PM launches ₹5,200 crore projects in Siwan; Marhowra plant's first export locomotive flagged off for Guinea
On 20 June 2025 in Siwan, Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth over ₹5,200 crore, including the Vaishali–Deoria rail line and the first export locomotive from the Marhowra plant.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of development projects worth over ₹5,200 crore in Siwan, Bihar on 20 June 2025. The Prime Minister inaugurated the Vaishali–Deoria railway line, worth over ₹400 crore, and flagged off a Vande Bharat Express between Patliputra and Gorakhpur via Muzaffarpur and Bettiah. A locomotive built at the Marhowra plant was flagged off for export to the Republic of Guinea, the first export locomotive made at the factory. Six sewage treatment plants under Namami Gange worth over ₹1,800 crore were inaugurated, and the foundation was laid for 500 MWh of battery energy storage at 15 grid substations in Bihar. The first PMAY-Urban instalment was released to more than 53,600 beneficiaries in Bihar.
Key facts
- Total
- Over ₹5,200 crore, Siwan, Bihar
- Rail line
- Vaishali–Deoria, over ₹400 crore
- Vande Bharat
- Patliputra–Gorakhpur via Muzaffarpur and Bettiah
- Export locomotive
- Marhowra plant's first, for the Republic of Guinea
- Namami Gange
- 6 STPs, over ₹1,800 crore
- BESS
- 500 MWh at 15 grid substations (20–80 MWh each)
- PMAY-U
- First instalment to over 53,600 beneficiaries
Practice MCQs 4 questions
The first export locomotive built at the Marhowra plant in Bihar, flagged off by the Prime Minister on 20 June 2025, is meant for which country?
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Correct answer: C — Republic of Guinea
PIB (PMO): The PM flagged off a locomotive built at the Marhowra Plant for export to the Republic of Guinea, the first export locomotive manufactured in this factory.
The Vande Bharat Express flagged off by the Prime Minister from Siwan on 20 June 2025 runs between which two stations?
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Correct answer: A — Patliputra and Gorakhpur
PIB (PMO): The PM flagged off the Vande Bharat Express between Patliputra and Gorakhpur via Muzaffarpur and Bettiah.
What total Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) capacity in Bihar had its foundation stone laid by the Prime Minister at Siwan on 20 June 2025?
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Correct answer: D — 500 MWh
PIB (PMO): PM laid the foundation stone for 500 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) capacity in Bihar, at 15 grid substations.
Consider the following statements about the projects launched at Siwan on 20 June 2025: 1. The Vaishali–Deoria railway line was inaugurated. 2. Six sewage treatment plants under the Namami Gange project were inaugurated. 3. The first PMAY-Urban instalment was released to more than one lakh beneficiaries in Bihar. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
PIB (PMO): The Vaishali–Deoria line and six Namami Gange STPs were inaugurated. The first PMAY-U instalment went to more than 53,600 beneficiaries, not one lakh. So the answer is 1 and 2 only.