On 30 January 2008, the Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave its approval for approval for
upgrading a 60-km stretch of Patna-Muzaffarpur section of National Highway 19
and 77 in Bihar.
The proposed projects will be upgraded
under under the BOT (annuity) mode, instead of the BOT (toll) mode, as there was
no response for the tender notice for the toll mode.