Lok Sabha Question No. 1580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Ongoing Railway Projects in Karnataka
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: B. S. YEDDYURAPPA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1580 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2017

## ONGOING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN KARNATAKA

## 1580. SHRI B.S. YEDIYURAPPA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and the present status of  ongoing railway projects in Karnataka;
- (b) the details of the railway projects announced in the last three railway budgets for Karnataka but have not been taken up for execution so far, project-wise, along with the reasons therefor;
- (c) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated/spent  along  with  the  funds  lying  unspent  for  the  said  projects during the last three years, project-wise,  along with the reasons for unspent funds;
- (d the reasons for the delay in timely completion of these projects; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Railways in this regard and also to avoid further escalation of cost of these projects?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1580 BY  SHRI B.S. YEDIYURAPPA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.12.2017 REGARDING ONGOING  RAILWAY PROJECTS IN KARNATAKA

## (a)  to  (c):  Details  of  ongoing  New  Line,  Gauge  Conversion  and  Doubling  projects  included  in  Budget, falling  partly  or  fully  in  the  State  of  Karnataka  alongwith    latest  estimated cost, expenditure incurred thereon upto March, 2017 and outlay provided etc are as under:-

( ` in crore)

| S. No.   | Project                                                                               | Year of inclusion   | Latest Estim ated cost   | Outlay 2014- 15   | Outlay 2015- 16   | Outlay 2016- 17   | Expendit ure upto March, 2017   | Outlay 2017- 18   | Status                                                                                                                        |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          | NEW LINE                                                                              |                     |                          |                   |                   |                   |                                 |                   |                                                                                                                               |
| 1        | Kadur- Chickmagalur- Sakleshpur (93 Km)                                               | 1996-97             | 1156                     | 35                | 70                | 44.04             | 377.07                          | 70                | Kadur-Chickmagalur (46 Km) commissioned. For balance portion, land acquisition papers submitted to State Government.          |
| 2        | Hejjala- Chamarajanagar (142 Km) of Bangalore- Chamarajanagar -Satyamangalam (260 Km) | 1996-97             | 1524                     | 10                | 10                | 20                | 2.41                            | 21                | Land acquisition papers for Hejjala- Chamarajanagar section (142 Km) falling in Karnataka submitted to State Government. Work |

|    |                                  |         |      |     |     |     |        |     | beyond Chamarajanagar falling partly in Tamil Nadu is frozen as decided by State Government.                                                                                                                                                            |
|----|----------------------------------|---------|------|-----|-----|-----|--------|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  3 | Gulbarga-Bidar (111 Km)          | 1997-98 | 1544 | 290 |  60 |  80 | 888.62 | 100 | Commissioned.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|  4 | Hubli-Ankola (167 Km)            | 1997-98 | 2315 |   1 |  12 |  18 | 121.13 |   5 | Project held up for want of diversion of forest land.                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|  5 | Munirabad- Mahboobnagar (246 Km) | 1997-98 | 2641 | 120 | 185 | 180 | 797.69 | 300 | Work on (Munirabad)Ginigera- Raichur (165 Km) is under Karnataka area. Ginigera- Chikkabenekal (27 Km) commissioned. Chikkabenekal- Gangavathi (13 Km) is in advance stage. State Government has to expedite handing over of required land to railways. |
|  6 | Rayadurg-Tumkur (213Km)          | 2007-08 | 2000 |  78 | 115 |  40 | 462.59 | 182 | 119 Km falls in Karnataka area where                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

…3/-

|    |                                             |         |      |    |     |    |        |     | land acquisition papers for 1213 acres of land has been submitted to State Government. 222 acres have been acquired and State Government has to expedite handing over of balance land.          |
|----|---------------------------------------------|---------|------|----|-----|----|--------|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  7 | Cuddapah- Bangalore (Bangarpet) (255.40 Km) | 2008-09 | 2050 | 30 | 265 | 58 | 339.51 | 240 | Bangarpet(Kolar)- Mudghatta (43 Km) is in Karnataka area. On this stretch, detailed estimate for Kolar- Mulbagal (36 Km) amounting to ` 209 crore has been sanctioned.                          |
|  8 | Bagalkot- Kudachi (142 Km)                  | 2010-11 | 1065 | 65 | 155 | 80 | 156.05 |  90 | Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has already inspected Bagalkot- Khajdoni (30 Km) section. For balance portion, State Government has to expedite handing over of required land to Railways. |

|   9 | Shimoga- Harihar (79 Km)   | 2011-12   |   832 |   12 |      150 |   1.4 |   6.52 |   10.50 | State Government has to expedite handing over of required land to Railways.                                                                             |
|-----|----------------------------|-----------|-------|------|----------|-------|--------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  10 | Whitefield-Kolar (53 Km)   | 2011-12   |   375 |   10 |   0.0001 |  0.7  |   1.33 |    10.5 | State Government has to expedite handing over of required land to Railways.                                                                             |
|  11 | Marikuppam- Kuppam (24 Km) | 2011-12   |   313 |   10 |   0.0001 |  0.11 |   0.28 |    15   | 6 Km stretch fall in Karnataka area and 18 Km falls in Andhra Pradesh area. State Government has to expedite handing over of required land to Railways. |
|  12 | Tumkur- Davangere (200 Km) | 2011-12   |  2193 |   20 | 139.9    | 30    |   2.69 |   130   | State Government has to expedite handing over of required land to Railways.                                                                             |
|  13 | Gadag-Wadi (252 Km)        | 2013-14   |  2617 |   16 | 120      | 60    |   1.64 |   190   | 550 acres out of 750 acres in Talakal- Kushtagi section acquired and earthwork and minor bridges are in progress. For balance portion,                  |

…5/-

|    |                                                          |         |     |      |        |      |        | State Government has to expedite handing over of required land to Railways.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | State Government has to expedite handing over of required land to Railways.   |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------|---------|-----|------|--------|------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 14 | Chikballapur- Gowribidanur (44 Km)                       | 2013-14 | 368 | 0.1  | 0.0001 | 0.11 | 0 0.10 | Projects included in Budget subject to requisite approvals. Though State Government has consented to provide free land and share 50% of construction cost of the projects, these could not be taken forward due to their unremunerative nature even with cost sharing and huge throwforward of ongoing projects. included in |                                                                               |
| 15 | Chikballapur- Puttaparthy-Sri Satya Sai Nilayam (103 Km) | 2013-14 | 692 | 0.06 | 0.0001 | 0.6  | 0 0.10 | Projects included in Budget subject to requisite approvals. Though State Government has consented to provide free land and share 50% of construction cost of the projects, these could not be taken forward due to their unremunerative nature even with cost sharing and huge throwforward of ongoing projects. included in |                                                                               |
| 16 | Srinivasapura- Madanapalli (75 Km)                       | 2013-14 | 296 | 0.1  | 0.0001 | 0.11 | 0 0.10 | Projects included in Budget subject to requisite approvals. Though State Government has consented to provide free land and share 50% of construction cost of the projects, these could not be taken forward due to their unremunerative nature even with cost sharing and huge throwforward of ongoing projects. included in |                                                                               |
| 17 | Gadag-Yalvigi (58 Km)                                    | 2017-18 | 640 | …    | …      | …    | … 1    | Projects Budget requisite                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | subject to approvals.                                                         |

…6/-

| GAUAGE CONVERSION   |
|---------------------|

| 1   | Mysore- Chamarajanagar (Ph-1) gauge conversion (60 Km) with extension to Mettupalayam (88 Km)   | 1997-98   | 608   | 0.15   | 0.5   | 4.5   | 201.92   | 0.50   | Entire Mysore- Chamarajanagar gauge conversion (60 Km) section is in Karnataka area and the section commissioned. Requisite clearances to take up extension of line upto Mettupalayam (88 Km ) partly in Karnataka are not available.   |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-------|--------|-------|-------|----------|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     | DOUBLING                                                                                        |           |       |        |       |       |          |        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 1   | Bangalore Whitefield- Bangalore City- Krishnarajapuram (23Km)                                   | 1997-98   | 85    | 0.01   | 0.12  | 0.1   | 0.05     | 1      | Government of Karnataka has also not agreed to this work. However, proposal for 3 rd & 4 th on Bangalore- Whitefield section is under consideration.                                                                                    |
| 2   | Kankanadi- Panambur (19 Km)                                                                     | 2006-07   | 227   | 42.36  | 170   | 100   | 117.82   | 92.80  | Panambur-Jokate (6 Km) commissioned. Work on Jokate-                                                                                                                                                                                    |

…7/-

| Mangalore   |
|-------------|

|   3 | Daund-Gulbarga (224.90 Km) and Pune-Guntakal electrification (641.37 Km)   | 2009-10   |   1513 |   275.05 |   674.87 |   295.75 |   707.02 |   200 | On this project, Gulbarga-Dudhani (50 Km) section is in Karnataka area and Dudhani-Hotgi-Gulbarga (175 Km) section is in Maharashtra area. So far, Hotgi-Tilati- Akkalkot Road ( 23 Km) and Mohol-Vakav (23 Km) sections have been commissioned. Vakav- Madha-Kuruduwadi (23 Km) and Akkalkot Road- Nagansur-Borotti (14 Km) are in advance stage.   |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|--------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   4 | Hospet-Hubli- Londa-Tinaighat- Vasco-da-Gama (352 Km)                      | 2010-11   |   2127 |   147.39 |    756.5 |    434.7 |      735 |   250 | On this project, 223 Km falls in Karnataka area and 85 Km falls in Goa area. On Karnataka area, Harlapur- Bannikoppa-Bhanapur- Koppol (40 Km),                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

…8/-

|    |                                |         |     |    |     |     |      |     | Kambarganvi-Alnavar (12 Km) and Shivthan- Londa-Tinaighat (17 Km) sections have been commissioned. Government of Karnataka has to expedite process for clearance to 9.83 hectare forest land and shifting of utility services to expedite work on balance portion.   |
|----|--------------------------------|---------|-----|----|-----|-----|------|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  5 | Tornagallu- Ranjitpura (23 Km) | 2011-12 | 165 |  5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.09 | 0.1 | Zonal Railway has been asked to explore possibility of carrying forward this project on Public Private Partnership(PPP) route under policy for 'Participative Model on Railway Connectivity and Capacity Augmentation Project'. No response received so far.         |

…9/-

|   6 | Hotgi-Kudgi- Gadag (284 Km)                               | 2014-15   |   1618 | 0.01   |     40 |   310 |   327.46 |   344 | On Hotgi-Kudgi section (134 Km), work on Minchinal-Lachyan (43 Km) is in advance stage. On Kudgi-Gadag section (150 Km), earthwork, bridge works, etc. are taken up. State Government has to expedite handing over of 32 acre of forest land and 35 acre of revenue land for this stretch.   |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------|--------|--------|--------|-------|----------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   7 | Renigunta (9.6 Km), Gooty (7.6 Km) & Wadi (3.8 Km) bypass | 2015-16   |    273 | …      |   6.86 |    30 |     5    |    10 | Wadi bye-pass work is in Karnataka area. For this, preparation of plans has been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   8 | Pune-Miraj- Londa (467 Km)                                | 2015-16   |   2627 | …      | 206.78 |   325 |   179.98 |   280 | Pune-Miraj section (281 Km) falls in Maharashtra area and Miraj-Londa section (186 Km) falls in Karnataka area. Earthwork and bridge works have been taken up.                                                                                                                               |

…10/-

| 9   | Yelahanka- Penukonda   | 2015-16   | 860   | …   | 21.91   | 130   | 205.92   | 120   | Yelahanka-Devarapalli (71 Km) is in Karnataka area and balance 50 Km   |
|-----|------------------------|-----------|-------|-----|---------|-------|----------|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|    | Km)                      |         |      |    |       |     |        |     | falls in Andhra Pradesh area. Earthwork, bridgework, ballast supply, etc are in progress on entire project. State Government has to expedite forestry clearances for Oddarahalli-Makalidurga section (8.94 Km). Makalidurga-Devarapalli (36 Km) is in advance stage.   |
|----|--------------------------|---------|------|----|-------|-----|--------|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 10 | Hubli-Chikjajur (190 Km) | 2015-16 | 1141 | …  | 43.45 | 280 | 341.45 | 200 | Earthwork, bridgework, ballast supply, etc have been taken up. State Government has to expedite handing over of 36 hectare of land to Railways. Chikjajur- Tolahunse (37 Km) section is in advance stage.                                                              |

…11/-

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| 11   | Arsikere-Tumkur   | 2015-16   | 578   | …   | 21.95   | 105   | 212.15   | Earthwork, bridgework, ballast supply, etc taken up. State Government to expedite   |
|------|-------------------|-----------|-------|-----|---------|-------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      | (96 Km)           |           |       |     |         |       |          |                                                                                     |

|    |                                       |         |        |    |    |      |      |    | handing over of 29 acre of land to Railways. Arsikere-Karadi section (36 Km) is in advance stage.                                                                                         |
|----|---------------------------------------|---------|--------|----|----|------|------|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 12 | Birur-Shimoga (60 Km)                 | 2016-17 | 383    | …  | …  | 0.02 | 0.02 |  2 | Project included in Budget subject to requisite approvals. In view of low capacity utilization of exiting line and reduction in traffic on project section, this project is kept on hold. |
| 13 | Netravati- Mangalore Central (1.5 Km) | 2016-17 |  28.03 | …  | …  | 0.01 | 0.01 |  5 | Requisite approvals for the project obtained in May, 2017. Detailed estimate of ` 28.03 crore sanctioned.                                                                                 |

…12/-

As  stated above,  execution of  works  on 1 New Line project indicated at item 17 and 1 Doubling project indicated at item 12 included during last three years are not taken up.

(d):  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. Many  of  these  factors  are  beyond  the  control  of  the  Ministry  of Railways.

(e):  To  expedite  completion  of  projects,  a  number  of  initiatives  have been taken to  speed  up  the  works  like  increased  allocation  of  funds, funding through loan from Institutions like Life Insurance Corporation, execution  of  projects  through  Special  Purpose  Vehicles,  etc.  Besides these, to reduce delays on account of land acquisition, security issues and  forestry  clearances  etc,  meetings  with  State  Officials  at  various levels are held from  time  to time. Field  units  have  also  been empowered  with further delegation of powers and the contract conditions have been modified to bring efficiency in contract management.

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