-Mananpur new line 68 251 29 Hathua-Bhatni new line 80 318 30 Aurangabad Terminal-Anugrah Narayan 13 441 Road new line 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- 14 2,535 Additional bridge and Doubling 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 10 224 Bagha Bishunpur) 41 Narkatiaganj-Darbhanga& Sitamarhi- 256 4,080 Muzaffarpur Doubling 42 Chhapra-Ballia Patch Doubling 65 1,046 43 Gorakhpur-Valmikinagar Doubling 96 1,121 44 Katihar-Kumedpur and Katihar-Mukuria 65 943 Doubling 45 Bhadaura Station and Karma Station 11 200 Surface Triangle Line 46 ROR at Sasaram connecting GC to Ara- 9 470 Sasaram Line 47 Ara Bye pass Line to be connected 3 119 from Jagjivan Halt to existing ARA- Sasaram line through link cabin (Y- Connectivity at Ara) 48 Son Nagar-Andal Multitracking 749 12,334 49 Bulb line at Nabinagar (Ankorha) 17 612 50 Punarakh- Barh-Bhaktiyarpur New 4th 28 422 line & balance 3rd line 51 Sanjaygram to Dhachna By Pass line 2 34 52 Aluabari Road-Thakurganj Doubling 20 327 Page 5 of 653 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. ***** Page 6 of 6