Lok Sabha Question No. 1981 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: New Railway Lines in Haryana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1981

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## NEW RAILWAY LINES IN HARYANA

1981.    SHRI  DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of new railway lines announced in the Railway Budget/General  Budget  to  be  taken  up  for  construction,  in  the  last three financial years including the  current FY 2018-19, in the State of Haryana;
- (b) the  current  status  of  work  on  the  Hisar-Agroha-Fatehabad,  DelhiSohna-Nuh-Firozepur Jhirka-Alwar and Yamunanagar-Chandigarh new railway lines announced in the Railway Budget of 2013-14; and
- (c) the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  utilized  in  the  last  four  financial years  including  the  current  FY  2017-18,  towards  work  on  each  of these three new railway line projects?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) to (c):   A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1981 BY SHRI DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA TO BE ANSWERED IN  LOK SABHA  ON  07.03.2018  REGARDING  NEW  RAILWAY  LINES  IN HARYANA.

(a) : Railway projects are not sanctioned State wise.  However, the details of New  Railway Line projects announced in Budget in the last 3 financial  years including current financial  year  2018-19, which are falling fully/partly in the State of Haryana  are as under:-

- (1) Panipat-Meerut New Line (104 Km)

(b) : The current status of 3 new railway line project is as under:-

|   S. No. | Section                                                    | Year of inclusion   | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Yamuna Nagar- Chandigarh via Sadhaura, Narayangarh (91 Km) | 2013-14             | The work was included in budget subject to obtaining requisite Govt. approvals. NITI Aayog has not granted 'In Principle Approval' for the project on 50% cost sharing basis. In view of above Government of Haryana has been requested to provide land free of cost apart from sharing 50% of construction cost. The response from Government of Haryana is awaited. |
|        2 | Hissar-Sirsa via Agroha and Fatehabad)                     | 2013-14             | Hisar and Sirsa are already connected by Single line. The work was included in budget subject to obtaining requisite Govt. approvals. In view of negative rate of return , poor traffic                                                                                                                                                                               |

|    | (93 Km)                                             |         | projections and non availability of operational or financial justification, it could not be taken forward.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|----|-----------------------------------------------------|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  3 | Delhi-Sohna- Nuh- Ferozpur- Jihirka- Alwar (104 Km) | 2013-14 | The work was included in budget subject to obtaining requisite Govt. approvals. NITI Aayog has not granted 'In Principle Approval' for the project on 50% cost sharing basis. In view of above, Government of Haryana has been requested to provide land free of cost apart from sharing 50% of construction cost. The response from Government of Haryana is awaited. |

Ministry  of  Railways  and  Government  of  Haryana  has  incorporated  a  Joint Venture (JV) company  namely  Haryana  Rail Infrastructure  Development Corporation Limited (HRIDC) to undertake survey, Project development, resource mobilization and monitoring of mutually identified Rail Infrastructure Projects  in  the  State  of  Haryana.      HRIDC  has  taken  up  Traffic  Survey  cum Feasibility study for the two of the projects i.e Yamunanagar-Chandigarh and Delhi-Sohan-Nuh-Ferozpur-Jhirka-Alwar.

( c):    Does not arise.

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