Lok Sabha Question No. 761 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: New Rail Lines in Maharashtra
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 761 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

## NEW RAIL LINES IN MAHARASHTRA

†761.SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of rail projects such as new rail lines, gauge conversion, doubling and electrification being implemented in Maharashtra;
- (b) the details of those projects completed under stipulated time and the number of those projects pending for more than three years;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to complete these projects, particularly  the  projects  located  in  backward  areas  as  per  the scheduled time table; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (d):    A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 761 BY SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 20.12.2017 REGARDING NEW RAIL LINES IN MAHARASHTRA

(a) & (b): Following 34 projects consisting of 12 New Lines, 4 of Gauge Conversion and 18 Doublings have been taken up falling partly or fully in the State of Maharashtra:

( ` in crore)

| S. No.   | Name of the project                                                                               | Length (in km)   | Year of sanction   | Latest anticipated cost   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|          | NEW LINES                                                                                         |                  |                    |                           |
| 1.       | Amravati-Narkher                                                                                  | 138              | 1993-94            | 806                       |
| 2.       | Ahmednagar-Beed-Parli Vaijnath                                                                    | 261              | 1995-96            | 2820                      |
| 3.       | Baramati-Phalton-Lonand                                                                           | 54               | 1998-99            | 325                       |
| 4.       | Wardha-Nanded via Yavatmal, Pusad                                                                 | 284              | 2008-09            | 2765                      |
| 5.       | Wadsa-Gadchiroli                                                                                  | 50               | 2011-12            | 469                       |
| 6.       | Karad-Chiplun                                                                                     | 112              | 2015-16            | 1200                      |
| 7.       | Indore-Manmad via Malegaon                                                                        | 368              | 2016-17            | 4984                      |
| 8.       | Pune-Nashik                                                                                       | 265              | 2016-17            | 2425                      |
| 9.       | Vaibhavwadi-Kolhapur                                                                              | 107              | 2016-17            | 3750                      |
| 10.      | Hatkanagale-Ichalkaranji                                                                          | 8                | 2017-18            | 160                       |
| 11.      | Jeur-Asthi                                                                                        | 78               | 2017-18            | 1560                      |
| 12.      | Phaltan-Pandharpur (105)                                                                          | 105              | 2017-18            | 1149                      |
|          | GAUGE CONVERSION                                                                                  |                  |                    |                           |
| 1.       | Jabalpur-Gondia including Balaghat-Katangi (285) & MM Katangi-Tirodi New Line (15) (total 300 km) | 300              | 1996-97            | 1544                      |
| 2.       | Chhindwara-Nagpur                                                                                 | 150              | 2005-06            | 1101                      |
| 3.       | Ratlam-Mhow-Khandwa- Akola (473) with MM Fatehabad-Chandrawatiganj- Ujjain (23) (Total 496 km)    | 496              | 2008-09            | 2265                      |
| 4.       | Nagpur-Nagbhir                                                                                    | 106              | 2013-14            | 401                       |
|          | DOUBLING                                                                                          |                  |                    |                           |
| 1.       | Kalumna-Nagpur                                                                                    | 5                | 2007-08            | 38                        |
| 2.       | Udhna-Jalgaon with electrification                                                                | 307              | 2008-09            | 2164                      |
| 3.       | Daund-Gulbarga Doubling                                                                           | 225              | 2009-10            | 1513                      |

|    | (225) & Pune-Guntakal Electrification (641)                    |     |         |      |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----|---------|------|
|  4 | Godhani-Kalumna Chord                                          |   6 | 2010-11 |   65 |
|  5 | Bhusawal-Jalgaon 3 rd line                                     |  24 | 2011-12 |  235 |
|  6 | Kalyan-Kasara 3 rd line                                        |  68 | 2011-12 |  800 |
|  7 | Parbhani-Mudkhed                                               |  81 | 2011-12 |  380 |
|  8 | Wardha (Sewagram)-Nagpur 3 rd line                             |  76 | 2012-13 |  561 |
|  9 | Hotgi-Kudgi-Gadag                                              | 284 | 2014-15 | 1618 |
| 10 | Itarsi-Nagpur (Balance) 3 rd line excluding Chichonda- Teegaon | 280 | 2015-16 | 2450 |
| 11 | Kazipet-Balharshah 3 rd line (balance section)                 | 201 | 2015-16 | 2063 |
| 12 | Pune-Miraj-Londa                                               | 467 | 2015-16 | 3627 |
| 13 | Rajnandgaon-Nagpur (Kalumna) 3 rd line                         | 228 | 2015-16 | 1273 |
| 14 | Wardha (Sewagram)- Balharshah 3 rd line                        | 132 | 2015-16 | 1272 |
| 15 | Daund-Manmad                                                   | 248 | 2016-17 | 2081 |
| 16 | Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4 th line                                     |  24 | 2016-17 |  261 |
| 17 | Manmad-Jalgaon 3 rd line                                       | 160 | 2016-17 | 1035 |
| 18 | Wardha-Nagpur 4 th line                                        |  76 | 2016-17 |  912 |

## Following 14 Electrification Projects have been taken up in the State of Maharashtra:

|   S. No. | Name of the Project       |   Total RKM |   RKM falling in the State of Maharashtra |   Sanctioned cost | ( ` in crore) Outlay for 2017-18   |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|
|        1 | Gondia-Ballarshah*        |         250 |                                       250 |               205 | 26                                 |
|        2 | Amla-Chhindwara- Kalumna* |         257 |                                        55 |               267 | 28                                 |
|        3 | Panvel-Pen-Thal           |          75 |                                        75 |               111 | 45                                 |
|        4 | Jasai-JNPT                |           9 |                                         9 |                16 | 10                                 |
|        5 | Manmad-Mudkhed- Dhone     |         868 |                                       430 |               865 | 70                                 |
|        6 | Pen-Roha                  |          40 |                                        40 |                73 | 30                                 |
|        7 | Pune-Miraj-Kolhapur       |         326 |                                       326 |               615 | 51                                 |
|        8 | Gondia-Nainpur- Jabalpur  |         229 |                                        17 |               194 | 17                                 |
|        9 | Jasai-Uran                |          10 |                                        10 |                19 | 12                                 |
|       10 | Chalisgaon-Dhule          |          56 |                                        56 |                54 | 5                                  |
|       11 | Daund-Baramati            |          44 |                                        44 |                47 | -                                  |

|   12. | Wani-Pimpalkhutti     |   66 |   66 |   77 | -   |
|-------|-----------------------|------|------|------|-----|
|    13 | Miraj-Kurduwadi-Latur |  377 |  377 |  399 | -   |
|    14 | Gadag-Hotgi           |  284 |   21 |  342 | -   |

*Projects are being executed for more than three years.

(c) & (d): For New Lines, Gauge Conversions & Doubling projects:  Till 2013-14, due to overall limited availability of funds, most of the projects were not progressing  satisfactorily.    Since  2014-15,  based  on  physical progress  of  projects,  last  mile  connectivity  projects  and  projects  for decongesting the existing routes  have been given sufficient funds. For this  purpose,  funds  for  capacity  enhancement  projects  have  been arranged  through  institutional  financing  by  tying  up  loan  with  M/s  Life Insurance  Corporation  of  India  Limited  for ` 1.5  lakh  crore  for  assured funding  of  viable  projects.  The  completion  of  railway  projects  requires clearances from various departments of State Government and Central Ministries  like  acquisition  of  land,  forestry  and  wild  life  clearances, cutting  of  trees,  shifting  of  services,  construction  of  road  over  bridges and road under bridges by road maintaining agencies, NOC from State Irrigation  Department  and  Power  Corporations,  law  and  order  issues which are beyond the control of Ministry of Railways.  Therefore, it is not feasible to fix time lines for completion of all the projects. For  RE  projects:  To  complete  electrification  of  railway  lines  in  the country, various steps have been taken, which inter-alia include award of  Engineering,  Procurement  &  Construction  (EPC)  contracts,  better project monitoring mechanism, enhancing power of field units for award of contracts including sanction of estimates and increasing the number of executing agencies from existing three to six by entrusting electrification  works  to  new  agencies  viz.  Indian  Railway  Construction Company, Rail India Technical and Economic Services and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited.

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