Lok Sabha Question No. 2781 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-02
Subject: Poor Railway Connectivity
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2781 TO  BE  ANSWERED ON 02.08.2017

## POOR RAILWAY CONNECTIVITY

2781. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA: KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of  RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Karnataka has poor railway connectivity with 16 Km. per 1000 sq km.  against the National average of 27 Km. and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether  Karnataka  has  the  least  number  of  electrified and/or  doubled  B.G.  lines    compared  to  other  States  in  India and if so, the details thereof;  and
- (c) the present targeted date of completion of Chikmagalur-Sakleshpura, Hassan-Bangalore, MunirabadRaichur, Bagalkot-Kudachi, Tumkur-Davangere and RayadurgaTumkur railway lines?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RILWAYS (SHRI  RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.2781  BY  SHRI  PRATHAP  SIMHA  AND KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.08.2017 REGARDING POOR RAILWAY CONNECTIVITY

(a):  As   per records available, as on 31.03.2016 extent of railway network available  in    Karnataka  is  17.11km  per  1000sq  km  compared  to  the national average of  20.27 km.

(b):    As  on  01.04.2017,  the  State  of  Karnataka  has  632  route  Km  of electrified  Broad  Gauge  (BG)  railway  line  which  is  higher  than  that  of many other States.

State-wise  data  on  doubled  BG  lines  is  not  maintained.    However  total Running Track Km (which include single, double and  more than doubled lines) of  Karnataka is 4076.16 km as on 31.03.2016 which is more than Kerala  (1680.05),  Haryana  (2375.63),  Assam  (2554.58),  Odisha(3876.77), Punjab (2729.21) and Telengana (2440.87).  Further, 13 doubling projects falling fully/partly in the State of Karnataka are in progress. Total length of these projects is 1882.5 Km.

(c):  Completion  of  projects  depends  on  a  number  of  factors  such  as acquisition  of  land,  forestry  and  wildlife  clearances,  shifting  of  various services, construction of Road Over Bridges/Road under Bridges by road maintenance departments, apart from availability of adequate funds. Since many of these factors are beyond the control of the Ministry of Railways, it is  not  feasible to indicate time-frames for completion of all the projects. However, project-wise status of sections is as under:-

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                                                                  | Status                                                                                                                                        |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Chikmagalur- Sakhleshpur New Line part of Kadur- Chikmagalur- Sakleshpur new line project(93 Km) | Kadur-Chikmagalur (46 Km) commissioned. On Chikmagalur- Sakleshpur portion, land acquisition, earthwork and minor bridges have been taken up. |
|       2 | Hassan-Bangalore New Line (166 Km)                                                               | Commissioned.                                                                                                                                 |

|   3 | Munirabad-Raichur New Line 165 Km) part of Munirabad- Mahbubnagar New Line Project (246 Km)   | Ginigera-Budhgumpa-Chikkabenakal (27 Km) has been commissioned. Chikkabenakal-Gangavathi (13 Km) is at advanced stage of completion.                                          |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   4 | Bagalkot-Kudachi New Line(142 km)                                                             | Bagalkot-Kerkalmatti-Khajdhoni (30 Km) is at advanced stage of completion.                                                                                                    |
|   5 | Tumkur-Davangere New Line (200 Km)                                                            | Land acquisition papers for 2136 acre have been submitted to the State Government. 8 acre land is handed over by the State Government.                                        |
|   6 | Rayadurga-Tumkur New Line (213 Km)                                                            | Land acquisition papers for 1213 acres concerning alignment in Karnataka area from Tumkur end has been submitted to the State Government. 222 acre land has been handed over. |

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