Lok Sabha Question No. 6155 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: New Railway Lines in Karnataka
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, B.N. CHANDRAPPA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6155 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## NEW RAILWAY LINES IN KARNATAKA

6155. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI  D.K. SURESH:

SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the    railways  lines  approved  for  the  State  of Karnataka in the recent years;
- (b) whether  the  works  of  all  the  new  railway  lines  have  been completed  as  per  the  schedule  of  the  Railways  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor along with the status of each railway line under construction;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  allocated  sufficient  funds  for  the construction of the said railway lines; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  and  released  for  each railway line till date?

## 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. 6155 BY  SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL,  SHRI  D.K. SURESH AND  SHRI  B.N.  CHANDRAPPA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 04.04.2018 REGARDING  NEW RAILWAY LINES IN KARNATAKA

(a)  to  (e):  Details  of  railway  lines  approved  for  the  State  of  Karnataka during the last four years during 2014-15 to 2017-18 alongwith  their latest status, estimated cost, expenditure incurred thereon upto March, 2017 and outlay provided during 2017-18 are as under:-

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| S. No.   | Project                                                       | Year of inclusion   | Latest Estimated cost ( ` in crore)   | Expenditure upto March, 2017 ( ` in crore)   | Outlay 2017- 18 ( ` in crore)   | Status                                                                                                                                                            |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| NEW      | LINE                                                          |                     |                                       |                                              |                                 |                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 1        | Gadag- Yalvigi (58 Km)                                        | 2017- 18            | 640                                   | …                                            | 1                               | Project is included in Budget subject to requisite approvals.                                                                                                     |
|          | DOUBLING                                                      |                     |                                       |                                              |                                 |                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 1        | Bangalore Whitefield- Bangalore City- Krishnarajapuram (23Km) | 1997- 98            | 138                                   | 0.05                                         | 1                               | On this project, work for 3 rd & 4 th on Bangalore Cantonment- Krishnarajapuram -Whitefield section has been approved at a cost of ` 492.87 crore in March, 2018. |
| 2        | Hotgi-Kudgi- Gadag (284 Km)                                   | 2014- 15            | 1798                                  | 327.46                                       | 344                             | On Hotgi-Kudgi section (134 Km), work on Minchinal-                                                                                                               |

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|    |                                                               |          |      |        |     | 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 63 acre of revenue land for this stretch.   |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------|--------|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  3 | Byepass at Renigunta (9.6 Km), Gooty (7.6 Km) & Wadi (3.8 Km) | 2015- 16 |  273 |   5    |  10 | Wadi bye-pass work is in Karnataka area. For this, preparation of plans has been taken up.                                                                                                                                    |
|  4 | Pune-Miraj- Londa (467 Km)                                    | 2015- 16 | 3623 | 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. Yelahanka-                                                    |
|  5 | Yelahanka- Penukonda (121 Km)                                 | 2015- 16 |  860 | 295.92 | 120 | Devarapalli (71 Km) is in                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

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|    |                           |          |      |        |     | Karnataka area and balance 50 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   |
|----|---------------------------|----------|------|--------|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  6 | Hubli- Chikjajur (190 Km) | 2015- 16 | 1141 | 341.45 | 200 | advance stage. Earthwork, bridgework, ballast supply, etc have been taken up. State Government has to expedite handing over of 68 acre of land to Railways. Chikjajur- Tolahunse (37 Km) section is in advance stage.                                                                      |

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|   7 | Arsikere- Tumkur (96 Km)              | 2015- 16   |    578 |   212.15 |   140 | Earthwork, bridgework, ballast supply, etc taken up. State Government to expedite handing over of 29 acre of land to Railways. Arsikere-Karadi section (36 Km) is in advance stage.       |
|-----|---------------------------------------|------------|--------|----------|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   8 | Birur- Shimoga (60 Km)                | 2016- 17   | 500    |     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. |
|   9 | Netravati- Mangalore Central (1.5 Km) | 2016- 17   |  28.03 |     0.01 |     5 | Requisite approvals for the project obtained in May, 2017. Detailed estimate of ` 28.03 crore sanctioned.                                                                                 |

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Besides  above,  doubling  projects  for  Yeshwantpur-Channasandra (21.7  Km),  and  Baiyyappanahalli-Hosur  (48  Km)  falling  fully/partly  in  the State  of  Karnataka  have  also  been  included  in  the  Budget  2018-19  at  a cost of ` 169.65 crore and ` 375.67 crore respectively.

Funds provided to the projects are considered sufficient to execute works thereon.  However, execution/completion of projects depends on a number  of  factors  such  as  statutory  clearances,  acquisition  of  land, shifting of various utility services etc. Therefore, it is not feasible to give fixed time lines for completion of the projects.

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