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Cabinet clears Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurhat doubling and Mokama-Munger corridor

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Cabinet clears Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurhat doubling and Mokama-Munger corridor (GS3 · Infrastructure, 10 September 2025)

What happened

  • CCEA approved doubling of the 177 km Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurhat line across Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal at about ₹3,169 crore [PIB].
  • It also approved the 82.4 km four-lane Mokama-Munger section of the Buxar-Bhagalpur High-Speed Corridor on Hybrid Annuity Mode at ₹4447.38 crore [PIB].

Background

  • Both are planned on PM Gati Shakti [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Eastern Bihar’s Munger-Jamalpur belt (gun factory, loco workshop) needs freight and road access.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Infrastructure: energy, ports, roads, airports, railways; investment models

  1. As per PIB (2025-09-10): CCEA approved doubling of the 177 km Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurhat line across Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal at about ₹3,169 crore.
  2. Eastern Bihar's Munger-Jamalpur belt (gun factory, loco workshop) needs freight and road access.
Quotable data point

It also approved the 82.4 km four-lane Mokama-Munger section of the Buxar-Bhagalpur High-Speed Corridor on Hybrid Annuity Mode at ₹4447.38 crore.

PIB: Cabinet: Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurhat doubling, 10 Sep 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: HAM, project lengths.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Mokama-Munger section is built on

Answer (c) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Length of the Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurhat section

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerInfrastructure in India: Importance, Financing, PPP Models, National Infrastructure Pipeline and PM Gati Shakti (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: Cabinet: Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurhat doubling, 10 Sep 2025

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