 Before the opening of this bridge steamer was being used for transportation across the Ganga river.Print media include the Hindi "Dainik Jagran, "Dainik Bhaskar, Aaj", Hindustan ( under Hindustan Times ) and " Prabhat Khabar," while English "Times of India, The Telegraph" and "Hindustan Times are also available.Broadcast media include All India Radio (Frequency 1458 kHz, 1206 kHz) 90.4 FM Radio Active (Bhagalpur), and AIR FM Rainbow India
100.1.M, sadhna plus news channel

Telecommunications services include BSNL, Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio.