Lok Sabha Question No. 5178 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Overall Development of DMIC
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MOHANBHAI KALYANJIBHAI KUNDARIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 5178 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF DMIC

## 5178. SHRI KUNDARIYA MOHAN BHAI KALYANJI BHAI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether the Railways has received any request from the Government of Gujarat for development of various railway lines for overall development of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  current  status  of  (a)  doubling  of  BG  rail  lines  at  (1)  Bharuch  Samni  -  Dahej  (2)  Surendranagar  -  Botad  -  Dhasa  -  Rajula  -  Pipavav  (3) Surendranagar  -  Virmgam  -  Mehsana  (4)  Palanpur  -  Bhildi  -  Samkhyali  Gandhidham - Mundra and (b) New Railway lines at (1) Bhavnagar - Adhelai - Dholka - Vataman - Petlad (2) Dholera - Bhimnath; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Railways to fast track these projects?

## 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. 5178 BY SHRI KUNDARIYA MOHAN BHAI KALYANJI BHAI TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 05.04.2017 REGARDING OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF DMIC

(a) & (b):  Ministry of Railways had received request from Government of Gujarat  for  linking  the  Dholera  Special  Investment  Region  (DSIR)  under Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)  Project to Bhimnath.

Botad-  Bhavnagar  Section  has  already  been  converted  to  Broad Gauge  and  Gauge  Conversion  of  Ahmedabad-  Botad  has  been  taken  up. Bhimnath-Dholera New Line Project has been taken up by Delhi Mumbai Industrial  Corridor  Development  Corporation  Ltd.  (DMICDC)  under  NonGovernment Railway Model to fast track the project.

(c)  :  The  current  status  of  the  projects  indicated  in  the  question  is  as under:

| S. No.   | Name of the project                           | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (a)      | Doubling of BG rail lines                     | Doubling of BG rail lines                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 1        | Bharuch-Samni-Dahej                           | Gauge conversion of this section has been completed and commissioned. At present, there is no proposal for doubling of this section.                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 2        | Surendranagar-Botad- Dhasa-Rajula-Pipavav     | Survey for this project has not been sanctioned.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 3        | Surendranagar- Viramgam-Mehsana               | (i) Doubling of Viramgam-Surendrangar (65 Km) section has been completed and commissioned in 2015. (ii) Viramgam- Mahesana: No survey for doubling of this section has been taken up.                                                                                                                                                              |
| 4        | Palanpur-Bhidli- Samkhyali- Gandhidham-Mundra | Palanpur-Bhildi-Samakhiali-Gandhidham-Mundra: On this route, (i) Doubling of Palanpur- Bhildi- Samakhyali has been taken up at an anticipated cost of ` 1267 crore by Kutch Railway Company Ltd. An outlay of ` 151 crore has been provided for the year 2016-17. Works of Earthwork, bridge work and Road Under Bridges (RUB) have been taken up. |

|     |                                           | (ii) Samakhayali- Gandhidham-Adipur-Mundra is already an existing double broad gauge line section.                                                                                             |
|-----|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (b) | New railway lines                         | New railway lines                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 1.  | Bhavnagar-Adhelai- Dholka-Vataman- Petlad | Survey for Bhavnagar to Tarapur New Line via Dholera, has been completed. Cost of this line has been assessed as ` 745 crore with RoR of (-) 1% and NITI Aayog has not agreed to the proposal. |
| 2.  | Dholera-Bhimnath                          | The work included in the Budget 2016-17 subject to requisite approvals from the Government.                                                                                                    |

(d): Sanctioned projects have been taken up in right earnest. These have been  entrusted  to  executing  agencies  and  adequate  funds  have  been provided.

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