Cabinet approves ₹4,447 crore Mokama–Munger 4-lane greenfield corridor in Bihar
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 10 September 2025 approved the 82.4 km four-lane greenfield access-controlled Mokama–Munger section of the Buxar–Bhagalpur High-Speed Corridor in Bihar, at ₹4,447.38 crore on Hybrid Annuity Mode.
Summary
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved on 10 September 2025 the construction of the four-lane greenfield access-controlled Mokama–Munger section of the Buxar–Bhagalpur High-Speed Corridor in Bihar. The 82.4 km section will be built on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) at a total capital cost of ₹4,447.38 crore. It will connect Mokama, Barahiya, Lakhisarai, Jamalpur and Munger towards Bhagalpur, an emerging industrial belt with ordnance factories, the Jamalpur locomotive workshop and food processing units. With a design speed of 100 km/h, the corridor will cut travel time to about 1.5 hours and generate about 14.83 lakh man-days of direct employment.
Key facts
- Approved
- CCEA, 10 Sep 2025
- Section
- Mokama–Munger, Buxar–Bhagalpur High-Speed Corridor
- Length / cost
- 82.4 km / ₹4,447.38 crore
- Mode
- Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM)
- Design speed
- 100 km/h; travel time ~1.5 hours
- Jobs
- ~14.83 lakh man-days direct
Practice MCQs 3 questions
The Mokama–Munger section approved by the Cabinet in September 2025 is part of which corridor?
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Correct answer: B — Buxar–Bhagalpur High-Speed Corridor
The CCEA approved the Mokama–Munger section of the Buxar–Bhagalpur High-Speed Corridor in Bihar.
On which model will the Mokama–Munger four-lane section be built?
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Correct answer: D — Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM)
The 82.4 km section will be built on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) at a total capital cost of ₹4,447.38 crore.
Consider the following statements about the Mokama–Munger corridor approved in September 2025: 1. It is an 82.4 km greenfield, access-controlled four-lane section. 2. It has a design speed of 120 km/h and will reduce travel time to under one hour. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is incorrect: the design speed is 100 km/h (average 80 km/h) and travel time will be about 1.5 hours.