The government has taken a big step towards starting the construction work of Patna-Purnia Expressway. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued land acquisition notification for the Patna-Purnia Expressway project. According to the notification, land will be acquired in more than 250 villages in 29 blocks of 6 districts for Patna-Purnia Expressway.

In this regard, Road Construction Minister Nitin Naveen said that the issue of land acquisition notification for Patna-Purnia Expressway is a big step towards putting this important project on the ground, so that the construction work of the project will be started soon. The government is committed to completing the work of Patna-Purnia Expressway on time. The Patna-Purnia Expressway will not only strengthen the road network of Bihar, but will also give a new pace to the development of Seemanchal region.

Road Construction Minister told

According to Nitin Naveen, this expressway is one of the most ambitious road development projects in Bihar, 281.95 km long. It will start from Meeranagar (Vaishali) of NH-22 and pass through Samastipur, Darbhanga, Saharsa and Madhepura districts and will go to the Chand Bhatti (Purnia) of NH-27 (East-West Corridor). Its construction will be based on the Green Zone Guardhan, which will maintain the environmental balance.

Nitin Naveen said that land will be acquired in 6 blocks of Vaishali, 8 of Samastipur, 2 of Darbhanga, 5 of Saharsa, 2 in Madhepura and 6 blocks of Purnia. Under the project, 21 large bridges, 140 small bridges, 11 railway overbridges (ROBs), 21 interchange and 322 BUP/LBP will be constructed. The total estimated cost of this expressway 6-lane wide will be ₹ 18,042.14 crore.

Currently two routes from Patna to Purnia

From Muzaffarpur to NH 22 and NH 27 which takes about 8:30 hours. At the same time, the second route goes through NH-31 and NH 231 via Koda (Katihar) which takes about 7 hours. After the completion of the new expressway, the journey time from Patna to Purnia will be only 3 hours. On the request of the state government, separate contact route (spur) will be constructed to connect the said expressway with Samastipur, Saharsa and Madhepura district headquarters. This will make the connectivity of these districts even better.

District Magistrate also completed preparations

Here, District Magistrate Kundan Kumar held a meeting with the concerned officials to speed up the Patna-Purnia Expressway Construction Action Plan. In the course of the review, it was told by the District Land Acquisition Officer that the construction work of Patna-Purnia Expressway will pass through six blocks respectively, Badhra Kothi, Dhamdaha, Krityanand Nagar, Kasba, Purnia East and Dagrua, under which 55 will pass through Mauja.

At the same time, the District Magistrate was directed to all the concerned zonal officers to prepare a list of which will pass through. The information of Khesra earned inside the Mauja and on the basis of the current owner of Khesra, was directed to accelerate the style of Jamabandi. It was directed by the District Magistrate to identify the concerned land owner and ensure preparations for issuing the land ownership certificate from earlier.