Lok Sabha Question No. 1424 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: New Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1424 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2017

## NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS

- † 1424.  SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of railway projects being undertaken by the Government in the country;
- (b) the details of new lines, gauge conversion, electrification and doubling of tracks etc. out of new railway projects, State-wise;
- (c) the  time  by  which  these  projects  are  likely  to  be  completed  and  the estimated cost of these projects; and
- (d) the details of steps taken by the Government for timely completion of these projects particularly in Maharashtra?

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. 1424 BY SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.12.2017 REGARDING NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS

- (a):   As on 01.04.2017, there are 177 New Line, 58 Gauge Conversion and 256 Doubling projects, which are in different stages of execution. Summarized position is as under:-

(

` in Crore)

| Plan Head       | No of Projects   | Total Length (in Km)   | Total Anticipated Cost   | Expenditure as on 31.3.2017   | Throwforward as on 01.04.17   |
|-----------------|------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| New lines       | 177              | 20412                  | 299013                   | 57084                         | 241929                        |
| Gauge           | 58               | 8005                   | 43903                    | 15328                         | 28472                         |
| Conversion      |                  |                        |                          |                               |                               |
| Doubling        | 256              | 19908                  | 184900                   | 34560                         | 149476                        |
| Electrification | 139              | 28431                  | 30574                    | 11715                         | 18859                         |

- (b):      State-wise  details  of  New  Line,  Gauge  Conversion,  Doubling  and Electrification projects are Appended.
- (c):      The  completion  of  railway  projects  requires  clearances  from  various departments of State Government and Central Ministries like acquisition of land, statutory clearances like forestry and wild life clearances, cutting of trees, shifting of services, construction of road over bridges and road under bridges by road maintaining agencies, NOC from State Irrigation Department and Power Corporations, law & order issues like protests against compensation to land losers, public agitation over alignment, Extremism and Naxalite problems  etc., which  are  beyond  the  control  of Ministry of Railways.  Thus, the funds for completion of projects are allocated on yearly basis depending on the total budget outlay, progress made in each project and  relative  priority.    Therefore,  it  is  not  feasible  to  fix  time  lines  for completion of all the projects.
- (d):    It  is  always  Railways'  endeavour  to  complete  the  ongoing  projects expeditiously.    Indian  Railways  have  taken  various  initiatives  to  increase pace of execution of projects as detailed below:-
1. Indian Railways have sanctioned about 12,690 Km of Doubling/3 rd & 4 th  line to  overcome  the  problem  of  Congestion  over  high  density  network  in  last three years i.e. 2015-16, 2016-17 & 2017-18.
2.  Making  higher  fund  allotment  for  projects.  The  capital  expenditure  for railways has been increased from ` 58,718 Cr in 2014-15 to around ` 93,795 Cr in 2015-16 to ` 1,11,661 crore in 2016-17 and a plan size of ` 1,31,000 crore has been kept for 2017-18.
3. Delegation of Powers to the field officers for tenders and estimates: The zonal  railways  have  been  delegated  full  powers  with  respect  to  works contracts.  Full  powers  have  been  given  to  General  Managers  of  Zonal Railways with respect to sanctioning of estimates. This has also resulted in cutting down time for sanction of estimate and tenders.
4. Institutional financing by tying up loan with M/s Life Insurance Corporation of India Limited for ` 1.5 lakh crore for assured funding of viable projects has increased Railways' capacity for committed fund provision for essential projects.

A progress of 7.75 km per day of network expansion was achieved in 201516 compared to an average of 4.1 km per day being achieved in previous 10 years  from  2004  to  2014.  During  2016-17,  2855  km  track  has  been commissioned  by  introducing  passenger  services.  For  the  year  2017-18  a target of 3500 km has been fixed.

Indian Railways have prepared an Action Plan to electrify (commission on electric traction) 38000 Route Kilometers in five years (2017-18 to 202122)  for  100%  electrification  of  its  Broad  Gauge  (BG)  rail  routes  at  an estimated cost of ` 32591 crore.    Year wise planning is as under:-

| Year    |   Route Kilometer planned for commissioning on electric traction. |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2017-18 |                                                              4000 |
| 2018-19 |                                                              6000 |
| 2019-20 |                                                              7000 |
| 2020-21 |                                                             10500 |
| 2021-22 |                                                             10500 |
| Total   |                                                             38000 |

To  expedite  electrification  of  railway  lines  in  the  country  including Maharashtra, various steps have been taken, which inter-alia include award of Engineering Procurement  and  Construction (EPC) contracts, better project monitoring mechanism, enhancing power of field units for award of contracts  including  sanction  of  estimates  and  increasing  the  number  of executing agencies from existing three to six by entrusting  electrification works  to  new  agencies  viz.    Indian  Railway  Construction  Company,  Rail India Technical and Economic Services and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited.

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APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1424 BY SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.12.2017 REGARDING NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS

## (b):    State-wise  details  of  all  New  Line,  Gauge  Conversion,  Doubling  and Railway Electrification projects are as tabulated below:-

## (i) New Line, Gauge Conversion &Doubling:

| Name of State                | No. of Projects   | No. of Projects   | No. of Projects   |
|------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|                              | New Line          | Gauge Conversion  | Doubling          |
| Assam & North Eastern Region | 15                |                   | 6                 |
| Andhra Pradesh               | 17                |                   | 14                |
| Bihar                        | 34                | 5                 | 13                |
| Chhattisgarh                 | 7                 |                   | 12                |
| Delhi                        | 1                 |                   | 5                 |
| Gujarat                      | 4                 | 26                | 10                |
| Haryana                      | 7                 | 1                 | 4                 |
| Himachal Pradesh             | 4                 |                   | -                 |
| Jammu & Kashmir              | 1                 |                   | 4                 |
| Jharkhand                    | 12                |                   | 18                |
| Karnataka                    | 18                |                   | 13                |
| Kerala                       | 2                 | 1                 | 7                 |
| Madhya Pradesh               | 8                 | 5                 | 23                |
| Maharashtra                  | 13                | 4                 | 19                |
| Odisha                       | 9                 | 1                 | 26                |
| Punjab                       | 6                 |                   | 9                 |
| Rajasthan                    | 10                | 6                 | 11                |
| Telangana                    | 10                |                   | 5                 |
| Tamil Nadu                   | 9                 | 6                 | 12                |
| Uttar Pradesh                | 15                | 9                 | 49                |
| Uttarakhand                  | 3                 | 2                 | 1                 |
| West Bengal                  | 21                | 4                 | 42                |

## (ii) Railway Electrification:-

| STATE(s)    | Project               |   RKM |
|-------------|-----------------------|-------|
| Maharashtra | Daund-Baramati        |    44 |
| Maharashtra | Wani-Pimpalkhutti     |    66 |
| Maharashtra | Miraj-Kurduwadi-Latur |   377 |
| Bihar       | Biharsharif-Daniawan  |    38 |

| STATE(s)                       | Project                                                   |   RKM |
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------|
| Bihar                          | Ara - Sasaram                                             |    97 |
| Bihar                          | Fatuha - Islampur                                         |    43 |
| Bihar                          | Darbhanga-Jaynagar                                        |    69 |
| Jharkhand                      | Giridih-Nawadih-Koderma                                   |   114 |
| Bihar                          | Raxaul-Sitamarhi-Darbhanga- Samastipur                    |   231 |
| Bihar                          | Samastipur-Khagaria                                       |    85 |
| Rajasthan                      | Bandikui-Bharatpur                                        |    97 |
| Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh | Birlanagar-Etawah                                         |   115 |
| Uttar Pradesh                  | Bhandai-Udi                                               |   113 |
| Uttar Pradesh                  | Shikohabad-Farrukhabad                                    |   158 |
| Bihar & Uttar Pradesh          | Kaptanganj-Thawe-Khairah- Chhapra Kacheri                 |   206 |
| Uttar Pradesh                  | Mankapur-Katra-Ayodhya                                    |    38 |
| Uttar Pradesh                  | Kasganj-Bareilly, Bhojipura- Daliganj                     |   401 |
| Assam                          | Guwahati-Dibrugarh via Tinsukia and Simaluguri- Dibrugarh |   656 |
| Assam                          | New Bongaigaon-Agthori via Rangiya                        |   143 |
| West Bengal                    | Raninagar Jalpaiguri- Samuktala Road                      |   129 |
| Assam                          | New Bongaigaon-Goalpara- Kamakhya                         |   175 |
| Uttar Pradesh                  | Unnao-Balamau-Sitapur                                     |   162 |
| Haryana                        | Narwana - Kurukshetra                                     |    86 |
| Uttar Pradesh                  | Bareilly-Chandausi-Harduaganj incl. Chandausi-Moradabad   |   199 |
| Uttar Pradesh                  | Gajraula-Muazzampur Narain                                |    95 |
| Haryana                        | Panipat-Jind                                              |    70 |
| Haryana                        | Rohtak -Panipat                                           |    71 |
| Uttrakhand                     | Raiwala-Rishikesh                                         |    12 |
| Haryana                        | Garhi Harsaru-Farukhnagar                                 |    12 |
| Punjab                         | Amritsar-Batala-Bharoli                                   |   104 |
| Haryana                        | Rewari-Rohtak                                             |    74 |
| Uttar Pradesh                  | Unnao-Unchahar                                            |   113 |
| Uttar Pradesh & Uttrakhand     | Najibabad-Kotdwara                                        |    24 |

| STATE(s)                   | Project                                                                        |   RKM |
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
| Rajasthan                  | 2 nd line Alwar-Bandikui                                                       |    60 |
| Haryana & Rajasthan        | Rewari-Sadulpur-Hanumangarh                                                    |   320 |
| Rajasthan                  | Sadulpur-Ratangarh-Bikaner Lalgarh incl. Ratangarh Sardarshahar                |   286 |
| TamilNadu                  | Villupuram-Cuddalore Port- Mayiladuturai- Thanjavur & Mayiladuturai-Thiruvarur |   228 |
| TamilNadu & Karnataka      | Bengaluru-Omalur via Hosur                                                     |   196 |
| Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh | Chikjajur-Bellary                                                              |   184 |
| Karnataka & Maharashtra    | Gadag-Hotgi                                                                    |   284 |
| Karnataka                  | Chikbanavar-Hubli                                                              |   456 |
| Madhya Pradesh             | Guna-Gwalior                                                                   |   227 |
| Gujarat                    | Rajkot-Sikka-Okha                                                              |   271 |
| Madhya Pradesh             | Ratlam-Fatehabad- Laxmibainagar                                                |   115 |
| Gujarat                    | Wankaner-Dahinsara-Maliya Miyana & Surendranagar- Dhrangandhra                 |   132 |

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