Bihar Highway Projects 2026-27: The Centre has approved 32 road infrastructure projects for development that will spread over a total length of 2,424km in the state of Bihar at an estimated investment of ₹1,64,518 crore. These will be aimed at developing highways as well as road strengthening and construction of various kinds of road infrastructure including bypasses, expressways and even rail overbridges.
The approval was given under 2026-27 annual work plan during a meeting chaired by V. Umashankar, Secretary of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in New Delhi on Friday. During this meeting, Bihar Road Construction Department Secretary Pankaj Kumar Pal along with other senior officials had also participated. According to reports, there are currently 18 such projects approved for completion which will be developed up to a length of about 739km costing an estimated ₹24,940crore. Remaining 14 projects will come under National Highways Authority Of India (NHAI), and their length would be approximately 1,685km where there will be an estimated investment of ₹1,39,578crore.
Gorakhpur-Siliguri Expressway to Benefit Eight Bihar Districts
As an example, one could highlight the case of the Gorakhpur Siliguri Expressway project, which was included as one of the key proposals within the approved plan. The proposed 568km expressway would traverse approximately 417km of Bihar covering eight districts along its way.
These districts are:
- West Champaran
- East Champaran
- Sitamarhi
- Sheohar
- Madhubani
- Supaul
- Araria
- Kishanganj
Ram Janaki Path Gets Approval for Two More Packages
The Centre has also given its approval for the third & fourth packages of “Ram Janaki Path” Project with an estimate cost of approximately ₹8,600 crore in its 2026-27 Annual Work Plan.
The construction of the first package was reported to be going on as well as the second one now. Once this would get developed, there will be improvement of road connectivity between different areas of Bihar and some other religious and tourist places too.
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Corridor Among Major Projects
Some of the important corridors included in this programme are also listed here with an aim to strengthen the connectivity between the various cities/towns/economic centres of Bihar.
Major projects highlighted in reports include:
- Gorakhpur-Kishanganj-Siliguri corridor
- Raxaul-Haldia corridor
- Buxar-Bhagalpur corridor
- Ram Janaki Path, including the Mashrakh-Chakia-Bhittha Mor section
- Chhapra-Bettiah corridor
- Patna Northern Ring Road
- Naubatpur-Arwal-Aurangabad-Harihar Ganj section
- Muzaffarpur-Barauni corridor
- Chhapra-Rewaghat-Muzaffarpur corridor
Also covered under this programme will be the widening and strengthening works to National Highway (NH) section like that of NH-333A between Barbigha and the Jharkhand side, Darbhanga-Jaynagar highway and Bariyarpur-Bishanpur and Sitamarhi-Chiraut stretch besides rail over bridges at some selected places on NH-120 and NH-727.
Though these approvals have been given, which marks an important milestone in the state’s highway development programme for 2026-27. But just getting clearance of such a large project doesn’t necessarily imply work on ground as different projects might require additional clearances, land acquisition, tendering etc based on their status.
