Lok Sabha Question No. 5222 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Basic Amenities
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BHOLA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5222 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## BASIC AMENITIES

5222.  DR. BHOLA SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Anand Vihar Railway terminal in Delhi has failed to provide basic amenities like cloak room, waiting room etc. despite spending a lot of taxpayers money in developing its infrastructure;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  trains  originating  from  this  station  or  destined  for  this station are always running late;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons for late running of trains; and
- (e) the measures being taken by the Railways to improve the situation and mitigate the problems being faced by the passengers?

## ANSWER

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

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  5222  BY  DR.  BHOLA  SINGH  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 05.04.2017 REGARDING BASIC AMENITIES

(a)  &  (b):  No,  Madam.  As  per  prescribed  norms  all  basic  amenities including  Cloak  room,  Waiting  room  etc.  are  available  at  Anand  Vihar Railway Terminal.

(c) & (d): Punctuality performance (PP) of trains originating and terminating at Anand Vihar during the last six months is given below:

| Months         |   Originating PP% |   Terminating PP% |
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| September 2016 |             68.32 |             19.94 |
| October 2016   |             66.5  |             16.92 |
| November 2016  |             58.55 |             10.03 |
| December 2016  |             36.28 |              2.26 |
| January 2017   |             52.79 |              4.92 |
| February 2017  |             63.54 |              8.03 |
| Average PP     |             57.6  |             10.35 |

Main reasons for late arrival and late departure of trains for Anand Vihar are the line capacity constraints over Mughalsarai-Ghaziabad and Mughalsarai-Lucknow-Moradabad-Ghaziabad sectors and terminal capacity constraints at Anand Vihar.

Trains  terminating  at  Anand  Vihar  are  delayed  over  the  most saturated  sections  of  North  Central  Railway  (Mughalsarai-Ghaziabad section) and Northern Railway (Lucknow-Moradabad-Ghaziabad section) which  are facing severe line capacity constraints on account  of increasing Passenger and Freight traffic. Trains also get delayed due to factors  related  to  its  internal  working  as  well  as  external  factors  of which  railways  are  not  in  control.  Other  than  asset  failures,  various constraints/difficulties adversely affect punctuality. Some  of these factors are adverse weather conditions (fog, rains, breaches), intermittent  natural  calamities  such  as  floods,  cyclones,  heavy  rains, heavy  road  traffic  at  level  crossing  gates  across  the  Indian  Railways network, multi faceted Law & order problems, Miscreant Activities such as theft of Railway assets, mid section run over cases involving cattle and human etc. (e): Railways  have  initiated  various  measures  aimed  at  improving punctuality  of  trains  over  Indian  Railways  network  by  sensitization  of staff  involved  in  train  operations,  controlling  asset  failures  and  their down-time,  prioritization  of  preventive  maintenance  of  assets,  time tabling  improvements,  capacity  enhancement  through  creation  of  new infrastructure such as providing automatic signaling in a phased manner over the Mughalsarai-Kanpur, provision of 3 rd  line corridors in a phased manner over Mughalsarai-Allahabad sector, providing Low Height Subways (LHS) and Road Over Bridges (ROBs) on congested routes for eliminating  level  crossing  gates,  execution  of  Eastern  and  Western dedicated  freight  corridors,  rationalization  of  terminals  and  routes  on Allahabad  division  to  avoid  congestion  on  the  route  etc.  For  factors affecting punctuality which are beyond railways control such as public agitations, law and order problems in left wing extremism affected areas etc., State Governments are being pursued for more effective resolution of these problems.

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