# Ram - Janaki Path
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{{Short description|Proposed National Highway between Sitamarhi and Ayodhya}}
{{Infobox road
| country = Ind
| state = Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
| type = National Highway
| name = Ram - Janaki Path
| alternate_name = Ram - Janaki Marg
| established = Proposed
| tloop = Sitamarhi and Ayodhya
| established_by = Government of India
| significance = Religious tourism of Ramayana circuit
| system = Four lines
| translation = राम-जानकी पथ
| states = [Bihar](/source/Bihar) and [Uttar Pradesh](/source/Uttar_Pradesh)
}}
'''Ram - Janaki Path''' ([Devanagari](/source/Devanagari): राम-जानकी पथ) is a proposed [national highway](/source/National_highways_of_India) in [India](/source/India) between the two culturally tied cities of [Sitamarhi](/source/Sitamarhi) and [Ayodhya](/source/Ayodhya).[{{Cite news |date=2021-06-05 |title=MP: Saran to be connected with Ram-Janki Path |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/mp-saran-to-be-connected-with-ram-janki-path/articleshow/83242986.cms |access-date=2025-11-07 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}] It is also called as ''Ram - Janaki Marg''. The project of this national highway aims to promote religious tourism of the [Ramayana circuit](/source/Ramayana_circuit) and improve the transportation network in these areas. The length of the highway will be 240 kilometer long and its width will be 70 meter. It will pass through the states of [Bihar](/source/Bihar) and [Uttar Pradesh](/source/Uttar_Pradesh). The estimated cost of the project is Rs 6155 crores.[{{Cite web |date=2025-04-07 |title=Ram-Janaki Path: बिहार को मोदी सरकार का बड़ा तोहफा, अयोध्या से सीतामढ़ी तक बनेगा राम-जानकी पथ |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/patna/ram-janaki-path-will-be-built-from-ayodhya-to-sitamarhi-modi-government-big-gift-to-bihar |access-date=2025-11-07 |website=Prabhat Khabar |language=hi}}][{{Cite web |title=Bihar: राम भरोसे 240 किमी लंबी Ram Janki Path, पूर्वी चंपारण में अधिग्रहण रुका; बदल सकता है सड़क का एलाइनमेंट - Acquisition stopped for Ram Janaki Path in East Champaran NHAI Project |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-acquisition-stopped-for-ram-janaki-path-in-east-champaran-nhai-project-23430310.html |access-date=2025-11-07 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}] It is a four lines highway project. The project was approved by the [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_India) [Narendra Modi](/source/Narendra_Modi) on the occasion of [Ramnavami](/source/Rama_Navami) in the month of April in 2025.[{{Cite web |date=2025-04-07 |title=रामनवमी पर मोदी सरकार का तोहफा, अयोध्या से माता सीता की सीतामढ़ी तक राम-जानकी मार्ग |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/modi-government-gift-on-ram-navami-ram-janki-marg-from-ayodhya-to-sitamarhi-of-mata-sita-201743985336549.html |access-date=2025-11-07 |website=www.livehindustan.com |language=hi}}]
== Description ==
The project for the Ram Janaki Path is divided into two stretches in states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, [Nitin Gadkari](/source/Nitin_Gadkari), informed the [Lok Sabha](/source/Lok_Sabha) during the [Budget session](/source/Union_budget_of_India) of 2025 in the month of March in the [parliament of India](/source/parliament_of_India) that the two stretches of the project would be completed by May and December 2027 in states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh respectively.[{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2025-03-21 |title=Power corridor {{!}} House apprised on U.P-Bihar road project |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Mar/21/power-corridor-house-apprised-on-up-bihar-road-project |access-date=2025-11-23 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}]
The project of the Ram Janaki Path highway is extended upto [Bhithamore](/source/Shrikhandi_Bhittha) border near the [Indo - Nepal border](/source/India%E2%80%93Nepal_border) line in the Sitamarhi district of Bihar in India.