Lok Sabha Question No. 3632 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Railway Projects in West Bengal
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3632 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2016

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN WEST BENGAL

3632.   SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether number of railway projects in the State of West Bengal have been either stalled or are progressing slowly due to inadequate budgetary allocation and, if so, the details thereof; and
- (b)  the details of railway projects sanctioned and pending in the State for the last three years?

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. 3632 BY SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.12.2016 REGARDING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN WEST BENGAL. (a):  No,  Madam.  No  Railway  projects  lying  fully/partly  in  West  Bengal have  been  stalled  or  progressing  slowly  due  to  inadequate  budgetary allocations. Budgetary allocations for execution of these Railway projects have been increasing consistently in keeping with the need of the project. At present, 19 New Line projects having length of 1660 km with latest anticipated cost of ₹ 19880 crore and an outlay of ₹ 963 crore provided in 2016-17 are being executed in West Bengal.  So far, New Line projects of length of 645 Km have been completed and commissioned. Works on remaining 1015 Km New line projects of West Bengal are in progress as per availability of land. In addition, 04  Gauge Conversion projects having length of 1153 km with latest  anticipated  cost  of ₹ 7172  crore  and  an  outlay  of ₹ 187  crore provided in 2016-17 and 41 Doubling projects having length of 1743 Km with latest anticipated cost of ₹ 14880 crore with outlay of ₹ 1626 crore in   2016-17 are being executed in West Bengal. Further, 07 Metropolitan Transport Projects having length of 117 km with latest  anticipated  cost  of ₹ 22084  crore  and  an  outlay  of ₹ 1068  crore provided  in  2016-17  are  under  execution  in  West  Bengal.  East-West Metro  Corridor  Project,  Kolkata  was  stalled  since  2012  on  account  of land acquisition and Rehabilitation & Resettlement issues. The work has now  resumed  since  2015  after  finalization  of  a  revised  alignment  to address all the issues. Budgetary  allocation  is  not  done  State-wise.  However,  major  ongoing projects  comprising  New  Line,  Gauge  Conversion  and  Doubling  run across  one  or  more  States  and  allocation  to  these  projects  is  made project-wise. Budget allocation in respect of these projects which, interalia, covers the State of West Bengal for last three years since 2013-14 are as under:-

(All figures ₹ in crore)

| Plan Head                       |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| New Lines                       |       288 |       525 |       726 |       963 |
| Gauge Conversion                |        84 |        17 |        85 |       187 |
| Doubling                        |       368 |       738 |      1089 |      1626 |
| Metropolitan Transport Projects |       469 |      1364 |       908 |      1068 |
| Total                           |      1209 |      2644 |      2808 |      3844 |

Outlays for railway projects lying in West Bengal have been continuously increasing in recent past. During the period from April, 2009 to March, 2014, 489 Km (comprising 256 Km Doublings, 116 Km Gauge Conversions and 117 km New Line) have been completed and commissioned. During the period from April 2014 to March 2016, 375 Km (comprising 194 Km Doublings, 102 Km Gauge Conversions and 79 km New Line) have been completed and commissioned.

(b): Details of ongoing railway projects (As on 1.4.2016) in West Bengal including sanctioned during last three years are as under:-

| S.No      | Project                                                                                                                                                | length (in km)   | Latest Cost ( ₹ in cr.)   | Exp as on 31.3.2016 ( ₹ in cr.)   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| NEW LINES | NEW LINES                                                                                                                                              | NEW LINES        | NEW LINES                 | NEW LINES                         |
| 1         | Howrah-Amta, Bargachia-Champadanga- Tarakeshwar, Amta-Bagnan & new MM for Janghipara-Furfura sharif (12.3 km)                                          | 120              | 895                       | 181.85                            |
| 2         | Eklakhi-Balurghat (87.11 km) ,Gazole-Itahar(28 km) & new MM for Raiganj-Itahar (21.8 km) & Itahar-Buniadpur (39 km)                                    | 175.91           | 1337                      | 260.15                            |
| 3         | Tamluk-Digha, Deshpran-Nandigram with new MM for Kanthi-Egra (26.2 km); Nandakumar- Bolaipanda (27 km) NL & Nandigram- Kandhimari (Nayachar) (7 km) NL | 167.6            | 1428                      | 482.21                            |
| 4         | Laxmikantapur-Namkhana-Chandra Nagar (61.5km) with new MM for Kakadwip-Budakhali (5 km) & Chandranagar-Bakhali (17.2 km)                               | 83.7             | 546.78                    | 142.67                            |
| 5         | Rampurhat-Mandarhill via Dumka (130 km) with new MM for Rampurhat-Murarai (29.48 km)- 3rd line                                                         | 159.48           | 920.2                     | 985.13                            |
| 6         | Tarakeshwar-Bishnupur with Ext up to Dhaniakhali, Arambagh-Irphala & new MM for Irphala-Ghatal (11.2 km) & Arambagh- Champadanga (23.3 km)             | 154.27           | 1522.5                    | 767.87                            |
| 7         | New Moynaguri-Jogighopa NL with GC of New Mal-Moynaguri Road and New Changrabanda- Changrabanda (3 km)                                                 | 288.88           | 2531                      | 2225.72                           |
| 8         | Azimganj-Murshidabad (Jiyaganj) incl. Rly. Bridge over river Bhagirathi                                                                                | 5                | 129                       | 106.37                            |
| 9         | Araria-Galgalia (Thakurganj)                                                                                                                           | 100              | 828                       | 164.91                            |
| 10        | Jalalgarh-Kishanganj                                                                                                                                   | 50.077           | 565                       | 5.13                              |
| 11        | Sivok-Rangpo                                                                                                                                           | 44.39            | 4190                      | 280.79                            |
| 12        | Tarakeshwar-Magra (51.95 km) incl. MM for Tarakeshwar-Furfurasharif (21.75 km)                                                                         | 73.7             | 1025                      | 3.95                              |

| S.No   | Project                                                    |   length (in km) |   Latest Cost ( ₹ in cr.) |   Exp as on 31.3.2016 ( ₹ in cr.) |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 13     | Hasnabad-Hinalganj                                         |            14    |                       450 |                              7.27 |
| 14     | Balurghat-Hilli                                            |            29.6  |                       680 |                             45.63 |
| 15     | Kaliyaganj-Buniadpur                                       |            33.13 |                       563 |                             30.57 |
| 16     | Bowaichandi-Arambagh                                       |            31    |                       434 |                             40.04 |
| 17     | Digha-Jaleswar (41 km) with new MM for Digha- Egra (31 km) |            72    |                      1009 |                              7.62 |
| 18     | Bhadutola-Jhargram via Lalgarh                             |            54    |                       760 |                              0.13 |
| 19     | Haldibari-International Border                             |             3    |                        67 |                              0    |
|        | G. Total (19 no.)                                          |          1660    |                     19880 |                           5738    |

Note:  645 km out of 1660 km new lines has been commissioned.

| GAUGE CONVERSION   | GAUGE CONVERSION                                                                                                                                                                                                   |   GAUGE CONVERSION |   GAUGE CONVERSION |
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 1                  | Bankura-Damodar valley with Bowaichandi Khana(22), Rainagar-Chinchai (20.9 ) Bankura- Mukutmonipur(57 )& MM Mukutmonipur- Uparsol(26.70),Bankura (Kalabadi)-Purulia via Hura (65)&Mukutmonipur-Jhilmili(24) 281.85 |               2178 |             524.37 |
| 2                  | New Jalpaiguri-Siliguri-New Bongaigaon along with Branch lines & new MM for Chalsa- Naxalbari (16 km) NL & Rajabhatkhowa-Jainti (15.13 km) NL 433                                                                  |               1566 |            1073.5  |
| 3                  | Katihar-Jogbani with ext. upto Radhikapur, Katihar-Tejnarayanpur & new MM for Raiganj- Dalkhola(43.43 km) NL 277.43                                                                                                |               1426 |             756.37 |
| 4                  | Burdwan-Katwa (51.52 km) with new MM for Katwa-Bazarsau (30.59 km) - DL, Katwa(Dainhat)-Mateswar (34.4 km), Negun- Mangalkot (8.60 km) & Mateswar-Memari (35.6 km) NL 160.62                                       |               2002 |             400.57 |
|                    | TOTAL 1153                                                                                                                                                                                                         |               7172 |            2755    |

Note:    770  km  out  of  1153  km  Gauge  conversions  has  been commissioned.

|   DOUBLING |   DOUBLING |
|------------|------------|
|          1 |      33.19 |
|          2 |     328.37 |

|   S.No | Project                                                                                                                                                                                       |   length (in km) |   Latest Cost ( ₹ in cr.) |   Exp as on 31.3.2016 ( ₹ in cr.) |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|      3 | Sonarpur-Canning (Ph.I) (14.96 km) with new MM for Kalikapur-Minakhan via Gatakpur (38 km) NL                                                                                                 |            52.96 |                    576    |                             52.73 |
|      4 | Habra-Bongaon Phase-I (Habra-Chandpara) & Machlandapur-Swarup Nagar                                                                                                                           |            37.25 |                    145.13 |                             77.84 |
|      5 | Chandpara-Bongaon with extn. to Chandabazar and new MM for Bongaon-Poramaheshtala (20 km) & Chandabazar-Bagdah (13.86 km) NL                                                                  |            55.13 |                    186.89 |                             78.89 |
|      6 | Pandabeswar-Chinpai (21.41 km) and Ikra- Churulia-Gurundi with new MM bet. Barbani- Churulia (9 km) NL                                                                                        |            51.91 |                    293.74 |                            151.17 |
|      7 | Chinpai-Sainthia & Prantik-Siuri NL (33.98km) MM Chaurigacha-Sainthia via Kandi (56.50Km)                                                                                                     |           122.09 |                    590.91 |                            112.16 |
|      8 | Panskura-Kharagpur 3rd line (44.7 km) with new MM for Panskura-Ghatal (32.8 km) NL                                                                                                            |            77.5  |                    797    |                            340.88 |
|      9 | Dakshin Barasat-Lakshmikantapur (19.68 km), New Line from Joynagar-Raidighi (20 km) & New MM for Joynagar-Durgapur (32 km)                                                                    |            71.68 |                    259.51 |                            132.84 |
|     10 | Liluah-Dankuni 3rd line (10.13 km) with extn. to Furfura Sharif                                                                                                                               |            30.13 |                    257.42 |                             91.39 |
|     11 | Ghutiari Sharif-Canning with extn. upto Bangankhali & new MM for Bangankhali- Basanti (14.3 km) & Basanti-Jharkhali (23 km) NL                                                                |            56.19 |                    189.97 |                            167.04 |
|     12 | Magrahat-Diamond Harbour (19.67 km) with new MM for Sangrampur-Krishanchandpur (25 km), Diamond Harbour (Gurdasnagar)-Bahrahat (21 km)- NL & Diamond Harbour(Gurudasnagar)- Kulpi (17.25km)NL |            65.67 |                    172.47 |                            158.53 |
|     13 | Katwa-Patuli (17.7 km) with new MM for Ahmedpur-Katwa (51.92 km) GC                                                                                                                           |            69.62 |                    579.03 |                            467.35 |
|     14 | Dankuni-Chandanpur- 4th line (25.41 km) as 1st phase of Dankuni-Saktigarh 4th line with new MM for Baruipara-Furfura(12.3Km) NL                                                               |            37.71 |                    274    |                             28.22 |
|     15 | Tala-Princep Ghat- DL of Circular Rly.(9.7 km)                                                                                                                                                |             9.7  |                    149.95 |                              1    |
|     16 | Sondalia-Champapukur (23.64 km) with new MM for Bira-Chakla (11.5 km)                                                                                                                         |            35.14 |                    195    |                            102.93 |
|     17 | Azimganj-Manigram                                                                                                                                                                             |            20.49 |                    124.05 |                            114.24 |
|     18 | Kalinarayanpur-Shantipur (15.85 km) with new MM for Ranaghat(Aranghata)-Duttapulia (8.17 km) NL                                                                                               |            24.02 |                    105    |                             81.37 |
|     19 | Sealdah Div.- 2nd passenger line bet. Mile 5 B and New Alipore (1.67 km)                                                                                                                      |             1.67 |                     65.09 |                              4.57 |

| S.No                                                         | Project                                                                                             | length (in km)                                               | Latest Cost (                                                | Exp as on 31.3.2016                                          |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                              |                                                                                                     |                                                              | ₹ in cr.) ( ₹ in cr.)                                        | ₹ in cr.) ( ₹ in cr.)                                        |
| 20                                                           | Princepghat to Majherhat doubling of Circular Railway (4.98 km)                                     | 4.98                                                         | 336                                                          | 0.12                                                         |
| 21                                                           | Bandel-Boinchi - 3rd line                                                                           | 30.53                                                        | 361                                                          | 54.04                                                        |
| 22                                                           | Plassey-Jiaganj                                                                                     | 54.29                                                        | 312                                                          | 150.79                                                       |
| 23                                                           | Sainthia-Tarapith 3rd line                                                                          | 22                                                           | 212                                                          | 157.07                                                       |
| 24                                                           | Boinchi-Shaktigarh 3rd line                                                                         | 25.83                                                        | 221                                                          | 21.27                                                        |
| 25                                                           | Dankuni-Bhattanagar(3.70 km) via CC line- DL with one addl. Loop at Bhattanagar.                    | 3.7                                                          | 77                                                           | 15.18                                                        |
| 26                                                           | Tarapith-Rampurhat-provision of 3rd line(6.52 km)                                                   | 6.52                                                         | 80                                                           | 11.97                                                        |
| 27                                                           | Ambari Falakata-New Maynaguri (36.52 km)                                                            | 36.52                                                        | 453                                                          | 228.83                                                       |
| 28                                                           | New Coochbehar-Samuktala Road (29.02 km)                                                            | 29.02                                                        | 441                                                          | 238.31                                                       |
| 29                                                           | Bazar Sau-Azimganj Jn.                                                                              | 42.15                                                        | 272                                                          | 10.5                                                         |
| 30                                                           | Monigram-Nimtita                                                                                    | 34.3                                                         | 274                                                          | 15.76                                                        |
| 31                                                           | Sagardigi-Azimganj Cabin                                                                            | 16.3                                                         | 98                                                           | 40.55                                                        |
| 32                                                           | New Coochbehar-Gumanihat (29.32 km)                                                                 | 29.32                                                        | 289                                                          | 45.44                                                        |
| 33                                                           | Kharagpur-Narayangarh 3rd line                                                                      | 20                                                           | 168                                                          | 66.11                                                        |
| 34                                                           | Andul-Baltikuri                                                                                     | 7.25                                                         | 53                                                           | 12.8                                                         |
| 35                                                           | Sagardighi- Malda Town #                                                                            | 19                                                           | 190                                                          | 00                                                           |
| 36                                                           | Byepass at Sainthia, Sitarmpur, Mughalsarai, Allahabad, Etawah #                                    | 35                                                           | 400                                                          | 00                                                           |
| 37                                                           | Kharagpur-Adityapur 3rd line #                                                                      | 132                                                          | 1116                                                         | 50                                                           |
| 38                                                           | Doubling of line between Mohishila - Kalipahari (Link) with 1 additional loop line at MOH station # | 05                                                           | 42.1                                                         | 2                                                            |
| 39                                                           | New Maynaguri-Gumanihat (remaining section)                                                         | 51.65                                                        | 556.31                                                       | 00                                                           |
| 40                                                           | Narayangarh-Bhadrak 3rd line                                                                        | 155                                                          | 2037.1                                                       | 00                                                           |
| 41                                                           | Damodar-Mohishila                                                                                   | 8                                                            | 70.91                                                        | 00                                                           |
|                                                              | Total                                                                                               | 1743                                                         | 14880                                                        | 3645                                                         |
| Note: 367 km out of 1743 km Doublings has been commissioned. | Note: 367 km out of 1743 km Doublings has been commissioned.                                        | Note: 367 km out of 1743 km Doublings has been commissioned. | Note: 367 km out of 1743 km Doublings has been commissioned. | Note: 367 km out of 1743 km Doublings has been commissioned. |
|                                                              | G. Total                                                                                            | 4556                                                         | 41932                                                        | 12138                                                        |

Note:    1782  km  out  of  4556  km  of  new  line,  gauge  conversion  and doublings has been completed in the State of West Bengal.

| S.No                            | Project                                                                             | length (in km)                  | Latest Cost ( ₹ in cr.)         | Exp as on 31.3.2016 ( ₹ in cr.)   |
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT PROJECTS | METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT PROJECTS                                                     | METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT PROJECTS | METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT PROJECTS | METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT PROJECTS   |
| 1                               | Baranagar-Noapara & Noapara-NSCB Airport (8.33 km)                                  | 8.33                            | 413.65                          | 413.48                            |
| 2                               | Remount Rd.-Santoshpur via Garden Reach/Metiabruz (8.8 km)                          | 8.80                            | 268.52                          | 166.88                            |
| 3                               | Noapara - Barasat via Bimanbandar - Construction of Metro Railway (18 km)           | 18.00                           | 3159.59                         | 395.63                            |
| 4                               | Baranagar - Barrackpore & Dakshineswar - Construction of Metro Railway (14.50 km)   | 14.50                           | 2069.60                         | 172.50                            |
| 5                               | Dum Dum Airport to New Garia via Rajarhat Const. of Metro Railway                   | 32.00                           | 4259.50                         | 1023.25                           |
| 6                               | Joka - Binoy Bandal Dinesh Bagh incl. extn.from Joka-Diamond Park Ph.1 (18.72 km)   | 18.72                           | 2913.50                         | 534.28                            |
| 7                               | East-West Corridor from Howrah Maidan to Salt Lake (Transferred to Rly. in 2012-13) | 16.55                           | 9000.00                         | 1228.10                           |
|                                 | Total                                                                               | 117                             | 22084                           | 3934                              |
|                                 | G. Total                                                                            | 4673                            | 64016                           | 16072                             |

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