📋 Tender Overview
Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/ partly in the State of Bihar is as under:
Period
Outlay
2009-14
Rs. 1132 Cr./year
2025-26
Rs. 10,066 Cr. (Nearly 9 times)
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
2014-25
1899 Km
172.6 (More than 2.5 times)
Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in Bihar are as under:
Sl No
Project
Cost
(In Crores of Rs)
1
Munger Bridge (19 km)
2,774
2
Kosi Bridge (22 Km)
516
3
Patna Bridge (40 Km)
3,555
4
Hajipur-Bachwara Doubling (72 km)
930
5
Kiul-Gaya Doubling (123 km)
1,200
6
Karota Patner-Mankatha - Surface triangle (8 km)
129
7
Rampurhat-Mandarhill New Line and Rampurhat-Murarai- 3rd line (160 km)
1,500
8
Jaynagar-Darbhanga-Narkatiaganjand Narkatiaganj-Bhikhna Tori Gauge Conversion (295 Km)
1,193
9
Sakri-Laukaha Bazar-Nirmali & Saharsa-Forbesganj Gauge Conversion (206 Km)
2,113
10
Bakhtiyarpur Flyover (4 Km)
402
11
Katareah-Kursela Patch Doubling incl. bridge on river Kosi (7 km)
222
12
Araria-Galgalia New Line (111 Km)
4, 415
13
Kiul-Tilaiya Railway Electrification (87 kms)
105
14
Valmikinagar-Sugauli-Muzaffarpur and Sugauli-Raxaul Railway Electrification (240 km)
351
The above projects include three important bridges across Ganga and Kosi rivers viz. Munger bridge, Patna Bridge and Kosi bridge. These are mega bridges with longer spans requiring expertise of high nature. Therefore, IITs/NITs were engaged for checking the designs and methodology of construction of these bridges.
Though these Bridges were sanctioned long before 2014 but substantial progress in the construction of these bridges could be achieved only after 2014. Proper planning, adoption of efficient execution methodologies and availability of sufficient funds were ensured for expediting these projects in Bihar.
Further, some of the main projects falling fully/partly in Bihar which have been taken up are as under:
S No.
Project
Cost
(In Crores of Rs)
1
Sitamarhi-Sheohar New Line (28 Km)
567
2
Sakri-Hasanpur New Line (76 Km)
735
3
Khagaria-Kusheshwarsthan New Line (42 Km)
1511
4
Neora-Daniawan-Biharsharif - Barbigha-Shekhpura New Line (166 Km)
2200
5
Koderma-Tilaiya New Line (65 Km)
1626
6
Hajipur-Sagauli New Line (151 Km)
2087
7
Araria-Supaul New Line (96 Km)
1605
8
Vikramshila-Katareah New Line with Bridge over River Ganga(26 Km)
2090
9
Pirpainti-Jasidih New Line (97 Km)
2140
10
Sonnagar - Patratu multitracking (291 Km)
5148
11
Samastipur - Darbhanga Doubling (38 Km)
624
12
Rampur Dumra - Tal-Rajendra Pul-Additional bridge and doubling (14 Km)
1677
13
Sagauli-Valmiknagar Doubling (110 Km)
1280
14
Muzaffarpur-Sugauli Doubling (101 Km)
1465
15
Barauni- Bachwara 3rd & 4th line (32 Km)
124
Railway projects are surveyed/sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway wise and not State-wise as the Railways projects may span across State boundaries. Railway projects are sanctioned on the basis of remunerativeness, traffic projections, last mile connectivity, missing links and alternate routes, augmentation of congested/saturated lines, demands raised by State Governments, Central Ministries, Members of Parliament, other public representatives, Railways own operational requirement, socio-economic considerations etc. depending upon throw forward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.
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 Rs.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 up to March 2025. The summary is as under:-
Category
No of sanctioned Projects
Total Length
NL/GC/DL
(in Km)
Length Commissioned till Mar25
(in Km)
Total Exp up to Mar25
( in Cr)
New Lines
31
2691
516
16814
Gauge Conversion
1
69
52
544
Doubling/Multi-tracking
20
1904
446
11995
Total
52
4663
1014
29353
Completion of any Railway project/s depends on various factors like quick land acquisition by State Government, forestry clearance by officials of forest department, deposition of State share by the State Government in cost sharing projects, shifting of infringing utilities, statutory clearances from various authorities, geological and topographical conditions of area, law and order situation in the area of project/s site, number of working months in a year for particular project site due to climatic conditions, etc and all these factors affect the completion time of the project/s. With above constraints, every effort is being made to complete these projects at the earliest.
Moreover to improve the further connectivity in the State of Bihar following important surveys have been taken up:
S No.
Project
Length
(Km)
1
Deen Dayal Upadhyay-Kiul 3rd & 4th Line
390
2
Chhapra-Katihar 3rd & 4th Line
450
3
Nawada-Pawapuri New Line
33
4
Bihta-Aurangabad New Line
120
5
Bhagalpur-Jamalpur 3rd Line
53
6
Fatuha-Bakhtiyarpur 3rd and 4th Line
24
7
Bakhtiyarpur-Tilaiya doubling
104
8
Rampurhat-Dumka-Bhagalpur doubling
177
ROBs/RUBs in Bihar
In order to improve mobility and safety of train operations and road users, manned level crossings are also eliminated in phased manner. Sanctioning and execution of works of ROBs/RUBs in lieu of LCs is a continuous and ongoing process on Indian Railways. Such works are prioritized and
