Lok Sabha Question No. 3555 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Survey for Laying Railway Projects in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3555 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2018

## SURVEY FOR LAYING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN MADHYA PRADESH

†3555.

SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey for laying of railway  lines,  gauge  conversion  and  electrification  in  Madhya Pradesh; and
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  outcome  of  the  said  survey, location-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) and (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. 3555 BY SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  08.08.2018  REGARDING SURVEY FOR LAYING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN MADHYA PRADESH

(a) and (b): Surveys for 24 new line and 1 gauge conversion project falling fully/partly in the State of  Madhya  Pradesh  have  been sanctioned/completed  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year i.e. 2015-16 to 2017-18 & 2018-19. The details are as under:-

|   S.No. | Name of the project                                    | Status                                                |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Jabalpur-Pendra via Dindori (240 Km)                   | Survey sanctioned in Budget 2015-16. Survey taken up. |
|       2 | Jaisingh Nagar-Rewa (130 Km)                           | Survey sanctioned in Budget 2016-17. Survey taken up. |
|       3 | Jhansi-Shivpuri-Sheopur-Sawai Madhopur (290 Km)        | Survey sanctioned in Budget 2016-17. Survey taken up. |
|       4 | Alot-Tal-Jaora (44 Km)                                 | Survey sanctioned in Budget 2016-17. Survey taken up. |
|       5 | Dewas-Sonkachh-Asta-Sehore (112 Km)                    | Survey sanctioned in Budget 2016-17. Survey taken up. |
|       6 | Pendra-Amarkantaka-Dindori- Mandla-Ghansour (200 Km)   | Survey sanctioned in Budget 2017-18. Survey taken up. |
|       7 | Waraseoni-Khairlanji-Tiroda (50 Km)                    | Survey sanctioned in Budget 2017-18. Survey taken up. |
|       8 | Maksi-Harda (140 Km)                                   | Survey sanctioned in Budget 2017-18. Survey taken up. |
|       9 | Ujjain-Ramganjmandi via Agar, Susner Jhalawar (190 Km) | Survey sanctioned in Budget 2017-18. Survey taken up. |

|   10. | Mirzapur-Rewa (185 Km)                                     | Survey completed in 2017-18. Survey report is under examination.                                                               |
|-------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    11 | Chindwara-Kareli-Sagar (279 Km)                            | Survey completed in 2017-18. Project shelved due to un-remunerative nature and huge throwforward of ongoing new line projects. |
|    12 | Damoh-Hatanagar-Kajuraho (162 Km)                          | Survey completed in 2017-18. Survey report is under examination.                                                               |
|    13 | Jabalpur-Panna via Damoh (246 Km)                          | Survey completed in 2017-18. Project shelved due to un-remunerative nature and huge throwforward of ongoing new line projects. |
|    14 | Jabalpur-Rajnandgaon via Bemetra: Kawardha-Mandla (430 Km) | Survey completed in 2016-17. Project shelved due to un-remunerative nature and huge throwforward of ongoing new line projects. |
|    15 | Lamta-Paraswada-Baihar- Malajkhand (82 Km)                 | Survey completed in 2015-16. Project shelved due to un-remunerative nature and huge throwforward of ongoing new line projects. |
|    16 | Pendra Road-Gotegaon (Shreedham) (406 Km)                  | Survey completed in 2015-16. Survey report is under examination.                                                               |
|    17 | Seoni-Barghat-Katangi (92 Km)                              | Survey completed in 2015-16. Project shelved due to un-remunerative nature and huge throwforward of ongoing new line projects. |

|   18. | Raipur-Jabalpur via Khairagarh, Kawardha, Borla (460 Km)   | Survey completed in 2015-16. Project shelved due to un-remunerative nature and huge throwforward of ongoing new line projects.   |
|-------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    19 | Seoni-Chhapra-Lakhnadaun (73 Km)                           | Survey completed in 2015-16. Project shelved due to un-remunerative nature and huge throwforward of ongoing new line projects.   |
|    20 | Pratapgarh-Mandsaur (33 Km)                                | Survey completed in 2016-17. Project shelved due to un-remunerative nature and huge throwforward of ongoing new line projects.   |
|    21 | Ujjain-Ramganjmandi (190 Km)                               | Survey completed in 2016-17. Project shelved due to un-remunerative nature and huge throwforward of ongoing new line projects.   |
|    22 | Sagar to Bandri Malthon-Lalitpur railway line (121 Km)     | Survey completed in 2017-18. Project shelved due to un-remunerative nature and huge throwforward of ongoing new line projects.   |
|    23 | Singrauli-Ghorawal-Lusa (85 KM)                            | Survey completed in 2017-18. Project shelved due to un-remunerative nature and huge throwforward of ongoing new line projects.   |

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| 24.   | Bhind-Konch via Lahar (89 Km)                                                           | Survey completed in 2017-18. Project shelved due to un-remunerative nature and huge throwforward of ongoing new line projects.   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       | GAUGE CONVERSION                                                                        |                                                                                                                                  |
| 1.    | Fatehabad Chandravatiganj (20 Km) with Ratlam-Indore Project (GC of FTD-Ujjain) (23 Km) | Work included in the Budget 2017-18 at a cost of ` 245.08 crore.                                                                 |

So  far  as  electrification  is  concerned,  it  has  been  planned  to optimally electrify  entire  Broad  Gauge  (BG)  route  of  Indian  Railways including  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh.  Electrification  of  total  13675 Route Km has been included in the Budget 2018-19. Out of this, 416 Route Km falls in Madhya Pradesh. Section-wise details are as under:

| S.No.   | Name of the section   | Section falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh   |   Route Kilometre |
|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1.      | Mahoba-Udaipura       | Fully                                                         |               196 |
| 2.      | Tumsar Road-Tirodi    | Partly                                                        |                20 |
| 3.      | Balaghat-Katangi      | Fully                                                         |                47 |
| 4.      | Tirodi-Katangi        | Fully                                                         |                15 |
| 5.      | Mhow-Khandwa          | Fully                                                         |               138 |
| Total   | Total                 | Total                                                         |               416 |

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