Gorakhpur - Siliguri Expressway

The Right of Way for this expressway is 100 meters. That band is under compulsory acquisition under the National Highways Act, 1956. In Bihar, NHAI has formally gazetted acquisition across four districts as the first wave. In Uttar Pradesh, acquisition began in May 2022 across 111 villages in Gorakhpur, Deoria, and Kushinagar. Any plot inside this corridor is not a purchase; it becomes a government compensation claim at rates assessed by the District Land Acquisition Officer.

The table below shows what the notified NHAI DPR alignment corridor covers across each state:

The most consequential problem for buyers is this: NHAI has not published the DPR alignment map online. There is no downloadable, village-level survey map on any official NHAI portal. Brokers selling plots in Sitamarhi, Darbhanga, or Kushinagar as "adjacent to the expressway" cannot confirm whether a specific khasra number falls inside or outside the 100-meter notified band without an official Section 3D notice under the National Highways Act. Approximately 87.5 percent of all land being acquired is agricultural, and once a gazette notification is served on a survey number, that land cannot be legally resold by the original owner. Cross-check the 1acre alignment layer against your plot's coordinates and demand the Section 3D notice before signing any agreement.

The alignment runs through agricultural territory parallel to the India-Nepal border. The opportunity outside the ROW is real, but the timeline is not confirmed. Construction has not commenced on most Bihar packages as of 2025. Buying farmland in Supaul or Forbesganj based on a 2028 opening is a speculative position; the Kushinagar and Gorakhpur stretches in UP, where acquisition is furthest along, carry the most credible near-term signal.

The following table covers the principal micro-markets along the Gorakhpur Siliguri Expressway route and what each district offers for land buyers:

Darbhanga draws the most investor attention in current coverage, and for logical reasons: the Mithila belt has been connectivity-starved for decades. But that same logic has been used to sell speculative farmland there for two years before a single package goes to construction. The Kushinagar and Deoria exits are closer to confirmed activity and connect into the broader UP expressway network, making them the more grounded choice for buyers who need a shorter investment window.