Lok Sabha Question No. 2406 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-01
Subject: Doubling of Railway Tracks in Maharashtra
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2406 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2018

## DOUBLING OF RAILWAY TRACKS IN MAHARASHTRA

2406. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the projects relating to doubling of rail tracks in Maharashtra have been completed;
- (b) if not, the reasons for delay;
- (c) the new projects of doubling of tracks taken up in Maharashtra; and
- (d) the fund released for the doubling of rail tracks in Maharashtra in the last three years?

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. 2406 BY SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  01.08.2018  REGARDING  DOUBLING  OF RAILWAY TRACKS IN MAHARASHTRA

(a) to (d): 19 doubling projects falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra have been taken up which are at various stages of execution. The details of these projects are as under:

( ` in crore)*

|   S. No. | Name of the project (with length in km)                                          | Year of sanction   |   Anticipa ted cost |   Expendi- ture upto 31.03.18 |   Revised outlay 2015-16 |   Revised outlay 2016-17 |   Revised outlay 2017-18 |   Outlay 2018-19 |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Udhna-Jalgaon with electrification (306.93)                                      | 2008-09            |                2448 |                          2268 |                      600 |                      599 |                      410 |              350 |
|        2 | Daund- Gulgarga Doubling (224.90 km) & Pune Guntakal Electrification (641.37 km) | 2009-10            |                 800 |                           874 |                      360 |                      235 |                      190 |               75 |
|        3 | Godhani- Kalumna Chord (13.7)                                                    | 2010-11            |                  97 |                            37 |                       15 |                       15 |                        3 |               14 |
|        4 | Bhusawal- Jalgaon 3rd line (24.13)                                               | 2011-12            |                 199 |                           167 |                       32 |                      103 |                       54 |               51 |
|        5 | Kalyan-Kasara 3rd line (67.62)                                                   | 2011-12            |                 793 |                           226 |                       55 |                      151 |                       50 |              115 |
|        6 | Parbhani- Mudkhed (81.43)                                                        | 2011-12            |                 391 |                           269 |                       91 |                       89 |                       73 |               80 |
|        7 | Wardha (Sewagram)- Nagpur 3rd line (76.3)                                        | 2012-13            |                 540 |                            95 |                        5 |                       55 |                       52 |               45 |
|        8 | Hotgi-Kudgi- Gadag (284)                                                         | 2014-15            |                1798 |                           208 |                        5 |                      227 |                      109 |              400 |

|   9. | Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd line (280) excluding Chichonda- Teegaon (18.8 km)                      | 2015-16   |   2450 | 60   | -    | 46   | 59   |   105 |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|--------|------|------|------|------|-------|
|   10 | Pune-Miraj- Londa (467)                                                                  | 2015-16   |   3628 | 280  | -    | 180  | 273  | 435   |
|   11 | Rajnandgaon- Nagpur - 3rd line (228)                                                     | 2015-16   |   1909 | 257  | 1    | 150  | 257  | 375   |
|   12 | Teegaon- Chichonda Ghat Section - 3rd line (16.53)                                       | 2015-16   |    176 | 52   | 0.01 | 62   | 30   |  35   |
|   13 | Wardha- Ballarshah - 3rd line (132)                                                      | 2015-16   |   1272 | 88   | -    | 94   | 68   |  55   |
|   14 | Kazipet- Ballasrshah 3rd line (201.04) excluding Mandamari, Raghavapuram station (33.42) | 2015-16   |   2063 | 306  | -    | 40   | 169  | 301   |
|   15 | Jalgaon- Bhusawal - 4th Line (24.46)                                                     | 2016-17   |    261 | 20   | -    | 0.01 | 20   |  52   |
|   16 | Daund-Manmad (247.50)                                                                    | 2016-17   |   2081 | 30   | -    | 0.01 | 30   | 210   |
|   17 | Manmad- Jalgaon - 3rd Line (160)                                                         | 2016-17   |   1035 | 15   | -    | 0.01 | 15   |  52   |
|   18 | Wardha-Nagpur - 4th line (78.70)                                                         | 2016-17   |    638 | 20   | -    | 0.01 | 20   |  35   |
|   19 | Igatpuri- Manmad - 3rd line (124)                                                        | 2018-19   |   1860 | -    | -    | -    | -    |   0.1 |

*Figures are rounded off to the nearest crore.

Since  2014-15,  based  on  physical  progress  of  projects,  last  mile connectivity  projects  and  projects  for  decongesting  the  existing  routes have  been  given  sufficient  funds.  For  this  purpose,  Funds  for  capacity enhancement projects have been arranged through institutional financing for assured funding of viable projects. The completion of railway projects requires  clearances  from  various  departments  of  State  Government  and Central Ministries like acquisition of land, forestry and wild life clearances, cutting of trees, shifting of utilities etc.

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