Lok Sabha Question No. 589 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: Railway Projects in UP
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.589 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2017

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UP

†589.   SHRI  BHARAT SINGH :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

(a) the details with regard to different railway projects in Uttar Pradesh, Zone-wise and project-wise;

(b) the number of projects which are running behind schedule along with the reasons therefor, project-wise;

(c) the cost escalation in each of the delayed projects; and

(d) the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  complete  the projects within scheduled time or extended time-frame?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION No.589 BY SHRI BHARAT SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 19.07.2017 REGARDING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UP.

(a)  Railway projects are not sanctioned State wise.  However, the details of New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling projects falling fully/partially in the State of Uttar Pradesh  are as under:-

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| RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UTTAR PRADESH   | RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UTTAR PRADESH   | RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UTTAR PRADESH                 | RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UTTAR PRADESH   | RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UTTAR PRADESH   | RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UTTAR PRADESH   | RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UTTAR PRADESH   | RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UTTAR PRADESH   | RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UTTAR PRADESH   |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| S. No                               | Plan Head                           | Project                                           | Year                                | Zone / Railway                      | Length of proj- ect                 | Latest Cost ( in cr.)               | Exp as on 31. 3.2017 ( in cr.)      | Total Outlay 2017-18 ( in cr.)      |
| 1                                   | New Line                            | Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli & Mahoba-Khajuraho | 1997- 98                            | North Central                       | 541 km                              | 3500                                | 1209.91                             | 300.5                               |
| 2                                   | New Line                            | Hathua-Bhatni.                                    | 2005- 06                            | North Eastern                       | 79.64 km                            | 575                                 | 222.85                              | 20                                  |
| 3                                   | New Line                            | Chhitauni-Tumkuhi Road                            | 2006- 07                            | North Eastern                       | 58.88 km                            | 535                                 | 67.28                               | 30                                  |
| 4                                   | New Line                            | Deoband (Muzzafar Nagar)-Roorkee                  | 2007- 08                            | Northern                            | 27.45 km                            | 700                                 | 178.42                              | 51                                  |
| 5                                   | New Line                            | Unchhar-Amethi                                    | 2012- 13                            | Northern                            | 66.17 km                            | 966                                 | 5.76                                | 10                                  |
| 6                                   | New Line                            | Kapilvastu-Basti #                                | 2013- 14                            | North Eastern                       | 91 km                               | 954                                 | 0.75                                | 10                                  |
| 7                                   | New Line                            | Anandnagar-Ghugli #                               | 2013- 14                            | North Eastern                       | 50 km                               | 468                                 | 0.68                                | 10                                  |
| 8                                   | New Line                            | Faizabad-Lalganj via Raibareilly #                | 2013- 14                            | Northern                            | 116 km                              | 1242                                | 0.0001                              | 0.01                                |
| 9                                   | New Line                            | Mau-Ghazipur- Tarighat                            | 2015- 16                            | North Eastern                       | 51 km                               | 1765.9 2                            | 150.5                               | 150                                 |
| 10                                  | New Line                            | Sahjanwa-Dohrighat #                              | 2016- 17                            | North Eastern                       | 70.45 km                            | 743.54                              | 0.02                                | 10                                  |
| 11                                  | New Line                            | Bahraich-Shravasti- Balrampur/Tulsipur #          | 2016- 17                            | North Eastern                       | 80 km                               | 1600                                | 0.024                               | 30                                  |
| 12                                  | New Line                            | Meerut-Panipat #                                  | 2016- 17                            | Northern                            | 104 km                              | 2200                                | 0.02                                | 32                                  |
| 13                                  | New                                 | Robertsganj-                                      | 2017-                               | North                               | 70 km                               | 1260                                | 0                                   | 1                                   |

|    | Line Mugalsarai via Madhupur, Sukrit, Ahrora #                                                                                            | 18       | Central       |           |         |        |       |
|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------------|-----------|---------|--------|-------|
| 14 | Gauge Conve rsion Gonda-Baharaich                                                                                                         | 1997- 98 | North Eastern | 60 km     |  246    | 233.26 |  40   |
| 15 | Gauge Conve rsion Bhojipura-Tanakpur via Pilibhit                                                                                         | 2007- 08 | North Eastern | 101 km    |  313    | 330.36 |  50   |
| 16 | Gauge Conve rsion Lucknow-Pilibhit via Sitapur, Lakhimpur                                                                                 | 2011- 12 | North Eastern | 262.76 km | 1061    | 678.48 | 150   |
| 17 | Gauge Conve rsion Indara-Dohrighat #                                                                                                      | 2016- 17 | North Eastern | 34 km     |  120    |   0.01 |  15   |
| 18 | Gauge Conve rsion Bahraich-Mailani incl byepass at Mailani #                                                                              | 2016- 17 | North Eastern | 230 km    | 1900    |   0.01 |  17   |
| 19 | Gauge Conve rsion Kanpur-Kasganj- Mathura & Kasganj- Bareilly -Lalkuan incl. MM for extn. From Bareilly to Lalkuan & Mandhana- Brahmavart | 1997- 98 | North Central | 553 km    | 1819    | 669    |  10   |
| 20 | Gauge Conve rsion Mathura - Vrindavan #                                                                                                   | 2017- 18 | North Central | 11 km     |   97.96 |   0    |   1   |
| 21 | Doubli ng Utretia-Zafrabad (Balance 148 km) and MM for Raibareilly- Akbarpur (47 km) & Sultanpur-Amethi (29 km), Sultanpur- Kadipur       | 2006- 07 | Northern      | 224 km    | 2434    | 557.11 | 208.6 |
| 22 | Doubli ng Lahota-Bhadoi                                                                                                                   | 2009- 10 | Northern      | 39 km     |  250    |  88.19 |  10   |
| 23 | Doubli ng Phapamau- Allahabad with new MM for bye pass line between Northern Rly and                                                      | 2009- 10 | Northern      | 12.9 km   |  185    |  91.25 | 100   |

|   24 | Doubli ng                     | Bhadoi-Janghai                              | 2010- 11   | Northern           | 31 km     | 950      | 123.62   | 20      |
|------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------|--------------------|-----------|----------|----------|---------|
|   25 | Doubli ng                     | Aurnihar-Manduadih                          | 2011- 12   | North Eastern 38.8 | km 240    | 176.93   |          | 15      |
|   26 | Doubli ng                     | Utretia-Raibareilly                         | 2011- 12   | Northern           | 65.6 km   | 342      | 130.68   | 60      |
|   27 | Doubli ng                     | Bhimsen-Jhansi                              | 2012- 13   | North Central      | 206 km    | 1266     | 636      | 402.68F |
|   28 | Doubli ng                     | Meerut- Muzaffarnagar-                      | 2012- 13   | Northern           | 55.47 km  | 377      | 166.16   | 125     |
|   29 | Doubli ng                     | Chhapra-Ballia Patch Doubling               | 2012- 13   | North Eastern      | 65 km     | 544      | 160.33   | 110     |
|   30 | Doubli ng                     | Raibareilly-Amethi                          | 2013- 14   | Northern           | 60 km     | 385      | 44.52    | 42      |
|   31 | Doubli ng                     | Ghazipur-Aurnihar                           | 2014- 15   | North Eastern      | 40 km     | 183      | 70.5     | 98.89   |
|   32 | Doubli ng                     | Ballia-Ghazipur                             | 2015- 16   | North Eastern      | 65 km     | 447.56   | 164      | 75      |
|   33 | Doubli ng                     | Rosa-Sitapur Cantt- Burhwal                 | 2015- 16   | North Central      | 180.77 km | 1295.4 2 | 0        | 200     |
|   34 | Doubli ng                     | Alamnagar-Utretia                           | 2015- 16   | Northern           | 18 km     | 200      | 30.54    | 50      |
|   35 | Doubli ng                     | Muzaffarnagar-Tapri2015-                    | 16         | Northern           | 52 km     | 376.78   | 100      | 100     |
|   36 | Doubli ng                     | Varanasi- Madhosingh- Allahabad             | 2015- 16   | North Eastern      | 122 km    | 750.56   | 150.05   | 50      |
|   37 | Doubli ng                     | Ramna-Singrauli doubling                    | 2015- 16   | East Central       | 160 km    | 2436     | 150.04   | 25      |
|   38 | Doubli ng                     | Doubling of Billi- Chopan (Renukut- Chopan) | 2015- 16   | North Central      | 9 km      | 93.29    | 20       | 20      |
|   39 | Doubli ng                     | Jhansi-Bina 3rd line                        | 2015- 16   | North Central      | 152 km    | 2002     | 55.84    | 430.23  |
|   40 | Doubli ng Mathura-Jhansi line | 3rd                                         | 2015- 16   | North Central      | 274 km    | 3678     | 250      | 255.36  |

|   41 | Doubli ng   | Mathura-Palwal 4th line                                         | 2015- 16   | North Central   | 80 km     | 669      |   73.89 |   250 |
|------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------------|-----------|----------|---------|-------|
|   42 | Doubli ng   | 3rd line Mughalasari- Allahabad                                 | 2015- 16   | North Central   | 152 km    | 2380     |  0      |   260 |
|   43 | Doubli ng   | Byepass at Sainthia, Sitarmpur, Mughalsarai, Allahabad, Etawah  | 2015- 16   | East Central    | 35 km     | 400      |  0      |    50 |
|   44 | Doubli ng   | Jhansi-Khairar- Manikpur & Khairar- Bhimsen #                   | 2016- 17   | North Central   | 411 km    | 3000     |  0.0001 |    10 |
|   45 | Doubli ng   | Yamuna Br.-Agra Fort With major Br at Yamuna river #            | 2016- 17   | North Central   | 2 km      | 107.73   |  0.0001 |    10 |
|   46 | Doubli ng   | Iradatganj- Kunwadih - const of flyover #                       | 2016- 17   | North Central   | 20.1 km   | 1838.7 5 |  0.0001 |    10 |
|   47 | Doubli ng   | Naini-Iradatganj - Const. of flyover #                          | 2016- 17   | North Central   | 12 km     | 675.95   |  0.0001 |    10 |
|   48 | Doubli ng   | Jeonathpur - flyover #                                          | 2016- 17   | North Central   | 13 km     | 738.99   |  0.0001 |    10 |
|   49 | Doubli ng   | Mathura-Murhes Rampur - flyover #                               | 2016- 17   | North Central   | 08 km     | 210      |  0.0001 |     7 |
|   50 | Doubli ng   | Flyover at Aligarh #                                            | 2016- 17   | North Central   | 25 km     | 1457.8 9 |  0.0001 |     7 |
|   51 | Doubli ng   | Lalitpur-Birari with flyover at Lalitpur #                      | 2016- 17   | North Eastern   | 16 km     | 260      |  0.0001 |     7 |
|   52 | Doubli ng   | Domingarh-GKP-# GKP Cantt-Kusumhi                               | 2016- 17   | North Eastern   | 21.15 km  | 116.72   |  0.01   |    20 |
|   53 | Doubli ng   | Burhwal-Gonda 3rd line #                                        | 2016- 17   | North Eastern   | 61.72 km  | 602.49   |  0.01   |    20 |
|   54 | Doubli ng   | Shahganj-Bhatni- Phephna-Indara, Mau-Sahaganj excl Mau-Indara # | 2016- 17   | North Eastern   | 150.28 km | 922.84   |  0.01   |    30 |
|   55 | Doubli ng   | Bhatni-Aurnihar with RE excl Mau- Indara #                      | 2016- 17   | North Eastern   | 116.95    | 936      |  0.01   |    40 |
|   56 | Doubli ng   | Aurnihar-Jaunpur #                                              | 2016- 17   | North Eastern   | 68 km     | 600      |  0.01   |    39 |

|   57 | Doubli ng   | Barabanki-Akbarpur #                                                              | 2016- 17   | Northern      | 161 km   | 1200     |   0.011 |   5 |
|------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|-----|
|   58 | Doubli ng # | Janghai- Pratapgarh-Amethi                                                        | 2016- 17   | Northern      | 87 km    | 700      |   0.011 |   7 |
|   59 | Doubli ng   | Jaunpur-Tanda #                                                                   | 2016- 17   | Northern      | 94 km    | 831      |   0.01  |   1 |
|   60 | Doubli ng   | Delhi-Shamli-Tapri incl Saharanpur byepass #                                      | 2016- 17   | Northern      | 175 km   | 1500     |   0.01  |  11 |
|   61 | Dou bling   | Naini-Chheoki 3rd line with additional platform #                                 | 2017- 18   | North Central | 2 km     | 22.65    |   0     |   1 |
|   62 | Dou bling   | Bhapur-Panki- 4th line connecting down loop of Baupur to shunting neck of Panki # | 2017- 18   | North Central | 11 km    | 81.89    |   0     |   1 |
|   63 | Dou bling   | Construction of Kanpur Fly-over #                                                 | 2017- 18   | North Central | 30 km    | 1789.7 3 |   0     |   1 |
|   64 | Dou bling   | Barabanki-Malhaur - 3rd and 4th line # 18                                         | 2017-      | Northern      | 32.84 km | 323.85   |   0     |   1 |
|   65 | Dou bling   | Varanasi- Mughalsarai - 3rd line #                                                | 2017- 18   | Northern      | 16.72 km | 2005.1 4 |   0     |   1 |
|   66 | Dou bling   | Jaunpur Jn.-Janpur City- Chord line- 2.2 #                                        | 2017- 18   | Northern      | 2.2 km   | 86.32    |   0     |   1 |
|   67 | Dou bling   | Janghai- Phaphamau - doubling with electrification #                              | 2017- 18   | Northern      | 46.79 km | 357.48   |   0     |   1 |

# Projects included in budget, subject to obtaining requisite clearances. Expenditure  on  these  projects  will  be  made  only  after  following  due processes / mandatory approvals and sanctions

(b)  to  (d):  Every  Railway  project  requires  a  number  of  clearances  from various Ministries and Departments of State/Central Governments. These, inter-alia, include clearances inherent to land acquisition, forestry  clearance  and  permission  for  crossing  from  departments  like National Highway Authority of India, Public Works Department, Irrigation canals etc. which are part of project execution.  Process of seeking the approvals/clearances and land acquisition causes delay in completion of the  projects.    All  these  factors  are  beyond  the  control  of  Ministry  of Railways.    In addition, as per the prevailing system, funds are allocated on yearly basis,  based on the Gross Budgetary Support from Ministry of Finance and  internal generation and  progress of land acquisition.   In view of the uncertainty with regard to funding and issues regarding land acquisition, timeframe for completion of projects is normally not fixed. Therefore,  magnitude  of  time  overrun  and  cost  overruns  cannot  be quantified.  To expedite completion of projects, Railways have arranged additional  funds  by  way  of  loan  from  Life  Insurance  Corporation  for funding  doubling  projects  and  regular  coordination  meetings  are  held with  Ministries/  Department  /State  Government  Authorities  to  expedite above-mentioned clearances. Other measures taken to expedite completion  are  prioritization  of  projects,  delegation  of  powers  at  field level,  inviting  the  State  Governments  to  participate  with  Railways  for resource  mobilization  for  projects,  nomination  of  nodal  officers  for improved co-ordination with the State Governments etc.

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