Lok Sabha Question No. 2288 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Cost Free Land for Laying of Rail Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2288 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2017

## COST FREE LAND FOR LAYING OF RAIL LINES

2288.  DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether some of the State Governments have agreed to provide land free of cost for laying of rail lines in their respective States and if so, the names of such States;
- (b) the names of States who have provided land free of cost;
- (c) the  details  of  projects  whose  cost  has  escalated  due  to  nonavailability of land either on payment or free of cost and the details of rail line projects that could not be taken up for development as a result thereof;
- (d) the  details  of  the  projects  which  have  been  withdrawn  due  to  not making land free of cost by the States; and
- (e) whether the Union Government is considering to start these rail line projects  on  their  own  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor?

## 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. 2288 BY DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE, DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE AND SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 15.03.2017 REGARDING COST FREE LAND FOR LAYING OF RAIL LINES

(a) & (b): The details of the New Line projects for which State Governments have given their consent to provide land free of cost:-

|   S. No. | Railway            | Project                                                                                     | State Govt who agreed to bear the cost of land                                          |
|----------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | South Central      | Akkanapet-Medak                                                                             | Telangana                                                                               |
|        2 | South Central      | Kakinada-Pithapuram                                                                         | Andhra Pradesh                                                                          |
|        3 | South Central      | Manoharabad-Kotapalli                                                                       | Telangana                                                                               |
|        4 | South Central      | Nadikude-Srikalahasti                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                                          |
|        5 | South Central      | Mannuguru-Ramagundam                                                                        | Telangana                                                                               |
|        6 | South Central      | Cumbam-Proddutur                                                                            | Andhra Pradesh                                                                          |
|        7 | South Central      | Bhadrachallam-Sattupalli                                                                    | Singareni Collieries Company Limited                                                    |
|        8 | South East Central | Dallirajahara-Jagdalpur *                                                                   | Chhattisgarh, Steel Authority of Indian Ltd. & National Mineral Development Corporation |
|        9 | South East Central | Mandirhasaud-Naya Raipur- Kendri                                                            | Chhattisgarh                                                                            |
|       10 | Northern           | Rohtak-Mehem-Hansi                                                                          | Haryana                                                                                 |
|       11 | Northern           | Firozpur-Patti                                                                              | Punjab                                                                                  |
|       12 | Northern           | Rama Mandi (Raman)-Sada Singh Wala via Talwandi Saboo (29.11 km) of Mansa-Bhatinda Doubling | Punjab                                                                                  |
|       13 | South Western      | Bagalkot-Kudachi                                                                            | Karnataka                                                                               |
|       14 | South Western      | Bangalore-Satyamanglam                                                                      | Karnataka                                                                               |
|       15 | South Western      | Kadur-Chickmagalur-Sakleshpur (land for Chickmagalur- Sakleshpur - 47 km)                   | Karnataka                                                                               |
|       16 | South Western      | Shimoga-Harihar                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                               |
|       17 | South Western      | Tumkur-Chitradurg-Davangere                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                               |
|       18 | South Western      | Whitefield-Kolar                                                                            | Karnataka                                                                               |
|       19 | South Western      | Gadag-Wadi                                                                                  | Karnataka                                                                               |

|   S. No. | Railway       | Project                                                                | State Govt who agreed to bear the cost of land   |
|----------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|       20 | North Western | Ratlam -Dungarpur via Banswara                                         | Rajasthan                                        |
|       21 | North Eastern | Kichha-Khatima                                                         | Uttarakhand                                      |
|       22 | East Coast    | Daspalla-Bolangir line of Khurda road-Bolangir (112-289 km) new line $ | Odisha                                           |
|       23 | East Coast    | Jeypore-Nabarangpur                                                    | Odisha                                           |
|       24 | North Western | Ajmer (Nasirabad)-Sawai Madhopur (Chauth Ka Banwara) via Tonk          | Rajasthan                                        |

*  Govt.  of  Chhatisgarh  is  providing  Govt.  land  free  of  cost,  providing  land  for compensatory  afforestation,  cost  of  land  acquisition  and  exemption  on  royalty and State tax on construction materials.
- $  Government  of  Odisha  is  giving  land  free  of  cost  and  sharing  50%  cost  of construction for project between Km 112 to 289.
- (c):  Majority of railway projects are facing the situation of cost overrun, due to delay  in  acquisition  of  land,  statutory  clearances  like  forestry  and  wild  life clearances,  shifting  of  services,  cutting  of  trees,  construction  of  road  over bridges and road under bridges by road maintaining agencies etc.   Working out cost escalation or revenue loss solely on account of delay in land acquisition is not feasible.
- (d):    None  of  the  Railway  projects  sanctioned  in  Railway  Budget  has  been withdrawn,  even  if  concerned  State  Governments  have  not  made  significant progress in providing land free of cost.

(e):  Union Government is persuading the State Governments to provide land or to share cost for completion of these projects as committed earlier.

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