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.