Lok Sabha Question No. 2776 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-02
Subject: Unmanned Level Crossings in AP and Telangana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MURALI MOHAN MAGANTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2776 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2017

## UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS IN AP AND TELANGANA

2776.    SHRI M. MURALI MOHAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a) the  list  of  unmanned  level  crossings,  identified  across  the country with special reference to the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States; and
- (b) the  number  of  such  level  crossings  which  have  already  been eliminated/to be eliminated during the last year and the current year in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) & (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. 2776 BY SHRI M. MURALI MOHAN TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  02.08.2017  REGARDING  UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS IN AP AND TELANGANA

(a): Number of unmanned level crossings (UMLCs) identified on Broad Gauge  in  the  country,  State-wise,  as  on  01.04.2017,  including  the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, is as below:

| S.N.        | State           |   Number of Unmanned Level Crossings in the country (as on 01.04.2017) |
|-------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh  |                                                                    272 |
| 2           | Assam           |                                                                    141 |
| 3           | Bihar           |                                                                    540 |
| 4           | Chandigarh      |                                                                      0 |
| 5           | Chattisgarh     |                                                                     15 |
| 6           | Delhi           |                                                                      1 |
| 7           | Goa             |                                                                      0 |
| 8           | Gujarat         |                                                                    791 |
| 9           | Haryana         |                                                                     92 |
| 10 Himachal | Pradesh         |                                                                      2 |
| 11          | Jammu & Kashmir |                                                                      1 |
| 12          | Jharkhand       |                                                                    113 |
| 13          | Karnataka       |                                                                    253 |
| 14          | Kerala          |                                                                      7 |
| 15          | Madhya Pradesh  |                                                                     46 |
| 16          | Maharashtra     |                                                                     76 |
| 17          | Manipur         |                                                                      0 |
| 18          | Mizoram         |                                                                      0 |
| 19          | Nagaland        |                                                                      0 |
| 20          | Odisha          |                                                                    223 |
| 21          | Puducherry      |                                                                      2 |
| 22          | Punjab          |                                                                    334 |
| 23          | Rajasthan       |                                                                    472 |
| 24          | Tamil Nadu      |                                                                    333 |
| 25          | Telangana       |                                                                     37 |
| 26          | Tripura         |                                                                      0 |
| 27          | Uttar Pradesh   |                                                                    904 |
| 28          | Uttarakhand     |                                                                     26 |
| 29          | West Bengal     |                                                                    262 |
| Total       |                 |                                                                   4943 |

(b):  During  the  year  2016-17,  in  Andhra  Pradesh  and  Telangana,  119 UMLCs and 34 UMLCs have been eliminated respectively.  Target for elimination of UMLCs for 2017-18 in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is 71 and 16 respectively.  During the current year i.e. 2017-18 (upto June 2017),  in  Andhra  Pradesh  15  UMLCs  have  been  eliminated  and  in Telangana 3 UMLCs have been eliminated.

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