Lok Sabha Question No. 2360 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-01
Subject: New Railway Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU, P. KARUNAKARAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2360 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2018

## NEW RAILWAY LINES

2360.    DR. P. K. BIJU: SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  new  railway  lines  being  considered  for construction by the Railways at present, State-wise;
- (b) the  time  by  which  the  construction  works  of  these  railway lines is likely to be started; and
- (c) whether  any  new  project  is  proposed  to  be  undertaken  in Kerala in the near future and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 2360 BY DR. P. K. BIJU AND SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 01.08.2018 REGARDING NEW RAILWAY LINES

(a):    State-wise  details  of  ongoing  New  Line  projects  which  are  in different stage of execution are as under:-

| Name of State                |   No. of New Line Projects |
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
| Assam & North Eastern Region |                         15 |
| Andhra Pradesh               |                         18 |
| Bihar                        |                         34 |
| Chhattisgarh                 |                          8 |
| Delhi                        |                          1 |
| Gujarat                      |                          4 |
| Haryana                      |                          7 |
| Himachal Pradesh             |                          4 |
| Jammu & Kashmir              |                          1 |
| Jharkhand                    |                         14 |
| Karnataka                    |                         16 |
| Kerala                       |                          2 |
| Madhya Pradesh               |                          8 |
| Maharashtra                  |                         12 |
| Odisha                       |                         10 |
| Punjab                       |                          6 |
| Rajasthan                    |                         10 |
| Telangana                    |                          9 |
| Tamil Nadu                   |                          8 |
| Uttar Pradesh                |                         15 |
| Uttarakhand                  |                          3 |
| West Bengal                  |                         18 |

(b):    The  completion of Railway projects requires clearances from various  departments  of  State  Government  and  Central  Ministries like acquisition of land, statutory clearances like forestry and wild life, shifting of utilities etc.  Hence no time frame can be given for construction works.

(c):  Decision  for  taking  new  lines  is  made  in  Railway  Budget  only which  is  a  yearly  exercise.  Therefore,  projects  to  be  taken  up  in near future cannot be decided before hand.

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