Cabinet approves 144-km Khagaria-Purnia highway project: Check which Bihar districts to benefit | Business
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved the upgradation of the KhagariaโPurnia section of NH-31 and NH-231 in Bihar into a four-lane highway. The 143.529-km project will be developed under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll model at an estimated cost of Rs 3,936.05 crore. According to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), the project will help address key transportation challenges such as road bottlenecks, sharp curves, and traffic congestion in urban areas across the districts of Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Katihar, and Purnia. A new 6.729-km bypass will also be constructed to ease traffic movement around Purnia city. Khagaria-Purnia travel time to…