Lok Sabha Question No. 46 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-16
Subject: Details of Approved Rail Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 46 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.11.2016

## DETAILS OF APPROVED RAIL PROJECTS

- † 46.  SHRI ALOK SANJAR: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)   the zone-wise details including the west-central zone of Rail Projects  Specialy  in  Maharashtra  State  approved  during  the last three years and the current year;
- (b)   the  zone-wise  details  including  the  west-central  zone  of  the funds allocated and used for the said projects; and
- (c)   the zone-wise number of projects lagging behind the scheduled  time  and  the  number  of  projects  pending  due  to financial hurdles?

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

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 46  BY  SHRI  ALOK  SANJAR  AND  SHRIMATI  BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO  GAWALI  PATIL TO BE ANSWERED  IN LOK SABHA  ON 16.11.2016 REGARDING DETAILS OF APPROVED RAIL PROJECTS

(a)  &  (b):      The  zone-wise  details  of  Railway  Projects  included  in  Railway Budgets during the last three years and the current year i.e. 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 & 2016-17 including the west-central zone are as below: -

( ` in Crore)

| Zonal Railway      |   No. of projects sanctioned |   Length (in km) |   Latest Cost |   Exp. upto 31.3.2016 |   Outlay 2016-17 |
|--------------------|------------------------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------------|------------------|
| Central            |                           15 |          2342    |      25631.2  |                  0.01 |           752.14 |
| East Coast         |                           10 |          1765    |      18736    |                  1    |          1324.04 |
| East Central       |                           22 |          1373.7  |      15382    |                103.9  |          1192.14 |
| Eastern            |                            4 |           233    |       4307    |                  0.52 |           100.04 |
| North Central      |                           14 |          1205.18 |      15806.4  |                 44.57 |           827.18 |
| North Eastern      |                           15 |          1304.65 |      12167.5  |                  2.65 |           617.68 |
| Northeast Frontier |                            6 |           731.65 |       9776.95 |                 11    |           110.03 |
| Northern           |                           19 |          1571.1  |      18606    |                  0.61 |           887.32 |
| North Western      |                            6 |           595.8  |       2934.77 |                 15.15 |           388.15 |
| South Central      |                           12 |          2107    |      20603    |                  1.51 |           458.13 |
| South East Central |                           13 |          2000.7  |      16514    |                 93.7  |          1572.04 |
| South Eastern      |                            8 |           610.3  |       6136.09 |                152    |           436.06 |
| Southern           |                            8 |           484.7  |       6092.93 |                 24.43 |           648.7  |
| South Western      |                            9 |          1225    |       9909.37 |                  8.43 |           885.83 |
| West Central       |                            9 |           951.23 |       9652.62 |                 17.34 |           745.21 |
| Western            |                            9 |           647.67 |       4515.2  |                 21    |           856.06 |

Year-wise  outlays  against  these  projects  are  available  in  the  Budget Documents  (Volume-II,  Works,  Machinery  and  Rolling  Stock  Programme  of Railways), laid on the Table of the House alongwith annual Railway Budget.

(c):    Every  railway  project  requires  a  number  of  clearances  from  various Ministries  and  Departments  of  State/Central  Governments.  These,  inter-alia, include clearances inherent to land acquisition, forestry clearance and permission for  crossing  from  departments  like  National  Highway  Authority  of India, Public Works Department, Irrigation canals etc; and also clearances of Archeological Survey of India if the alignment passes in vicinity of a protected monument, local bodies for  projects  passing  through  urban  areas,  etc  which are  part  of  project  execution.  Process  of  seeking  the  approvals/clearances causes delay in completion of the projects. As a result, most of the ongoing projects are running behind schedule and facing cost overruns.  In addition, as per  the  prevailing  system,  funds  are  allocated  on  yearly  basis  based  on  the Gross Budgetary Support from Ministry of Finance & internal generation.  It is not  possible  to  measure  extent  of  time  and  cost  over-runs  due  to  several factors  as  mentioned above. However, it is Railways' endeavour to complete the ongoing projects expeditiously.

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