The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has conducted a safety inspection on the 18 km long Sarsa Jamalpur-Asthawan rail section of the Fatuah-Islampur New Railway Line with Material Modification for Neora-Daniawan-Biharsharif-Barbigha-Sheikhpura New Lines.
The project involves construction of a new line between Fatuah and Islampur with material modification for Neora-Daniawan-Biharsharif-Barbigha-Sheikhpura New Lines in Bihar with an investment of Rs 15.63 billion. It is being executed in sections, namely Fatuah-Islampur (43 km), Neora-Daniawan (42.2 km), Daniawan-Biharsharif (38.28 km), Biharsharif-Barbigha (19 km) and Barbigha-Sheikhpura (26 km). The Daniawan-Bihar Sharif section was commissioned in July 2015.