Barauni

Barauni
—  town  —
Barauni Location of Barauni in Bihar and India
Coordinates	25°16′N 85°35′E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District(s)	Begusarai
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

Barauni is a town in the state of Bihar, India.

Barauni was once an Industrial town in Begusarai district, Bihar. After the partition of the Jharkhand from Bihar, it had and still has the potential to become the industrial capital of Bihar.

Sadly Barauni Railway Junction which once used to be an important junction on the map of the Indian Railways has now been reduced from its earlier status of a Terminus Junction to a Roadside station. Recently the Platform No.1 of the Barauni Junction has been shifted from the original Barauni Junction to another place - located at a distance of two kilometres away from the original junction. Since this system of by-pass has been created detention of trains have increased manifold questioning the very utility of this newly created Barauni By-Pass Platform No.1. Trains remain detained at different stations - in North East side right from Lakho, in Western side right from Bachhwara Junction and in Sotuhern side right from Tal Junction and in South East side right from Barahiya. As the newly built Barauni Junction Platform No. 1 is located in a place where there is no population it has proved dangerous for the passengers detraining at this station in evening and night hours. It has proved to be a boon for local criminals.

Almost all the North-East India or Saharsa bound Indian Railway Trains coming from New Delhi or other places is now routed through this newly constructed by-pass - the so called Barauni Junction Platform Number 1 have made the life of railway passengers detraining at Barauni Junction - a hell and made inordinate detention of trains a major problem for the Railways which has proved to be a major bottle-neck in timely running of all those trains passing through Barauni Junction.

The town situated at the bank of the holy river Ganges is connected by a Railway-cum-Road bridge over connecting North Bihar and South Bihar known as Rajendra Setu officially but as Mokama bridge in common parlance.

The major industries here were/ are :

• Indian Oil refinery
• Barauni Thermal Power Station BSEB
• Hindustan fertilizers corporation Page is in Hindi
• Barauni dairy

Railways

Barauni is one of the important stations in Bihar. It is a junction and is connected to the all the four metropolis New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai through important Broad Gauge Routes. It takes around 15 hours to reach Barauni from New Delhi through train. It is the gateway for the North-East states, it connects the whole country with the North-East States.Barauni has three railways stations namely (I)Barauni Junction (II) New Barauni & (III) Barauni Flag.

Academic institutions

Barauni has several schools and colleges. One of the notable government school is RKC High School, Phulwaria. It houses more than 1000 students in an academic year and 50 teaching staffs. This school has residential facility and students from neighboring cities used to come to pursue their schooling. It has produced several bright students over a century. Students of this school are spread across the globe and are successful in various professions. The APSM college is another notable college, which provides higher level education in Science, Arts, Philosophy and many more disciplines. It houses more than 5000 students in an academic year and 150 teaching staffs.

External links

• Bihar's football crazy girls