Lok Sabha Question No. 3629 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DEVENDRA (ALIAS) BHOLE SINGH SINGH, Sarfaraz Alam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3629 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2018

## RAILWAY PROJECTS

## †3629. SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE: SHRI SARFARAZ ALAM:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of railway projects being run across the country;
- (b) the  State-wise  details  of  the  works  of  construction  of  new rail lines, gauge conversion, electrification and doubling etc. projects especially of Purnia, Araria and Kishanganj rail line;
- (c) the estimated time and cost of completing the said projects; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  complete  the  said projects in time especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar?

## 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. 3629 BY SHRI SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE  AND  SHRI  SARFARAZ  ALAM  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA ON 08.08.2018 REGARDING RAILWAY PROJECTS

- (a)    and  (b):    State-wise  details  of  projects  of  New  Line,  Gauge Conversion, Doubling and electrification including Purnia, Araria and Kishanganj  included  in  Budget  which  are  in  different  stages  of execution/ planning are as under:-

| Name of State                | No. of projects*   | No. of projects*   | No. of projects*   | No. of projects*   |
|------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Name of State                | New Line           | Gauge Conversion   | Doubling           | Electrification    |
| Assam & North Eastern Region | 15                 | -                  | 6                  | 3                  |
| Andhra Pradesh               | 18                 | -                  | 15                 | 6                  |
| Bihar                        | 34                 | 5                  | 14                 | 12                 |
| Chhattisgarh                 | 8                  | -                  | 9                  | 1                  |
| Delhi                        | 1                  | -                  | 5                  | 1                  |
| Gujarat                      | 4                  | 25                 | 13                 | 7                  |
| Goa                          | -                  | -                  | -                  | 1                  |
| Haryana                      | 7                  | 1                  | 4                  | 8                  |
| Himachal Pradesh             | 4                  | -                  | -                  | -                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir              | 1                  | -                  | 2                  | -                  |
| Jharkhand                    | 14                 | -                  | 18                 | 6                  |
| Karnataka                    | 16                 | -                  | 15                 | 8                  |
| Kerala                       | 2                  | -                  | 8                  | 1                  |
| Madhya Pradesh               | 8                  | 5                  | 25                 | 11                 |
| Maharashtra                  | 12                 | 4                  | 18                 | 13                 |
| Odisha                       | 10                 | -                  | 25                 | 4                  |
| Punjab                       | 6                  | -                  | 9                  | 5                  |
| Rajasthan                    | 10                 | 6                  | 16                 | 11                 |
| Telangana                    | 9                  | -                  | 5                  | 3                  |
| Tamil Nadu                   | 8                  | 5                  | 11                 | 4                  |
| Uttar Pradesh                | 15                 | 8                  | 61                 | 24                 |
| Uttarakhand                  | 3                  | -                  | 1                  | 2                  |
| West Bengal                  | 18                 | 4                  | 39                 | 4                  |

(c):    The  completion  of  Railway  projects  requires  clearance  from various  departments  of  State  Government  and  Central  Ministries like acquisition of land, statutory clearances like forestry and wild life,    shifting  of  utilities  etc.,  which  affect  the  pace  and  timely execution of projects, hence no time frame can be given. Further, the details of all works included in budget including funds spent on each project, allotment of funds and expenditure are made available in public domain on Indian Railways website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in  and  are  also  available  in  Pink  Books presented before the House alongwith Budget every year.

(d):    For  timely  completion  of  the  projects,  Railways  is  holding regular  meetings  with  State  Government  and  concerned  Central Government  officials  on  various  issues  involving  alignment,  land acquisition, forestry and wild life clearances, law & order problems, shifting of utilities etc.

For  important  projects,  capacity  enhancement  projects,  last  mile connectivity etc,  institutional financing has been done by arranging loan from M/s Life Insurance Corporation of India Limited for 1.5 lakh crore, which has increased Railways' capacity for committed fund provision for essential projects.

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