Indian Railways has approved the doubling of over 44 km Mansi-Saharsa section of East Central Railway at a cost of 499 crore rupees. The project will augment line capacity, improve operational efficiency and cater to the growing demand for passenger and freight movement on this important route. The Mansi-Saharsa section is presently a single-line corridor on the Mansi-Saraigarh route, handling heavy passenger and freight traffic.

The section operates 24 pairs of passenger trains in each direction while also facilitating transportation of essential commodities such as wheat, maize, ballast, boiled rice, cement, fertilisers, rice, salt, sand, stone and sugar. The project is expected to facilitate handling of an additional 1.764 Million Tonnes Per Annum of freight traffic, strengthening logistics for agriculture, construction and other key sectors of the regional economy. The enhanced infrastructure will improve punctuality, increase operational flexibility and support future growth in rail traffic across the region.