Lok Sabha Question No. 1460 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Doubling of Railway Lines in Gujarat
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM, MOHANBHAI KALYANJIBHAI KUNDARIYA, MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1460 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2017

## DOUBLING OF RAILWAY LINES IN GUJARAT

1460.     SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM: SHRI KUNDARIYA MOHAN BHAI KALYANJI BHAI: SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJI BHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  has  received  representations  from  various organisations/road users as well as  from Government of Gujarat for doubling of railway line;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the location-wise details of the work related to doubling of railway lines being undertaken in the country particularly Rajkot- Versaval rail line in Gujarat;
- (d) the details of railway lines in Gujarat for which doubling work has been undertaken and the funds spent thereon during the last three years; and
- (e) the details of the rail line doubling work in Gujarat proposed to be completed during the current financial year?

## 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. 1460 BY SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM,  SHRI  KUNDARIYA  MOHAN  BHAI  KALYANJI  BHAI  &  SHRI MANSUKH  BHAI  DHANJI  BHAI  VASAVA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA ON 27.12.2017 REGARDING DOUBLING OF RAILWAY LINES IN GUJARAT

(a),  (b)  &  (d):  Requests  for  doubling,  both  formal  as  well  as  informal, are  received  by  Railways  at  various  levels  i.e.  Railway  Board,  Zonal Railways and Divisional Headquarters, etc. As receipt of such requests/suggestions is a continuous and dynamic process, centralized compendium of such requests is not maintained. However, following  doubling  works  are  in  different  stages  of  execution.  The details  of  outlays  given  in  doubling  works  in  last  three  years  are  as under:

( ` in  crore)

|   S. No. | Name of the project                                               | Year of Sanction   |   Anticipa- ted cost | Out lay for 2014-15   |   Outlay for 2015-16 |   Outlay for 2016-17 |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | Abu Road- Sarotra Road (23.12 Km)                                 | 2010-11            |               191    | 31                    |              72      |              57      |
|        2 | Viramgam- Samakhiali (182.23 km)                                  | 2011-12            |              1196    | 120                   |             600      |             365      |
|        3 | Palanpur- Samakhiali (247.73 km)                                  | 2012-13            |              1267    | 7                     |               1      |             151      |
|        4 | Sarotra Road- Karjoda (23.59 Km)                                  | 2010-11            |               240    | 30                    |             170      |              60      |
|        5 | Surat-Kosamba PH-I of 3rd line between Vadodara and Virar (35 Km) | 2000-01            |               245    | 0.1                   |               0.0001 |               0.0001 |
|        6 | Surendranagar- Rajkot (116.17 km)                                 | 2015-16            |              1002.39 | -                     |              80.07   |             240      |

|   7 | Udhna-Jalgaon with electrification (307.93 Km)               | 2008-09   |   2801 | 301   | 1102   | 827   |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|--------|-------|--------|-------|
|   8 | Vatva- Ahmedabad-3rd line with Automatic Signalling (7.5 km) | 2013-14   |  42    | 0.1   | 60     | 155   |
|   9 | Vatva- Ahmedabad- Sabarmati 4th line (17.9 km).              | 2015-16   | 231.43 | -     | 54.57  | 85    |
|  10 | Anand-Godhra (79 km)                                         | 2017-18   | 683    | -     | -      | -     |

(c):  As  on  01.04.2017,  there  are  256  ongoing  doubling  projects covering a length of 19908 Km in the country, which are in different stages of execution. These projects are not sanctioned as per state boundaries. The details of all doubling projects are available in Budget Documents  of  Works,  Machinery  and  Rolling  Stock  Programme  of Railways (Pink Book) on web www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard.

However, doubling of Rajkot-Veraval section is not a sanctioned project at present.

(e): 15 km rail line doubling has been completed in Gujarat during the current financial year. Completion of doubling of remaining rail line in Gujarat  depends  on  availability  of  rails,  connectivity  to  the  existing railway network, etc.

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