The Union Cabinet's approval will halve travel time on the road to the Nepal border, from about two hours to one.
The Union Cabinet approved the brownfield four-laning of NH-22 between Muzaffarpur and Sonbarsa at a cost of about ₹3,591 crore, as part of ₹13,041 crore of road and rail projects cleared together.
The upgrade is expected to cut journey time between Muzaffarpur and Sonbarsa from about two hours to about one, improving links to Sitamarhi and the Nepal border.
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