Lok Sabha Question No. 6072 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Cost Free Land for Laying Rail Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DHARMENDRA YADAV, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6072 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## COST FREE LAND FOR LAYING RAIL LINES

†6072. SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether various  State  Governments  have  agreed  to  provide land  free  of  cost  for  laying  of  rail  lines  in  their  respective States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the rail line projects that could not be taken up due  to  not  making  available  land  free  of  cost  by  the  State Governments;
- (d) the details of the rail line projects which were withdrawn due to  not  making  available  land  free  of  cost  by  the  State Governments; and
- (e) whether the Government is considering to start these rail line projects on its own, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6072 BY SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV, SHRI ANANDRAO  ADSUL,  DR.  SHRIKANT  EKNATH  SHINDE  AND  DR.  PRITAM GOPINATH  MUNDE  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  04.04.2018 REGARDING COST FREE LAND FOR LAYING RAIL LINES

(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. The details of the New Line projects for which State Governments have given their consent to provide land free of cost are as under:-

|   SN | Railway            | Project                                                                                      | State Govt who agreed to bear the cost of land                                          |
|------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | South Central      | Akkanapet-Medak                                                                              | Telangana                                                                               |
|    2 | South Central      | Manoharabad-Kotapalli                                                                        | Telangana                                                                               |
|    3 | South Central      | Nadikude-Srikalahasti                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                          |
|    4 | South Central      | Bhadrachallam- Sattupalli                                                                    | Singareni Collieries Company Limited                                                    |
|    5 | South East Central | Dallirajahara-Jagdalpur                                                                      | Chhattisgarh, Steel Authority of Indian Ltd. & National Mineral Development Corporation |
|    6 | Northern           | Rohtak-Mehem-Hansi                                                                           | Haryana                                                                                 |
|    7 | Northern           | Firozpur-Patti                                                                               | Punjab                                                                                  |
|    8 | Northern           | Rama Mandi (Raman)- Sada Singh Wala via Talwandi Saboo (29.11 km) of Mansa-Bhatinda Doubling | Punjab                                                                                  |
|    9 | South Western      | Bagalkot-Kudachi                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                               |
|   10 | South Western      | Bangalore- Satyamanglam                                                                      | Karnataka                                                                               |
|   11 | South Western      | Kadur-Chickmagalur- Sakleshpur (land for Chickmagalur- Sakleshpur - 47 km)                   | Karnataka                                                                               |
|   12 | South Western      | Shimoga-Harihar                                                                              | Karnataka                                                                               |

|   SN | Railway       | Project                                                        | State Govt who agreed to bear the cost of land   |
|------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|   13 | South Western | Tumkur-Chitradurg- Davangere                                   | Karnataka                                        |
|   14 | South Western | Whitefield-Kolar                                               | Karnataka                                        |
|   15 | South Western | Gadag-Wadi                                                     | Karnataka                                        |
|   16 | North Western | Ratlam -Dungarpur via Banswara                                 | Rajasthan                                        |
|   17 | East Coast    | Khurda road-Bolangir                                           | Odisha                                           |
|   18 | East Coast    | Jeypore-Nabarangpur                                            | Odisha                                           |
|   19 | North Western | Ajmer (Nasirabad)- Sawai Madhopur (Chauth Ka Banwara) via Tonk | Rajasthan                                        |

(c) to (e):   None of the Railway projects included in Railway Budget has been  withdrawn,  where  concerned  State  Governments  have  not  made significant progress in providing land free of cost.

Railways is regularly holding co-ordination meeting with the State Government  to  provide  land  free  of  cost  wherever  committed  by  State Government earlier.

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