Lok Sabha Question No. 3638 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Rail Connectivity in Telangana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3638 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2018

## RAIL CONNECTIVITY IN TELANGANA

3638. SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  increase  the  rail connectivity in Telangana State;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the  efforts  made/being  made  by  the  Government  so  that  the works allocated in this regard could be completed in time; and
- (d) the  funds  allocated  and  spent  to  redevelop  the  Secunderabad railway station?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE 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. 3638 BY SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA TO BE ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  08.08.2018  REGARDING  RAILWAY  CONNECTIVITY  IN TELANGANA

(a) and (b) 09 new line projects costing ₹ 14,665 crore having length of 1093 Km and 05 doubling projects costing ₹ 5,267 crore having length 545 Km falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Telangana  are  in  different  stages  of approval/planning/execution. The details of new Projects and upgradation of infrastructure  through  doubling/tripling  being  taken  up  in  the  State  of Telangana are as under:-

| S N       | Project                            | Year of sanction   | Latest Antici- pated Cost (₹ in cr.)   | Exp as on 31.3.2018 (₹ in cr.)   | Outlay 18-19 (₹ in cr.)   | Present Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|-----------|------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| NEW LINES | NEW LINES                          | NEW LINES          | NEW LINES                              | NEW LINES                        | NEW LINES                 | NEW LINES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 1         | Munirabad- Mahbubnagar (246 Km)    | 1997-98            | 2800                                   | 1118.33                          | 275                       |  Krishna-Yeramaras (16 Km): DN line commissioned.  Devakadra-Jaklair (28.55 Km): Commissioned.  Munirabad (Ginigera)- Budhgumpa- Chikkabenakal (27 km): Commissioned.  Jaklair-Krishna (35.60 Km): & Chikkabenakal- Yeramaras(138 Km): Land acquisition has been taken up. |
| 2         | Manoharabad- Kotapalli (148.90 Km) | 2006-07            | 1160                                   | 16.74                            | 125                       | Land acquisition has been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |

|   3 | Bhadrachalam Road-Satupalli (56.25 Km)   | 2010-11   |   704.31 |   69.69 |   120 | Land acquisition has been taken up. Agency finalised for Earthwork, Minor/Major bridges.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|-----|------------------------------------------|-----------|----------|---------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   4 | Akkanapet- Medak (17.2 Km)               | 2012-13   |      126 |   46.53 |   130 | 333 Acre out of 338 Acre of land has been acquired. Earthwork & minor bridge have been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|   5 | Bhadrachalam -Kovvur (151Km)             | 2012-13   |     2154 |    2.38 |    01 | On the request of Government of Telangana, survey for revised alignment has been done and agreed by Government of Telangana. As per revised alignment taking off from Sattupalli, total length in Telangana is 48.58 Km for ₹ 735.70 crore. Government of Telangana has been requested to convey consent for sharing the 50% cost of the project. Andhra Pradesh Government has given consent for cost sharing for the portion falling in their state having length of 70.32 Km costing ₹ 1419.13 crore. |

|   6 | Mannuguru- Ramagundum (200 Km)          | 2013-14   |   2911 |   0.92 |    0.5 | Consent of Telangana Govt. for sharing 50% cost and land free of cost is awaited.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|-----|-----------------------------------------|-----------|--------|--------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   7 | Kondapalli- Kothagodum (125Km)          | 2013-14   |    723 | 0.0001 |  0.001 | Work included in Budget 2013-14 subject to obtaining requisite approvals. Project length reduced to 81.57 km between Kondapalli- Penuballi due to common alignment between Kothagudum to Penuballi. Andhra Pradesh Government has agreed for sharing 13% cost of the project cost falling in their portion. State Govt. of Telangana has been requested to share the cost and consent for common alignment from Kothagudum to Penuballi. |
|   8 | Vijayawada- Guntur via Amravati (106Km) | 2017-18   |   3272 | 2.1    | 10     | Only 06 Km of length of the Project falls in Telangana. This project was included in Budget 2017-18 subject to requisite Govt. clearances.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

|          |                                                           |          |          |          |          | Revised DPR for Errupalem-Nambur via Amravathi (56.53 Km) single line (56.53 Km) costing ₹ 1732.56 Cr. has been taken up.                                     |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 9        | Macherla- Nalgonda (92Km)                                 | 1997-98  | 815      | 3.49     | 0.1      | During bankability study it was found that project is financially unviable even with State Govt. providing free land and sharing 75% of cost of construction. |
| DOUBLING | DOUBLING                                                  | DOUBLING | DOUBLING | DOUBLING | DOUBLING | DOUBLING                                                                                                                                                      |
| 10       | Mancheryal- Peddampet Patch Tripling (9.02 Km)            | 2010-11  | 119.89   | 108.09   | 03       | Work taken up. Targeted to be completed by September 2018.                                                                                                    |
| 11       | Kazipet- Vijaywada 3rd line with electrification (220 Km) | 2012-13  | 1857     | 177.58   | 60       | Work taken up.                                                                                                                                                |
| 12       | Byepass at Vijayawada, Kazipet (30Km)                     | 2015-16  | 499.29   | 81.25    | 6.55     | Vijaywada Bye-Pass (19.50 km) and Kazipet Bye-Pass (10.65 km): Land acquisition has been taken up.                                                            |
| 13       | Kazipet- Balharshah 3 rd line (202 Km)                    | 2015-16  | 2063     | 306.16   | 301      | Agency for Earthwork, Bridges finalised. Works have been taken up.                                                                                            |

| 14 Secunderabad (Falaknuma)- Mehboobnagar (85.24 km)   | 2015-16   | 728   | 112.60   | 250   | Land acquisition, Minor/Major bridge and Earth work has been taken up.   |
|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-------|----------|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

- (c)  Indian  Railways  have  taken  various  initiatives  to  increase  pace  of execution of projects. These include-
-  Institutional  financing  by  tying  up  loan  with  M/s  Life  Insurance Corporation of India Limited for ₹ 1.5 lac crore for assured funding of viable  projects  has  increased  Railways'  capacity  for  committed  fund provision for essential projects.
-  Railway has recently issued policy guidelines for land acquisition. Under this policy, Railway has decided to take up the execution only after complete land acquisition.
- (d) Redevelopment of stations is planned through leveraging of commercial  development  of  vacant  land/air  space  in  and  around stations.    Therefore,  no  funds  have  been  earmarked  for  the  purpose. Such projects shall generally be cost neutral to Railways.  Accordingly, no fund has been allocated for redevelopment of Secunderabad Station. ******