Lok Sabha Question No. 1796 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Railway Projects in Karnataka
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1796 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN KARNATAKA

## 1796.   SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways has studied in detail the railway development projects running late throughout the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, Zone-wise; and
- (c) the names of projects of Karnataka which have been decided to be completed on priority basis in the  current and the next financial year?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) & (b):   Railway projects require clearances from various departments of Central/State Government like Forestry & Wild Life clearance, NOC for Road  Crossings,  Canal  &  Electrical  crossings  etc.  Besides  these,  land acquisition is a major activity for commencement of work which takes a lot of time.  The progress of all projects also depends on yearly allotment of funds.  All these factors are beyond the control of Ministry of Railways and result in delay in execution of the projects.

All  sanctioned  projects  are  reviewed  periodically,  both  at  Ministry and  Zonal  Railway  level  for  which  there  exists a well  established mechanism.  Project  monitoring and removing  impediments  for their expeditious  completion  is  a  continuous  exercise  and  is  done  at  several levels  i.e.  Divisional,  Zonal  and  Railway  Board  level.  As  this  process  of review is continuous and dynamic process, no centralized compendium is maintained.

(c):   All projects are equally important for Indian Railways which include Projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Karnataka  also.  To  facilitate capacity enhancement, Indian Railways are taking up doubling / multiple line projects presently on priority compared to Gauge Conversion & New Line  projects  because  of  their  capital  intensiveness  and  long  gestation period.  A  list  of  doubling  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Karnataka is appended.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1796 BY SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE TO BE ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  26.07.2017  REGARDING  RAILWAY  PROJECTS  IN KARNATAKA

## (c): Details of doubling  projects  falling fully/partly in the State  of Karnataka are as given below:-

|   S. No. | Name of Project                                                          |   Latest cost ( ` in Crore) |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | Bangalore Whitefield-Bangalore City- Krishnarajapuram (23 Km)            |                       84.99 |
|        2 | Raichur-Guntakal (81.10 Km)                                              |                      221.93 |
|        3 | Kankanadi-Panambur (19 Km)                                               |                      226.59 |
|        4 | Ramanagaram-Mysore (91.5 Km)                                             |                     1309.09 |
|        5 | Daund-Gulbarga (224.90 Km) and Pune-Guntakal electrification (641.37 Km) |                     1514.45 |
|        6 | Hospet-Hubli-Londa-Tinaighat-Vasco-da-Gama (352 Km)                      |                     4254    |
|        7 | Tornagallu-Ranjitpura (23 Km)                                            |                      146.75 |
|        8 | Hotgi-Kudgi-Gadag (284 Km)                                               |                     1822    |
|        9 | Renigunta (9.6 Km), Gooty (7.6 Km) & Wadi (3.8 Km) bypass                |                      273.05 |
|       10 | Pune-Miraj-Londa (467 Km)                                                |                     3627.46 |
|       11 | Yelahanka-Penukonda (121 Km)                                             |                      860.43 |
|       12 | Hubli-Chikjajur (190 Km)                                                 |                     1140.94 |
|       13 | Arsikere-Tumkur (96 Km)                                                  |                      578    |
|       14 | Birur-Shimoga (60 Km)                                                    |                      500    |
|       15 | Netravati-Mangalore Central (1.5 Km)                                     |                       18.93 |

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