The Union Cupboard final week authorised the development of the four-lane Patna-Arrah-Sasaram hall (NH-119A) in Bihar. Spanning 120.10 kilometres, the freeway challenge will probably be a mix of greenfield and brownfield stretches, and will probably be developed underneath the Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) at a value of Rs 3,712.40 crore.
HAM is a public personal partnership mannequin the place the federal government funds 40% of the challenge value throughout building, whereas the personal developer covers the remaining 60%. After completion, the developer maintains the highway for a set interval (normally 15 years), receiving annuity funds from the federal government to get better funding, together with curiosity. This mannequin reduces monetary threat for personal gamers whereas guaranteeing authorities management over the asset.
For this hall, the overall capital value is Rs 3,712.40 crore, with Rs 2,989.08 crore for civil building and Rs 718.97 crore for land acquisition.
What are greenfield and brownfield corridors?
In freeway initiatives, “greenfield” refers to a totally new highway constructed on undeveloped land, usually bypassing crowded areas to create a contemporary route. “Brownfield,” however, includes upgrading an current highway — like widening or strengthening it — to satisfy fashionable wants.
The Patna-Arrah-Sasaram hall is an access-controlled freeway challenge connecting the state capital Patna to the cities of Arrah and Sasaram. It would have a brand new 109.5-km greenfield stretch, whereas the brownfield part will see upgradation of 10.6 km of the present freeway.
Will probably be made in two packages, with the primary package deal of 74.43-km greenfield stretch from Sasaram to Arrah to be accomplished in 24 months. In the meantime, package deal 2 will see building of a forty five.67 km greenfield stretch plus 10.6 km of brownfield upgrades from Arrah to Patna, taking 30 months. The challenge may even embody building of a 3-km lengthy, 4-lane bridge over the river Son.
Why is that this challenge wanted?
Bihar’s current highway networks between Patna, Arrah, and Sasaram depend on congested state highways like SH-2, SH-12, SH-81, and SH-102, that are overwhelmed because of the heavy visitors and wish 3-4 hours of journey time. Cities like Arrah, Grahini, Piro, Bikramganj, Mokar, and Sasaram are inflicting bottlenecks that usually decelerate motion.
How will it assist?
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The brand new four-lane Patna-Arrah-Sasaram hall is geared toward decongesting these routes and offering a sooner, smoother different to an estimated Annual Common Every day Site visitors (AADT) of 17,000-20,000 Passenger Automobile Models (PCUs) in monetary 12 months 2025.
The challenge on completion may even increase connectivity between Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, and Varanasi. The Patna-Arrah-Sasaram hall may even be built-in to different main transport corridors like NH-19, NH-319, NH-922, NH-131G, NH-120, which is able to present seamless connectivity to Patna, Kaimur and Aurangabad.
The hall will streamline vacationer motion by offering entry to 2 airports (Patna’s Jay Prakash Narayan Worldwide and the upcoming Bihta airport), 4 railway stations (Sasaram, Arrah, Danapur, Patna), one inland water terminal in Patna, and the Patna Ring Street.
Past visitors and connectivity reduction, the Patna-Arrah-Sasaram hall can be anticipated to create 48 lakh man-days of employment — 22 lakh direct and 26 lakh oblique — supporting native livelihoods within the area.
