Lok Sabha Question No. 2616 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Status of Rail Projects in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MEKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2616 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## STATUS OF RAIL PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 2616.     SHRI M. RAJA MOHAN REDDY:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state the status of each rail project falling fully or partly in the State of Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2616 BY SHRI M. RAJA MOHAN REDDY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.01.2018 REGARDING STATUS OF RAIL PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

The  details  of  the  Railway  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Andhra Pradesh along with the details of each such project are as under:-

|   S N. | Project                       |   length (in km) |   Latest Antici- pated Cost (₹ in cr.) with PPP |   Exp as on 31.3.2 017 (₹ in cr.) with PPP |   Outlay 17-18 (₹ in cr.) with PPP | Present Status                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|--------|-------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Macherla- Nalgonda            |               92 |                                             815 |                                       3.5  |                               0.5  | Project kept in abeyance.                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|      2 | Kakinada- Pithapuram          |               22 |                                             220 |                                      25.01 |                             100.5  | Project kept in abeyance.                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|      3 | Kotipalli- Narsapur           |               57 |                                            2125 |                                     238    |                             430    | Revised Estimate for ₹ 2120.36 Cr. sanctioned on 24.10.17. Work of land acquisition taken up.                                                                                                                          |
|      4 | Obulavaripalle- Krishnapatnam |              113 |                                             839 |                                     645    |                             100.01 | Project is being executed by RVNL. Ph.I Venkatachalam - Krishnapatnam (20km): Section commissioned. Ph.II: Obulavaripalle- Venkatchalam (93 km): (a) Venkatachalam Road Jn. to Kommarapudi Bye pass line commissioned. |

|    |                                           |     |      |        |        | (b) Obulavaripalli- Nativaripalli (17 km): Land acquired. All earthwork and bridges completed. Tender work for ballast supply & track linking has been taken up. (c) Netivaripalli- Venkatachalam (76.2km): Earthwork, tunneling work, minor bridges and major bridges taken up.   |
|----|-------------------------------------------|-----|------|--------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  5 | Tindivanam- Nagari                        | 179 | 1080 | 196    |  47    | Walajah Road-Ranipet (6.5 km): completed. For balance length, land acquisition has been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|  6 | Rayadurg- Tumkur                          | 213 | 2000 | 465    | 182    | i) Rayadurga- Kadarideverapalli (63km): Commissioned. iii) Kadiridevarapalli- Doddahalli (16 km): Earthwork, minor bridges, major bridge and ROB/RUB have been taken up. Iv) Doddahalli-Tumkur (136 km): Land acquisition taken up.                                                |
|  7 | Kadapa (Cuddapah)- Bangalore (Bangarapet) | 255 | 2050 | 340    | 240    | Kadapa-Pendlimari (21.3km): Commissioned. In balance section land acquisition taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|  8 | Attipattu-Puttur                          |  88 |  528 |   3.42 |   0.05 | Land acquisition has been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

|   9 | Nadikude- Srikalahasti   |   309 |   2299 |   198 |   340 | Land between New Piduguralla- Savalyapuram (46 km) has been acquired. Earthwork and minor bridges & major bridge taken up. In balance section, land acquisition has been taken up.   |
|-----|--------------------------|-------|--------|-------|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  10 | Gudur- Durgarajapatnam   |    42 |    500 |  0.51 |   0.1 | Project is un- remunerative, Ministry of Shipping was requested to take up this project as port connectivity project under PPP mode.                                                 |
|  11 | Bhadrachalam- Kovvur     |   151 |    923 |  7    |   7   | State Govt. of Telangana has been requested to consent for sharing the cost of the project.                                                                                          |
|  12 | Cumbam- Proddutur        |   142 |    830 |  0.5  |   1   | Work included in Budget 2013-14 subject to obtaining requisite approvals. However, Planning Commission has not approved the project.                                                 |

| 13       | Kondapalli- Kothagodum                         | 125      | 723      | 0        | 0.010    | Work included in Budget 2013-14 subject to obtaining requisite approvals.                                                                         |
|----------|------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 14       | Chikballapur- Puttaparthy-Sri Satya Sai Nilyam | 103      | 692      | 0        | 0.1      | Work included in Budget 2013-14 subject to obtaining requisite approvals. However, Planning Commission has not accorded approval for the project. |
| 15       | Srinivasapura- Madanapalli                     | 75       | 296      | 0        | 0.1      | Work included in Budget 2013-14 subject to obtaining requisite approvals. However, Planning Commission has not accorded approval for the project. |
| 16       | Vijayawada- Guntur via Amravati                | 106      | 2679.6   | 0        | 1        | New project included in Budget 2017-18 subject to requisite Govt. clearances.                                                                     |
| DOUBLING | DOUBLING                                       | DOUBLING | DOUBLING | DOUBLING | DOUBLING | DOUBLING                                                                                                                                          |

|   17 | Vijaywada- Gudivada- Bhimavaram- Narsapur, Gudivada- Machlipatnam & Bhimavaram- Nidadavolu DL with Electrification   |   221 |    1503 |   304.18 |   121.87 | Project is being executed by RVNL. Earthwork, minor bridges and major bridges have been taken up.                                                                                                      |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|---------|----------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   18 | Guntur-Tenali Doubling with electrification                                                                          |    24 |  168    |   140.76 |     36   | Project is being executed by RVNL. Earthwork, minor bridges and major bridges have been taken up.                                                                                                      |
|   19 | Kazipet- Vijaywada 3rd line with electrification                                                                     |   220 | 2200    |   142.34 |    100   | Ph.I: Vijayawada- Rayanapadu- Kondapalli (17.49 km): Work in block sections completed. Yard works in progress. Ph.II Kondapalli- Kazipet (202 km): Land acquisition proposals submitted to State Govt. |
|   20 | Duvvada- Vijaywada 3rd line                                                                                          |   332 | 3873.1  |     0.04 |      7.5 | Detailed estimate under process of sanction.                                                                                                                                                           |
|   21 | Gooty- Dharmavarm                                                                                                    |    90 |  636.38 |   130.6  |     75   | Project is being executed by M/s RITES. Contracts for earthwork, major & minor bridges, linking of P.way awarded.                                                                                      |
|   22 | Kalluru-Guntakal                                                                                                     |    41 |  323    |    32.68 |     52   | Land acquisition has been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                    |

|   23 | Byepass at Renigunta, Dharmavaram, Wadi               |   21 |   273.05 |      5 |   10 | Preliminary activities have been taken up.                                                                                                                   |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------|------|----------|--------|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   24 | Byepass at Vijayawada, Kazipet                        |   30 |   499.29 |  79.97 |  125 | Vijaywada Bye-Pass (19.50 km): Land acquision has been taken up. Kazipet Bye-Pass (10.65 km): Land acquisition processed.                                    |
|   25 | Vijaywada- Gudur 3rd line                             |  288 |  3246    |  51.5  |  100 | Project is being executed by RVNL. Tenders for earthwork, minor and misc works have been invited.                                                            |
|   26 | Doubling of Yelahanka- Penukonda                      |  121 |   860.43 | 205.92 |  120 | Earthwork, minor bridges and major bridges have been taken up.                                                                                               |
|   27 | Vizianagram- Sambalpur (Titlagarh) 3rd line           |  255 |  2336    | 250    |   90 | Project is being executed by RVNL. Composite tender from Titlagarh to Langigarh (47 km) and construction of important bridge No. 343 awarded. Work taken up. |
|   28 | 3rd line in balance section bet. Bhadrak- Vizianagram |  525 |  5250    | 313.57 |  150 | Project deferred in view of East-Coast DFC.                                                                                                                  |
|   29 | Guntur-Guntakal                                       |  443 |  4000    |   0.01 |  124 | Diguvametta- Santamaguluru (159 Km): Earth work & minor bridges taken up. Tenders for earthwork and minor                                                    |

| 30   | Kottavalasa- Jagdalpur (Koraput)   | 189   | 2500   | 240   | 250   | bridges in Guntur- Santamaguluru (60 Km) and Betamcherla- Guntakal (104.47 Km) sections has also been invited. Earthwork, minor bridges and major bridges have been taken.   |
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