Lok Sabha Question No. 75 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-16
Subject: Ongoing Rail Projects in UP
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KAUSHAL KISHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.  75 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.11.2016

## ONGOING RAIL PROJECTS IN UP

+  75.   SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state the details of employment unemployed rail projects in Uttar Pradesh through which opportunities may be/have been provided to the men/women of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHIN)

A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION No.75  BY SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 16.11.2016 REGARDING ONGOING RAIL PROJECTS IN UP

Every Railway project acts as a catalyst of growth and development  in  the  project  area  bringing  several  opportunities  of direct  and    indirect  employment  for  all  sections  of  society  including those unemployed men/women belonging to SCs & STs. List of ongoing railway projects falling partially/fully in UP is as under:-

| S.No.   | Name of the Project                                        | Year of inclusion/ sanction   | Length (in km)   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------|
|         | NEW LINES                                                  |                               |                  |
| 1       | Kapilvastu-Basti                                           | 2013-14                       | 91               |
| 2       | Anandnagar-Ghugli                                          | 2013-14                       | 50               |
| 3       | Chhitauni-Tumkuhi Road (58.88 km)                          | 2006-07                       | 62.5             |
| 4       | Hathua-Bhatni                                              | 2005-06                       | 79.64            |
| 5       | Mau-Ghazipur-Tarighat                                      | 2015-16                       | 51               |
| 6       | Sahjanwa-Dohrighat                                         | 2016-17                       | 70.45            |
| 7       | Bahraich-Shravasti- Balrampur/Tulsipur                     | 2016-17                       | 210              |
| 8       | Faizabad-Lalganj via Raibareilly                           | 2013-14                       | 116              |
| 9       | Unchhar-Amethi                                             | 2012-13                       | 66.17            |
| 10      | Deoband (Muzzafar Nagar)-Roorkee (27.45 km)                | 2007-08                       | 27.45            |
| 11      | Meerut-Panipat                                             | 2016-17                       | 104              |
| 12      | Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli & Mahoba-Khajuraho (541 km) | 1997-98                       | 541              |
|         | GAUGE CONVERSION                                           |                               |                  |
| 13      | Lucknow-Pilibhit via Sitapur, Lakhimpur (262.76 km)        | 2011-12                       | 262.76           |

| 14   | Bhojipura-Tanakpur via Pilibhit                                 | 2007-08   | 101.79   |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------|
| 15   | Gonda-Baharaich                                                 | 1997-98   | 60       |
| 16   | Indara-Dohrighat                                                | 2016-17   | 34       |
| 17   | Bahraich-Mailani including byepass at Mailani                   | 2016-17   | 230      |
| 18   | Kanpur-Kasganj-Mathura                                          | 1997-98   | 1819     |
| 19   | Kaptanganj-Thawe-Chapra                                         | 1999-00   | 819      |
|      | Doubling                                                        |           |          |
| 20   | Ramna-Singrauli doubling                                        | 2015-16   | 160      |
| 21   | Doubling of Renukut- Chopan section                             | 2015-16   | 32.32    |
| 22   | Bhimsen--Jhansi                                                 | 2012-13   | 206      |
| 23   | 3rd line Mughalasari- Allahabad                                 | 2015-16   | 152      |
| 24   | Byepass at Sainthia, Sitarampur, Mughalsarai, Allahabad, Etawah | 2015-16   | 35       |
| 25   | Jhansi-Bina 3rd line                                            | 2015-16   | 152      |
| 26   | Mathura-Palwal 4th line                                         | 2015-16   | 80       |
| 27   | Mathura-Jhansi 3rd line                                         | 2015-16   | 274      |
| 28   | Jhansi-Khairar-Manikpur & Khairar- Bhimsen                      | 2016-17   | 411      |
| 29   | Yamuna Br.-Agra Fort With major Br at Yamuna river              | 2016-17   | 2        |
| 30   | Iradatganj-Kunwadih - Construction of flyover                   | 2016-17   | 20.1     |
| 31   | Naini-Iradatganj - Const. of flyover                            | 2016-17   | 12       |
| 32   | Jeonathpur - flyover                                            | 2016-17   | 13       |
| 33   | Mathura-Murhesi Rampur - flyover                                | 2016-17   | 11.08    |
| 34   | Flyover at Aligarh                                              | 2016-17   | 25       |
| 35   | Lalitpur-Birari with flyover at Lalitpur                        | 2016-17   | 16       |

|   36 | Chhapra-Ballia Patch Doubling                                      | 2012-13   |     65 |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|--------|
|   37 | Aurnihar-Manduadih                                                 | 2011-12   |  38.8  |
|   38 | Ghazipur-Aunrihar                                                  | 2014-15   |  40    |
|   39 | Rosa-Sitapur Cantt-Burwal                                          | 2015-16   | 175    |
|   40 | Ballia-Gazipur city doubling                                       | 2015-16   |  65.1  |
|   41 | Domingarh-GKP-GKP Cantt- Kusumhi                                   | 2016-17   |  21.15 |
|   42 | Burhwal-Gonda 3rd line                                             | 2016-17   |  61.72 |
|   43 | Shahganj-Bhatni-Phephna-Indara, Mau-Sahaganj exclusive Mau-Indara  | 2016-17   | 150.28 |
|   44 | Bhatni-Aurnihar with Railway Electrification exclusive Mau- Indara | 2016-17   | 116.95 |
|   45 | Aurnihar-Jaunpur                                                   | 2016-17   |  68    |
|   46 | Utretia-Zafrabad (Balance 148 km)                                  | 2006-07   | 224.12 |
|   47 | Meerut-Muzaffarnagar                                               | 2012-13   |  55.47 |
|   48 | Raibareilly-Amethi                                                 | 2013-14   |  60.1  |
|   49 | Utretia-Raibareilly                                                | 2011-12   |  65.6  |
|   50 | Lahota-Bhadoi                                                      | 2009-10   |  39    |
|   51 | Bhadoi-Janghai                                                     | 2010-11   |  31    |
|   52 | Phapamau-Allahabad                                                 | 2009-10   |  12.9  |
|   53 | Doubling between Alamnagar- Utretia                                | 2015-16   |  20    |
|   54 | Doubling between Muzaffarnagar - Tapri                             | 2015-16   |  52    |
|   55 | Varanasi-Madhosingh-Allahabad                                      | 2015-16   | 122    |
|   56 | Barabanki-Akbarpur                                                 | 2016-17   | 161    |

|   57 | Janghai-Pratapgarh-Amethi                        | 2016-17   |   87 |
|------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------|------|
|   58 | Jaunpur-Tanda                                    | 2016-17   |   94 |
|   59 | Delhi-Shamli-Tapri including Saharanpur bye pass | 2016-17   |  175 |

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