Lok Sabha Question No. 3523 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Doubling of Railway Lines in Gujarat
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3523 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2018

## DOUBLING OF RAILWAY LINES IN GUJARAT

3523.   DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)      whether the Railways has received representations from various organisations/road  users  as  well  as  from  the  Government  of Gujarat for doubling of railway lines;
- (b)      if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government thereon along with the time-frame fixed for each project;
- (c)     the number of surveys that have been proposed for doubling of railway  lines  in  Gujarat  during  the  last  three  years i.e.  from 2011-12 to 2016-17;
- (d)     the number of surveys  of doubling of railway lines started and completed along with the time by which the remaining projects will be started and completed; and
- (e)     the status of work related to doubling of Rajkot-Veraval railway line  that  has  been  taken  up  and  the    time-frame  fixed  for  its completion?

## 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.  3523  BY  DR.  KIRIT  P.  SOLANKI  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 08.08.2018 REGARDING DOUBLING OF RAILWAY LINES IN GUJARAT

(a):  Requests  for  doubling,  both  formal  as  well  as  informal,  are received  by  Railways  at  various  levels  i.e.  Railway  Board,  Zonal Railways and Divisional Headquarters, etc. As receipt of such requests/suggestions is a continuous and dynamic process, centralized compendium of such requests is not maintained.

(b) to (d): Surveys for 9 doubling projects falling fully/partly in the State of Gujarat have been completed during the last five years i.e. 2011-12 to  2016-17.  All  the  surveys  have  been  completed.  The  details  of  the surveys and their status are as under:

( ` in crore)

|   S. No. | Name of the Project                   | Year of sanction   | Year of Complet- ion   |   KMS |   Cost | Status                                                                                                         |
|----------|---------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|-------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Vatva- Ahemdabad- Sabarmati 4 th line | 2015-16            | 2016-17                |    18 |    231 | Work sanctioned in 2015-16. Earthwork, bridges works, ballast supply etc. are in different stages of progress. |
|        2 | Surendranagar -Rajkot doubling        | 2015-16            | 2016-17                |   116 |   1002 | Work sanctioned in 2015-16. Earthwork, bridges works, ballast supply etc. are in different stages of progress. |

|   3 | Anand- Godhara doubling                                | 2017-18   |         |   79 | 683   | Work included in Budget 2017-18 subject to requisite approvals from the Government. Detailed Project Report (DPR) under preparation.   |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------|------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   4 | Rajkot-Okha doubling                                   | 2012-13   | 2016-17 |  252 | 1997  | Survey completed & report under examination.                                                                                           |
|   5 | Rajkot- Junagarh (Ahmedabad- Junagarh doubling)        | 2011-12   | 2017-18 |  103 | 812   | Survey completed and the proposal could not be taken forward due to its un- remunerative nature.                                       |
|   6 | Rajkot-Veraval (Junagarh- Veraval) doubling            | 2013-14   |         |   85 |       | Survey taken up.                                                                                                                       |
|   7 | Makarpura- Vadodara 'P' (8.5 km) 3 rd line & 4 th line | 2015-16   |         |    9 |       | Survey taken up.                                                                                                                       |
|   8 | Utran- Ankleshwar (46 km) 3 rd & 4 th line             | 2015-16   |         |   46 |       | Survey taken up.                                                                                                                       |

| 9   | Mehsana-          | 2018-19   | 65   | 529. 30   | Work included in                                                                                                           |
|-----|-------------------|-----------|------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     | Palanpur doubling |           |      |           | the Budget 2018-19 subject to requisite approvals from the Government. Detailed Project Report (DPR) is under preparation. |

(e):  As  of  now,  only  survey of  doubling of Rajkot-Veraval railway line has  been  taken  up  in  two  parts  i.e.  Rajkot-Junagarh  (103  km)  and Junagarh-Veraval (83 km).

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