Lok Sabha Question No. 5473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Rail Projects in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: JYOTI DHURVE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5473 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2018

## RAIL PROJECTS IN MADHYA PRADESH

## †5473.  SHRIMATI JYOTI DHURVE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether many rail projects in Madhya Pradesh are pending;
- (b) if so, the details of the projects pending during the last three years;
- (c) the time by which these projects are likely to be completed; and
- (d) the details of the projects approved for Madhya Pradesh during the last three years?

## 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.  5473  BY  SHRIMATI  JYOTI  DHURVE  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN LOK  SABHA  ON  28.03.2018  REGARDING  RAIL  PROJECTS  IN  MADHYA PRADESH

(a), (b) & (d): At present, 38 projects covering a length of 6770.46 Km at the cost of ` 76495.6 crore  falling partly/fully in the State of Madhya Pradesh are in different stages of execution. Out of these, 3 new line and 18 doubling projects falling partly/fully in the State of Madhya Pradesh have included in the  Budget  since  last  3  years  i.e.  from  2015-16  to  2017-18.    Besides,  2 doubling projects have also been proposed in the Budget 2018-19. Details of these projects are as under:

| S. No.   | Name of Project                                                                            | Year of sanction   | Latest anticipated cost ( ` in crore)   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|          | NEW LINES                                                                                  |                    |                                         |
| 1.       | Indore-Jabalpur (342 Km)                                                                   | 2016-17            | 5440                                    |
| 2.       | Indore-Manmad via Malegaon (368 Km)                                                        | 2016-17            | 8857.98                                 |
| 3.       | Nimach-Badi Sadri (48 Km)                                                                  | 2017-18            | 490.44                                  |
|          | DOUBLING                                                                                   |                    |                                         |
| 1.       | Anuppur-Katni 3 rd line (166 Km)                                                           | 2015-16            | 1370.94                                 |
| 2.       | Bilaspur (Pendra Road)-Anuppur 3 rd line (50 Km)                                           | 2015-16            | 393.98                                  |
| 3.       | Teegaon-Chichonda Ghat section 3 rd line (17 Km)                                           | 2015-16            | 175.66                                  |
| 4.       | Itarsi-Nagpur (Balance) 3 rd line with Dharakho-Maramjhiri Ghat section 3 rd line (280 Km) | 2015-16            | 2449.91                                 |
| 5.       | Jhansi-Bina 3 rd line (153 Km)                                                             | 2015-16            | 2001.63                                 |
| 6.       | Katni-Bina 3 rd line (279 Km)                                                              | 2015-16            | 2478.23                                 |
| 7.       | Katni Grade Separator Bypass line (22 Km)                                                  | 2015-16            | 582.13                                  |
| 8.       | Katni-Singrauli (261 Km)                                                                   | 2015-16            | 1762.94                                 |
| 9.       | Mathura-Jhansi 3 rd line (274 Km)                                                          | 2015-16            | 3677.76                                 |
| 10.      | Nimuch-Chittaurgarh (56 Km)                                                                | 2015-16            | 389.99                                  |
| 11.      | Ramna-Singrauli (160 Km)                                                                   | 2015-16            | 2436.21                                 |
| 12.      | Satna-Rewa (50 Km)                                                                         | 2015-16            | 403.49                                  |

|   13. | Sontalai-Bagratawa patch doubling (7 Km)                         | 2015-16            |   96.44 |
|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------|
|    14 | Indore-Dewas-Ujjain (80 Km)                                      | 2016-17            |  603.69 |
|    15 | Jhansi-Khairar-Manickpur & Khairar Bhimsen (411 Km)              | 2016-17            | 4187    |
|    16 | Jukehi Chord line at Katni (1Km)                                 | 2016-17            |   12.45 |
|    17 | Nagda-Ujjain Doubling of Gambhir Bridge (1 Km)                   | 2016-17            |   28.16 |
|    18 | Powarkheda-Jujharpur single line flyover in up direction (12 Km) | 2016-17            |  247.03 |
|    19 | Nimach-Ratlam (133 Km)                                           | 2018-19 (Proposed) |  910    |
|    20 | Dholpur-Jhansi Bina 4 th line (321.80 Km)                        | 2018-19 (Proposed) |  486.95 |

- (c):   Completion of these projects is dependent upon many factors such as land acquisition, statutory clearances like forestry and wild life clearances, shifting of services, cutting of trees, construction of road over bridges and road under bridges by road maintaining agencies, apart from availability of adequate funds. Therefore, timelines for completion of all the projects are not feasible to be fixed.

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