Lok Sabha Question No. 5515 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Survey of Railway Projects in Bihar
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAMA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5515 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2018

SURVEY OF RAILWAY PROJECTS IN BIHAR

†5515.  SHRIMATI  RAMA  DEVI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  for  laying railway lines, gauge conversion and electrification of railway lines in Bihar; and

(b) if so, the details and the outcome thereof, location-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) and (b):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  5515  BY  SHRIMATI  RAMA  DEVI  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  28.03.2018  REGARDING  SURVEY  OF RAILWAY PROJECTS IN BIHAR.

(a)  and  (b):  At  present  surveys  for  laying  of  34  new  lines  and  7 doublings falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar have been taken up and are at different stages of progress. However,  there is no sanctioned survey for any Gauge Conversion project falling fully/partly in Bihar. Details of these surveys are as under:-

|   S. No. | Zonal Railways   | Plan head   | Name of the Project                                                                                           |   KMS |
|----------|------------------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|        1 | ECR              | New Line    | Areraj-Narkatiaganj via Lauria                                                                                |    87 |
|        2 | ECR              | New Line    | Bagha-Choutrava-Bathwadiya-Nawalpur- Louria-Yogapatti Betiya-Ghogha-Vaishkhawa-Balthar-Mainatad- Bhikhnathori |    45 |
|        3 | ECR              | New Line    | Barauni-Hasanpur via. Bhagvanpur and Cheria Bariarpur                                                         |    50 |
|        4 | ECR              | New Line    | Bhagwanpur-Samastipur via mahua, Tajpur                                                                       |    60 |
|        5 | ECR              | New Line    | Bihar Sharif-Nawada                                                                                           |    36 |
|        6 | ECR              | New Line    | Bihariganj-Birpur (92 Km) via Murliganj, Triveniganj Khurda, Jadia, Chatapur,Pratapganj Bhimnagar)            |    95 |
|        7 | ECR              | New Line    | Biharsharief-Jahanabad via Enkgarsari                                                                         |    65 |
|        8 | ECR              | New Line    | Chakia-Bairgania via Madhubani, Phenhara                                                                      |    50 |
|        9 | ECR              | New Line    | Chakia-Kesariya (Kaithwalia                                                                                   |    25 |
|       10 | ECR              | New Line    | Darbhanga-Muzaffarpur                                                                                         |    50 |
|       11 | ECR              | New Line    | Dehri-On-Son - Bhunathpur                                                                                     |    39 |
|       12 | ECR              | New Line    | Dhanbad-Giridih (50 Km)                                                                                       |    50 |
|       13 | ECR              | New Line    | Dildarnagar-Mundeshwari Dham                                                                                  |    70 |
|       14 | ECR              | New Line    | Ghogardia to Ghoghepur via Kishanpatti, Jamalpur                                                              |    50 |
|       15 | ECR              | New Line    | Hasanpur-Tilrath                                                                                              |    35 |
|       16 | ECR              | New Line    | Islampur-Bodhgaya via Manpur                                                                                  |    50 |
|       17 | ECR              | New Line    | Islampur-Khizersarai-Manpur                                                                                   |    60 |
|       18 | ECR              | New Line    | Jhajha-Girdih via Sonuchakai                                                                                  |    82 |
|       19 | ECR              | New Line    | Kusheshwarsthan-Saharsa                                                                                       |    35 |
|       20 | ECR              | New Line    | Lalitgram-Puraini-Murliganj                                                                                   |    55 |
|       21 | ECR              | New Line    | Lohna-Muktapur via Alinagar, Trimuhani, Bahedi                                                                |    75 |
|       22 | ECR              | New Line    | Madhubani-Benipatti-Pupri                                                                                     |    45 |
|       23 | ECR              | New Line    | Madhubani-Kamtaul                                                                                             |    30 |
|       24 | ECR              | New Line    | Madhubani-Sitamarhi-Bairgnia via Shivpur, Pakri Dayal, Dhaka,                                                 |    50 |

ECR -  East Central Railway,    NER - North Eastern Railway, NFR - Northeast Frontier Railway

|   S. No. | Zonal Railways   | Plan head   | Name of the Project                                                                                                      |   KMS |
|----------|------------------|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|       25 | ECR              | New Line    | Maharajganj-Ratan Sarai via Afrad, Laddhi, Jamo                                                                          |    32 |
|       26 | ECR              | New Line    | Motipur-Rajapatti via Sahibganj                                                                                          |    58 |
|       27 | ECR              | New Line    | Mugalsarai-Bhabua via Naughar                                                                                            |    40 |
|       28 | ECR              | New Line    | Nawadah-Giridih via Satgawan                                                                                             |   130 |
|       29 | ECR              | New Line    | New Line from Jehanabad-Arwal via Kinjar                                                                                 |    45 |
|       30 | ECR              | New Line    | Pawapuri-Nawada                                                                                                          |    35 |
|       31 | ECR              | New Line    | Simri Bhakhtiyarpur-Bihariganj                                                                                           |    54 |
|       32 | ECR              | New Line    | Sitamarhi-Janakpur via Bathnaha                                                                                          |    45 |
|       33 | ECR              | New Line    | Thawe-Motihari-Choura Dano                                                                                               |    90 |
|       34 | ECR              | New Line    | 2 Nos. Bye-passes at Bachhwara-Samastipur & Garhwa Road                                                                  |    34 |
|       35 | ECR              | Doubling    | 7 nos. Of flyovers at Sasaram, Phulwarisharif, Patliputra-Danapur, Pradhankhanta, Ankorah, Chiraila Pauthu & Mughalsarai |   154 |
|       36 | ECR              | Doubling    | Doubling work of Muzaffarpur-Motihari- Narkatiaganj-Gorakhpur                                                            |   318 |
|       37 | ECR              | Doubling    | MGS-Patna-Kiul 3rd line                                                                                                  |   335 |
|       38 | NER              | Doubling    | Gorakhpur Cantt-Valmiki Nagar                                                                                            |    91 |
|       39 | NFR              | Doubling    | Katihar-Mukuria                                                                                                          |    39 |
|       40 | NFR              | Doubling    | Malda Town-Kumedpur-Barsoi 3rd line                                                                                      |    56 |
|       41 | NFR              | Doubling    | Radhikapur -Barsoi                                                                                                       |    52 |

For  achieving  100%  electrification  including  all  Broad  Gauge  (BG) routes,  Ministry  of  Railways  have  decided  to  electrify  the  remaining unelectrified 38000 broad gauge Route Kilometre (RKM). In  Budget  2018-19,  13675  RKM  of  electrification  projects  (including 566 RKM of State of Bihar) have been included subject to necessary approvals.

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