Lok Sabha Question No. 304 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Railway Projects in Karnataka
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 304 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2018

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN KARNATAKA

- *304.   SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of various railway projects underway in the State of Karnataka, zone and project-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  projects  which  are  behind  schedule  and  the reasons therefor, project-wise;
- (c) the cost overrun for each of the pending projects; and
- (d) the  measures  that  have  been  taken/are  being  taken  by  the Government to complete the projects within the stipulated time or extended  time frame?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COAL, FINANCE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (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 STARRED QUESTION  NO.  304  BY  SHRI  S.P.  MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  08.08.2018  REGARDING  RAILWAY PROJECTS IN KARNATAKA

(a)  to  (c):  16  new  line  projects  costing ` 21,098 crore having length of 2146 Km and 15 doubling projects costing ` 14,105 crore having length of 1923 Km falling fully/partly in the State of Karnataka are in different stages of approval/planning/execution. Details of ongoing New Line and Doubling  projects  falling  partly  or  fully  in  the  State  of  Karnataka  are appended.

(d): Following measures have been taken up to expedite completion of the projects:

-  Railway has recently issued policy guidelines for land acquisition.  Under this policy, Railway has decided to take up the execution only after substantial land acquisition.
-  Regular follow up with State Government for land acquisition: Chief  Secretary  of  State  Government  has  been  requested  to expedite the land acquisition.
-  Institutional financing by tying up loan with M/s Life Insurance Corporation  of  India  Limited  for ` 1.5  lakh  crore  for  assured funding of projects has increased Railways' capacity for committed fund provision for essential projects.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  304  BY SHRI  S.P.  MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  08.08.2018  REGARDING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN KARNATAKA

## (a)  to  (c):  Details  of  ongoing  New  Line  and  Doubling  projects  falling  partly  or  fully  in  the  State  of Karnataka are as under:-

| S. No.   | Project                                                                               | Railway       | Year of inclusion   | Anticipated cost   | Expenditure upto March, 2018   | Outlay 2018- 19   | Status                                                                                                                                                      |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          |                                                                                       |               |                     | ( ` in crore)      | ( ` in crore)                  | ( ` in crore)     |                                                                                                                                                             |
|          | NEW LINE                                                                              |               |                     |                    |                                |                   |                                                                                                                                                             |
| 1        | Kadur- Chickmagalur- Sakleshpur (93 Km)                                               | South Western | 1996-97             | 936                | 416                            | 60                | Kadur-Chickmagalur (46 Km) commissioned. Balance work is with land free of cost and 50% cost sharing by Government of Karnataka. Land acquisition taken up. |
| 2        | Hejjala- Chamarajanagar (142 Km) of Bangalore- Chamarajanagar- Satyamangalam (260 Km) | South Western | 1996-97             | 1395               | 4                              | 0.50              | Work is with land free of cost and 50% cost sharing by Government of Karnataka. Land acquisition papers for 1624 acre land on Hejjala- Chamarajanagar       |

|    |                                  |                               |         |      |      |     | section (142 Km) falling in Karnataka submitted to State Government. Work beyond Chamarajanagar falling in Tamil Nadu is not being executed, falling in Reserve Forest area.                                                                                                          |
|----|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------|------|------|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  3 | Hubli-Ankola (167 Km)            | South Western                 | 1997-98 | 2315 |  128 |  20 | Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has been requested to give approval of diversion of 595 hectare forest land.                                                                                                                                                         |
|  4 | Munirabad- Mahboobnagar (246 Km) | South Central & South Western | 1997-98 | 2800 | 1118 | 275 | Work on Munirabad (Ginigera)-Raichur (165 Km) in Karnataka area is on 50% cost sharing by Government of Karnataka. On this project, Munirabad (Ginigera)-Budhgumpa- Chikkabenakal (27 Km) & Devakadra-Jaklair (28.55 Km) new line and Krishna-Yeramaras (16 Km) DN line commissioned. |

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|    |                                             |                               |         |      |     |     | Work taken up in Chikkabenakal-Karatagi (41 Km) in Karnataka area. Further, land acquisition taken up in balance length.                                                                            |
|----|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------|------|-----|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  5 | Rayadurg- Tumkur (213Km)                    | South Western                 | 2007-08 | 2062 | 605 | 221 | Work is on 50% cost sharing by Governments of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh for section falling in their respective states. 119 Km falls in Karnataka area where land acquisition has been taken up. |
|  6 | Cuddapah- Bangalore (Bangarpet) (255.40 Km) | South Central & South Western | 2008-09 | 1997 | 408 | 175 | Work is on 50% cost sharing by Government of Andhra Pradesh. Bangarpet(Kolar)- Mudghatta (43 Km) is in Karnataka area. On this stretch, land acquisition has been taken up.                         |

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|   7 | Bagalkot- Kudachi (142 Km)   | South Western   | 2010-11   |   1293 |   441 |    35 | Work is with land free of cost and 50% cost sharing by Government of Karnataka. Bagalkot- Khajdoni (30 Km) commissioned. For balance portion, land acquisition has been taken up.   |
|-----|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|--------|-------|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   8 | Shimoga- Harihar (79 Km)     | South Western   | 2011-12   |    833 |     2 |  1    | Work is with land free of cost and 50% cost sharing by Government of Karnataka. Land acquisition has been taken up.                                                                 |
|   9 | Whitefield- Kolar (53 Km)    | South Western   | 2011-12   |    548 |     0 |  0.25 | Work is with land free of cost and 50% cost sharing by Government of Karnataka. Land acquisition has been taken up.                                                                 |
|  10 | Marikuppam- Kuppam (24 Km)   | South Western   | 2011-12   |    280 |     3 | 55    | 6 Km stretch fall in Karnataka area and 18 Km falls in Andhra Pradesh area. Land acquisition has been taken up.                                                                     |

|   11 | Tumkur- Davangere (200 Km)         | South Western   | 2011-12   |   1801 |   73 |   135 | Work is with land free of cost and 50% cost sharing by Government of Karnataka. Land acquisition has been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|------|------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|--------|------|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   12 | Gadag-Wadi (252 Km)                | South Western   | 2013-14   |   2842 |  202 | 145   | Work is with land free of cost and 50% cost sharing by Government of Karnataka. 725 acres out of 750 acres in Talakal- Kushtagi section (57 Km) acquired and earthwork and minor bridges have been taken up. 606 acre out of 642 acre in Shahpur-Wadi section (47 Km) acquired. For balance portion, land acquisition has been taken up. |
|   13 | Chikballapur- Gowribidanur (44 Km) | South Western   | 2013-14   |    692 |    0 |   0.1 | Project has been found financially unviable even with State Government providing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

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|    |                                                          |               |         |     |    |     | land free of cost and sharing 50% of construction cost of the project.                                                                                                                                                     |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------|-----|----|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 14 | Chikballapur- Puttaparthy-Sri Satya Sai Nilayam (103 Km) | South Western | 2013-14 | 368 |  0 | 0.1 | Project has been found financially unviable even with State Government providing land free of cost and sharing 50% of construction cost of the project.                                                                    |
| 15 | Srinivasapura- Madanapalli (75 Km)                       | South Western | 2013-14 | 296 |  0 | 0.1 | Project has been found financially unviable even with State Government providing land free of cost and sharing 50% of construction cost of the                                                                             |
| 16 | Gadag-Yalvigi (58 Km)                                    | South Western | 2017-18 | 640 |  0 | 0.5 | Project included in Budget subject to requisite approvals. Detailed Project Report examined. Project is not found finically viable. State Government has been asked for free land and sharing of 50% of construction cost. |

|    | DOUBLING                                                                 |               |         |      |      |    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------|------|------|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  1 | Bangalore Whitefield- Bangalore City- Krishnarajapuram (38Km)            | South Western | 1997-98 |  492 |    0 |  6 | 3 rd & 4 th line on Bangalore-Whitefield section (38 Km) has been sanctioned in March, 2018.                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|  2 | Kankanadi- Panambur (19 Km)                                              | Southern      | 2006-07 |  238 |  142 | 77 | Panambur-Jokate(6 Km) commissioned. Work on Jokate-Mangalore (13 Km) section taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|  3 | Daund-Gulbarga (224.90 Km) and Pune-Guntakal electrification (641.37 Km) | Central       | 2009-10 | 1750 | 1394 | 75 | On this project, Gulbarga-Dudhani (50 Km) section is in Karnataka area and Dudhani-Hotgi-Gulbarga (175 Km) section is in Maharashtra area. So far, Hotgi-Akkalkot Road (23 Km) and Mohol-Vakav (23 Km) sections have been commissioned in Maharashtra. Work has been taken up in complete project. |

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|   4 | Hospet-Hubli- Londa- Tinaighat- Vasco-da- Gama (308 Km)   | South Western   | 2010-11   |   2127 |   951 |    81 | On this project, 236 Km falls in Karnataka area and 72 Km falls in Goa area. On Karnataka area, 84 Km of doubling has been commissioned. Work has been taken up in balance section of Karnataka.                                     |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|--------|-------|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   5 | Tornagallu- Ranjitpura (23 Km)                            | South Western   | 2011-12   |    147 |     0 |   0.1 | In view of low capacity utilisation of existing line, this project is not being executed.                                                                                                                                            |
|   6 | Hotgi-Kudgi- Gadag (284 Km)                               | South Western   | 2014-15   |   1798 |   208 | 400   | 238 Km falls in Karnataka and 26 Km falls in Maharashtra. Work on Hotgi-Kudgi section(134 Km) is being funded by National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC). Minchinal-Lachyan (43 Km) commissioned. Work on balance section taken up. |

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|   7 | Renigunta (9.6 Km), Gooty (7.6 Km) & Wadi (3.8 Km) bypass (21 Km)   | South Central & South Western   | 2015-16   |   273 |   12 |   26 | Wadi bye-pass work is in Karnataka area. For this, preparation of plans has been taken up.                                                                                                                           |
|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------|-------|------|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   8 | Pune-Miraj- Londa (467 Km)                                          | Central & South Western         | 2015-16   |  3628 |  280 |  435 | Pune-Miraj section (281 Km) falls in Maharashtra area and Miraj-Londa section (186 Km) falls in Karnataka area. Works have been taken up.                                                                            |
|   9 | Yelahanka- Penukonda (121 Km)                                       | South Western                   | 2015-16   |   860 |  142 |  120 | Government of Andhra Pradesh is sharing 50% cost for the length falling in their state. Yelahanka-Devarapalli (71 Km) is in Karnataka area and balance 50 Km falls in Andhra Pradesh area. Works have been taken up. |
|  10 | Hubli-Chikjajur (190 Km)                                            | South Western                   | 2015-16   |  1141 |  321 |  250 | Works have been taken up in complete project.                                                                                                                                                                        |

|   11 | Arsikere-Tumkur (96 Km)               | South Western   | 2015-16   |   578 |   129 |   100 | Works have been taken up in complete project.                                                                                                                                                   |
|------|---------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|-------|-------|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   12 | Birur-Shimoga (60 Km)                 | South Western   | 2016-17   |   500 |     0 |  10   | Project included in Budget subject to requisite approvals. In view of low capacity utilization of exiting line and reduction in traffic on project section, this project is not being executed. |
|   13 | Netravati- Mangalore Central (1.5 Km) | Southern        | 2016-17   |    28 |     0 |  21   | Requisite approvals for the project obtained in May, 2017. Detailed estimate of ` 28 crore sanctioned. Agency finalised.                                                                        |
|   14 | Yeshwantpur- Channasandra (21.7 Km)   | South Western   | 2018-19   |   170 |     0 |   0.1 | New project sanctioned in Budget 2018-19.                                                                                                                                                       |
|   15 | Baiyyappanahalli- Hosur (48 Km)       | South Western   | 2018-19   |   376 |     0 |   0.1 | New project sanctioned in Budget 2018-19.                                                                                                                                                       |

Completion of Railway projects requires acquisition of land, statutory clearances like forestry and wild life, shifting of utilities etc.  These matters may cause delay in completion of projects, cost and time overrun in the projects.

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