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Sitamarhi–Jaynagar–Nirmali Line (via Sursand)
Sitamarhi-Jaynagar-Nirmali Via Sursand Railway Line is a proposed railway line in East Central Railway zone by Indian Railway. It was announced by Former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in 2007. He laid the foundation inauguration of this proposed railway line at Sursand on 5 January 2008. Its length is 188.9 km. Due to negligence of the government, this railway line has yet not completed in the past 16 years. In 2022, the member of parliament and BJP leader Ashok Kumar Yadav from the Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency wrote a letter to the union minister of Indian Railway Aswani Vaishnav for the completion of the proposed railway as soon as possible. The union minister Ashwini Vaishnav has assured that the project will start soon. According to the railway ministry 345 acres of land is required for acquisition. There are some issues with the acquisition of the land. This railway line will connect two districts of Bihar from Sitamarhi to Nirmali ( Madhubani) via Sursand and Jayna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Central Railway Zone
The East Central Railway (abbreviated ECR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at and comprises , , , and divisions. History First set up on 8 September 1996 with headquarters at Hajipur, Bihar, East Central Railway became operational on 1 October 2002 by carving out areas from Eastern Railway Zone and North Eastern Railway zone. It currently consists of the divisions viz. Dhanbad, Danapur, Mughalsarai of Eastern Railway and Sonpur and Samastipur of North Eastern Railway. The last 13 years of its existence has been full of challenges and every obstacle was dealt in a dedicated manner despite constraints of work force and infrastructure. ECR, has a vast network of 5402.693 track kilometers and 3707.988 route kilometers encompassing the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Out of the route, have been electrified. ECR has been lifeline for the people in its expanse and is playing a pivotal role in rapid development o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhubani, India
Madhubani is a city Municipal Corporation and headquarter of Madhubani district. Madhubani is situated in the Indian state of Bihar. It comes under Darbhanga Division. It is situated at 26 km northeast of Darbhanga City. The Madhuban Raj in Madhubani was created as a consequence. The word "Madhuban" means "forest of honey", from which Madhubani is derived, but sometimes it is also known as "madhu"+"vaani" meaning "sweet" "voice/language". Area * Madhubani occupies a total of 3501 km2. * Main Rivers are Kamla, Kareh, Balan, Bhutahi Balan, Gehuan, Supen, Trishula, Jeevachh, Koshi and Adhwara Group. * High Flood Level is 54.017 m. * Whole District is under Earthquake Zone 5. * Total Cropped Area – 218381 Hect. * Barren /Uncultivable Land – 1456.5 Hect * Land under Non-agricultural use – 51273.24 Hect * Cultivable Barren Land – 333.32 Hect * Permanent Pasture – 1372.71 Hect * Miscellaneous Trees – 8835.90 Hect * Cultivable Land – 232724 Hect * Cropping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bihar
Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by area, 12th largest by area, and the List of Indian states and union territories by GDP, 14th largest by GDP in 2024. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, and Jharkhand to the south. Bihar is split by the river Ganges, which flows from west to east. On 15 November 2000, a large chunk of southern Bihar was ceded to form the new state of Jharkhand. Around 11.27% of Bihar's population live in urban areas as per a 2020 report. Additionally, almost 58% of Bihari people, Biharis are below the age of 25, giving Bihar the highest proportion of young people of any Indian state. The official language is Hindi, which shares official status alongside that of Urdu. The main native languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Budget Of India
Railway budget of India was the Annual Financial Statement for Indian Railways administered by the Railway Board, which handles rail transport in India. It was presented every year by the Minister of Railways, representing the Ministry of Railways, in the Parliament. The Railway Budget was presented every year, a few days before the Union budget, till 2016. Modi government on 21 September 2016 approved merger of the Rail and General budgets from the next year, ending a 92-year-old practice of a separate budget for the nation's largest transporter.The decision to merge the Railway Budget with the Union Budget was made in 2016, following the submission of a white paper titled 'Dispensing with the Railway Budget' by the NITI Aayog Committee chaired by Bibek Debroy. The paper was presented to Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu said that this merger proposal was in the long term interest of railways as well as the country's economy and was a colonial practice that needed to be ended. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Railways (India)
The Ministry of Railways is a ministry in the Government of India, responsible for the rail transport in India, country's rail transport. The Indian Railways is the rail network operated and administered by the Railway Board constituted by the ministry. The ministry along with the Railway Board is housed inside Rail Bhawan in New Delhi. It is headed by the Minister of Railways (India), Minister of Railways. With more than 1.2 million employees, it is one of the world's List of companies by employees, largest employers. History The first railway track was operational in Chennai, Madras in 1837 and the first passenger train ran in Bombay in 1853. But the earlier railways were operated by private companies with the earliest being the Madras Railway established in 1845 and the Great Indian Peninsular Railway incorporated in 1849. In October 1901, the Secretary of State for India in Council appointed Thomas Robertson as a special commissioner for Indian Railways to prepare a rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China China–Nepal border, to the north, and India India–Nepal border, to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a Geography of Nepal, diverse geography, including Terai, fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten List of highest mountains#List, tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and List of cities in Nepal, its largest city. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, and multi-cultural state, with Nepali language, Nepali as the official language. The name "Nepal" is first record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaynagar Railway Station
Jaynagar railway station is a main terminal railway station in Madhubani district, Bihar. Its code is JYG. It serves Jainagar and the surrounding areas. The station consists of 5 platforms. It maintained by Samastipur railway division of East Central Railways. History The Jayanagar–Janakpur–Bijalpura line a narrow-gauge railway was introduced during the Rana period. The Jayanagar–Janakpur–Bijalpura line was under conversion to with an extension to Bardibas. This was Nepal's last surviving railway. Crossborder train service was inaugurated in Jaynagar — Kurtha section on 4 April 2022. As of 2025, Train service is available upto Bhangaha (Bijalpura). Sections The Jaynagar railway station is split into two sections. One section is used by Indian Railways, the other being used by Nepal Railways. The latter operates three DEMU trains per day. Services The following train services are available from this station: Nepal Railways also operates three services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sursand
Sursand or Sursand Raj is an Indian town in the Mithila region of Bihar near the Indo-Nepal border. It is about 25 kilometres away from Sitamarhi, the district headquarters, and approximately 5 kilometers away from Bhitthamore. History The village has the ruins of a fortress known as Sursandgarh, which was constructed during the Mughal Mughal or Moghul may refer to: Related to the Mughal Empire * Mughal Empire of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries * Mughal dynasty * Mughal emperors * Mughal people, a social group of Central and South Asia * Mughal architecture * Mug ... period by King Sursen. According to an account published in the ''Bengal District Gazetteers'', The name of the place is said to be derived from Sur Sen, a chieftain who once lived there. After his death, it lapsed once more into jungle, until it was reclaimed by two brothers—Mahesh Jha and Amar Jha, the founders of the present Sursand family. These brothers, the story runs, left their home at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirmali Railway Station
Nirmali railway station is a broad Metre Gauge railway station in Supaul district, Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are .... Its code is NMA. The station consists of 3 platforms. It serves Nirmali city. The platform is well sheltered. It has many facilities including water and sanitation. The Station lies on Saraygarh-Darbhanga broad gauge line. Major train # (05548) Saharsha - Laheriyasarai MEMU # (05547) Laheriyasarai - Saharsha MEMU # (05544) Saharsha - Laheriyasarai MEMU # (05543) Laheriyasarai - Saharsha MEMU # (05546) Saharsha - Laheriyasarai MEMU # (05547) Laheriyasarai - Saharsha MEMU # (75218) Forbesganj - Darbhanga DEMU # (75217) Darbhanga - Forbesganj DEMU # (13211) Danapur Intercity Express # (13212) Jogbani Intercity Express References Railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Railways
Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fourth List of countries by rail transport network size, largest national railway system by size with a track length of , running track length of and route length of . , 96.59% of the broad-gauge network is Railway electric traction, electrified. With more than 1.2 million employees, it is the world's List of companies by employees, ninth-largest employer and List of largest employers in India, India's second largest employer. In 1951, the Indian Railways was established by the amalgamation of 42 different railway companies operating in the country, spanning a total of . The railway network across the country was reorganized into six regional zones in 1951–52 for administrative purposes, which was gradually expanded to 18 zones over the ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitamarhi
Sitamarhi is the headquarters of the Sitamarhi district in Tirhut Division, Bihar. The city was named in honour of Sītā, wife of Rāma, who was born in Sitamarhi according to Hindu legends. In 1875, a subdivision for Sitamarhi was created within the Muzaffarpur district. Sitamarhi was detached from Muzaffarpur and made a separate district on December 11, 1972.District Health Action Plan National Rural Health Mission, Government of Bihar, Retrieved 25 May 2010 The district headquarters is located in Dumra, south of Sitamarhi's main temple. Geography Sitamarhi has an average elevation of . Pupri, Bairgani ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashwini Vaishnaw
Ashwini Vaishnaw (born 18 July 1970) is an Indian politician, former Indian Administrative Service, IAS officer and a businessman serving as the 39th Minister of Railways (India), Minister of Railways, the 35th Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Minister of Information and Broadcasting and the 2nd Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology since 2024. He previously served as the Ministry of Railways (India), Minister of Railways and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and is the incumbent Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology since 2024. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha representing Bharatiya Janata Party since 2019. Early life and education Vaishnaw is originally a resident of Jeewand Kallan village of Pali district, Rajasthan. Later, his family settled in Jodhpur, Raja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
