Lok Sabha Question No. 2573 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Doubling/Electrification of Railway Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN, KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2573 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## DOUBLING/ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY LINES

2573.     SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN: DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways has received representations for doubling of railway line from various organizations/road users as well as from the Government of Gujarat and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of surveys that were proposed for doubling of railway lines in Gujarat during the last five years i.e. 2011-12 to 2016-17;
- (c) the number of surveys of doubling of railway lines that have been started and completed; and
- (d)  the  number  of  construction  of  doubling  of  railway  line  projects that have started?

## 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. 2573 BY SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN AND DR.  KIRIT  P.  SOLANKI  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 03.01.2018  REGARDING  DOUBLING/ELECTRIFICATION  OF  RAILWAY LINES

(a):  Requests  for  doubling,  both  formal  as  well  as  informal,  are received  by  Railways  at  various  levels  i.e.  Railway  Board,  Zonal Railways  and  Divisional Headquarters,  etc. As receipt of  such requests/suggestions is a continuous and dynamic process, centralized compendium of such requests is not maintained.

(b)  to  (d):  Surveys  for  9  doubling  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the state of Gujarat have been completed during the last five years i.e. 2011-12 to 2016-17. All the surveys have been completed. The details of the surveys and their status are as under:

( ` in crore)

|   S. No. | Name of the Project                   | Year of sanction   | Year of Complet- ion   |   KMS |   Cost | Status                                                                                                         |
|----------|---------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|-------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Vatva- Ahemdabad- Sabarmati 4 th line | 2015-16            | 2016-17                |    18 |    231 | Work sanctioned in 2015-16. Earthwork, bridges works, ballast supply etc. are in different stages of progress. |
|        2 | Surendranaga r-Rajkot doubling        | 2015-16            | 2016-17                |   116 |   1002 | Work sanctioned in 2015-16. Earthwork, bridges works, ballast supply etc. are in different stages of progress. |

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|   3 | Anand- Godhara doubling                                | 2015-16   |         |   79 | 683   | Work included in Budget 2017-18 subject to requisite approvals from the Government. Detailed Project Report (DPR) under preparation.   |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------|------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   4 | Rajkot-Okha doubling                                   | 2012-13   | 2016-17 |  252 | 1997  | Survey completed & report under examination.                                                                                           |
|   5 | Rajkot- Junagarh (Ahmedabad- Junagarh doubling)        | 2011-12   | 2017-18 |  103 | 812   | Survey completed and the proposal could not be taken forward due to its un- remunerative nature.                                       |
|   6 | Rajkot-Veraval (Junagarh- Veraval) doubling            | 2013-14   |         |   85 |       | Survey taken up.                                                                                                                       |
|   7 | Makarpura- Vadodara 'P' (8.5 km) 3 rd line & 4 th line | 2015-16   |         |    9 |       | Survey taken up.                                                                                                                       |
|   8 | Utran- Ankleshwar (46 km) 3 rd & 4 th line             | 2017-18   |         |   46 |       | Survey taken up.                                                                                                                       |
|   9 | Mehsana- Palanpur doubling                             | 2017-18   |         |   65 |       | Survey taken up.                                                                                                                       |

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