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Lok Sabha Question No. 2662 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Bharat Darshan Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2662 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## BHARAT DARSHAN TRAINS

## 2662. SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Railways plans to unveil Bharat Darshan Trains and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the fare of this train will be fixed broadly on the basis of normal fare of mail or express trains with telescopic benefit for the entire trip and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  such  tourist  trains  will  be  at  affordable  rate  so  that ordinary citizens can use it; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  and  (b):  Indian  Railways,  in  collaboration  of  Indian  Railway Catering  and  Tourism  Corporation  Limited  (IRCTC),  is  operating Bharat Darshan Trains since the year 2005 with different itineraries based  on  market  demand,  popularity  and  operational  feasibility. Currently,  three  dedicated  rakes  have  been  provided  to  IRCTC  for operation  of  these  trains.  Railways  charge  IRCTC  Mail/Express  fare on telescopic basis for entire journey for the carrying capacity of the train escalated by 20% and 50% pantry car charge.

(c) and (d): The package tour of Bharat Darshan Trains is one of the most  affordable  tour  currently  operated  in  India  and  is  largely patronised by common man. The passenger tariff is fixed in the range of D 800 -  900  + GST per person per day which includes rail and road transportation, accommodation (Dharamshala/dormitory), sightseeing, meals, accidental insurance etc. *****
Lok Sabha Question No. 2660 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Minority Status to Linguistic Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: PRASUN BANERJEE

- (a)  No, Madam.
- (b)  Does not arise.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2660 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03-01-2018

## Minority Status to Linguistic Minorities

2660. SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any plan to give minority status to linguistic minorities; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2659 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Semi High Speed Corridors
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2659

TO BE ANSWERED ON  03.01.2018

## SEMI HIGH SPEED CORRIDORS

2659. DR. GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  German  Railways  will  assist  Indian Railways to make country's existing rail corridors semi-high speed and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  it  is  also  a  fact  that  a  joint  declaration  of  intent  was signed between Ministry of Railways and Germany regarding carrying out of feasibility study on existing 643 km Chennai-Kazipet corridor of Indian  Railways  by  German  Railways  for  increasing  the  speed  of passenger trains to 200 kmph on 50:50 percent cost sharing basis;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether German Railways is likely to undertake more such projects for Indian Railways and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. A Joint Declaration of Intent was signed on 10 th October, 2017 at New Delhi between the Ministry of Railways of the

Republic  of  India  and  the  Federal  Ministry  of  Transport  and  Digital Infrastructure  of  the  Federal  Republic  of  Germany  for  carrying  out  a feasibility  study  on  the  existing  Chennai-Kazipet  corridor  of  Indian Railways for  upgrading  the  current  passenger  services  to  Semi  High Speed (SHS)  upto 200 kmph. (c):  The  study  shall  be  started  after  signing  a  separate  Agreement between both the parties determining the final terms and conditions of the implementation of the feasibility study. The cost of the feasibility study shall be shared 50:50 percent by both the parties. The terms and conditions of the Agreement, terms of reference & scope of the study and the cost of study are under discussion with the German side. (d): No such project (Semi High Speed) on any other corridor of Indian Railways network other than Chennai-Kazipet corridor is being undertaken by German Railways.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Use of Renewable Energy
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PRALHAD VENKATESH JOSHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2658 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

## 2658.   SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  manner  in  which  the  Railways,  the  largest  consumer  of power in the country is tapping renewable sources of energy to cut its electricity bill; and
- (b) the  quantum  of  money  saved  by  the  Railways  as  a  result  of producing and consuming renewable energy in its vast network during the last two financial years and the current year?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) Indian  Railways is  tapping  renewable energy through developer mode  on  Railways/private  land  and  on  roof  top  of  Railway buildings to cut its electricity bills.
- (b) The amount of savings from renewable energy depends upon the market forces. Annualized savings for the year 2015-16 is about 20  crore,  for  the  year  2016-17  about 30  crore  and  for  the current year (upto November 2017) is about 28 crore.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2656 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Derecognition of Law Colleges
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: DILIP PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

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## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2656 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

Derecognition of Law Colleges

## 2656. SHRI DILIP PATEL:

## Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Bar Council of India has recommended to derecognise several law colleges in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the list of such colleges, State-wise including Gujarat;

(c) whether there is any student-teacher ratio fixed in the law colleges;

- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(e)  whether  the  Government  has  decided  to  increase  law  literacy  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the details of the steps undertaken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a), (b) and (e): The information will be collected and laid on the Table of the House.

(c) and (d):  The Bar Council of India (BCI) has informed that as far as student-teacher ratio for the  three  year  Bachelor  of  Law  degree  course  (without  Honours)  is  concerned,  considering  an intake of students with two sections (of 60 students in  each Section), there shall be a minimum of four core faculty members in the first year, six in the second year and eight in the third year in addition  to  the  Principal/Head  or  Dean  as  the  case  may  be.    An  institution  intending  to  run  a specialized or honours course, must have, in addition to the above, at least three faculty members in the group in which specialization and honours courses are offered.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2655 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Untested Nuclear Reactors
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2655

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## UNTESTED NUCLEAR REACTORS

2655.  SHRI B. V. NAIK:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  signed  agreements  with  new  companies  for setting up nuclear reactors in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the reactors to be supplied under the agreement is installed in any other part of the world and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons for buying these untested reactors?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  PERSONNEL,  PUBLIC  GRIEVANCES  & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (Dr. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) A General Framework Agreement (GFA) for setting up two units of 1000 MW each  at  Kudankulam  in  Tamil  Nadu  (Kudankulam  Nuclear  Power  Plant, KKNPP-5&6  -  2X1000  MW)  was  signed  by  Nuclear  Power  Corporation  of India  Limited  (NPCIL)  with  Atomstroyexport  (ASE)  of  Russian  Federation  in June 2017.
- (b) Yes,  Sir. The reactors  to  be  set  up,  KKNPP-5&6  are  VVER  1000  type reactors and are installed in several other countries like Russian Federation, Ukraine, China, Iran etc. These reactors are similar to KKNPP-1&2 currently in operation and KKNPP-3&4 under construction in India.
- (c) Does not arise in view of (b) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2654 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Stoppage of Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2654 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## STOPPAGE OF DELHI-BHOPAL SHATABDI

†2654.  SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  stoppage  of  DelhiBhopal Shatabdi rail service at Bina junction railway station;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to  (c):  Shatabdi  Express  trains  are  fully  air-conditioned  intercity trains with very fast transit times and very tight schedules with a limited number of stoppages enroute in order to reduce the travel time. These trains originate at a particular station in the morning and return back in the  evening.    Proliferation  of  stoppages  will  decelerate  the  train  and delay  its  arrival  at  destination  which  will  not  be  in  the  interest  of travelling public and may change the very character of premier service i.e. Shatabdi Express. As such, presently there is no proposal to provide stoppage of 12001/12002 Habibganj-Bhopal-New Delhi Shatabdi Express at Bina.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2652 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Implementation of DoPT Guidelines by MTNL
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: SHER SINGH GHUBAYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2652 TO BE ANSWERED ON  3 RD  JANUARY, 2018

## IMPLEMENTATION OF DOPT GUIDELINES BY MTNL

2652. SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) has not implemented the Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T) guidelines on seniority in promotion of the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe officials;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor alongwith the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to ensure long pending implementation of aforesaid guidelines in MTNL; and
- (d) the details of action taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government against the erring officials for defying the said guidelines?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) to (d) Mahanagar  Telephone  Nigam  Limited  (MTNL)  has  implemented  the Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T) guidelines in seniority in promotion of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe officials.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2651 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Introduction of more Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH

- (a): No, Madam.
- (b): Does not arise.
- (c)  &  (d):  To  cater  to  the  needs  of  passengers  of  Palakkad-Pollachi section, 03 pairs of train services have been provided on the section, with  effect  from  01.11.2017,  by  extending  the  following  trains  via
- Palakkad-Pollachi:-
- (i) 22651/22652 Chennai Central-Pollachi Express up to Palakkad.
- (ii) 16343/16344 Thiruvananthapuram-Palakkad Amritha Express up to
- Madurai.
- (iii) 56769/56770 Tiruchendur-Palani Passenger up to Palakkad.

Besides,  introduction  of trains is  an  on-going  process  on  Indian Railways  subject  to  operational  feasibility,  commercial  viability  and availability of resources.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

## 2651

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## INTRODUCTION OF MORE TRAINS

2651. DR. A. SAMPATH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government intends to transfer a  part of railway lines in Thiruvananthapuram division to adjoining division in Tamil Nadu and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   whether this move is against the assurance given by the authorities to the people of Kerala when there was a similar move earlier and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Government proposes to introduce more trains on the new  Palakkad-Pollachi broad gauge  route as per the  demand  of passengers and businessmen in both Tamil Nadu and Kerala; and
- (d)   if so, the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
Lok Sabha Question No. 2650 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Anti-Collision Device
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KANWAR SINGH TANWAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2650 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## ANTI-COLLISION DEVICE

2650. SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) the current status of implementation of Anti-Collision Device to control train accidents;

(b) whether this device has since been tested and implemented successfully, if so, the details thereof; and

- (c) if not, the action plan made to improve this device to make it effective in controlling train accidents?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2650 BY SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.01.2018 REGARDING ANTI-COLLISION DEVICE

(a) & (b) : Anti-Collision Device (ACD) was developed indigenously by Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) and provided as a pilot project between Katihar and Guwahati for a route length of 1763 Kms. on Northeast Frontier Railway.    The  working  of  the  system  was  carefully  monitored  after  its commissioning.  Unfortunately, complex operational and technical problems were  experienced  during  this  period  which  could  not  be  fully  resolved  by KRCL due to design limitations of ACD.  Meantime, projects for deploying anticollision  devices  were  also  sanctioned  on  some  more  Zonal  Railways  in anticipation  of  the  problems  getting  resolved.    However,  as  this  did  not happen, it was decided that there will be no more proliferation of ACD in its present form on Indian Railways.

(c) :  While looking for alternatives for use in place of ACD, it was found that a Train Protection System based on the European Train Control System (ETCS) would be able to prevent collisions between trains.  This system was provided on Indian Railways in the following three sections:-

- (i) Chennai  -  Gummidipundi  Suburban  Section  of  Southern  Railway (50 RKMs).
- (ii) Hazrat  Nizamuddin  -  Agra  Section  of  Northern/North  Central Railway (200 RKMs).
- (iii) Basin  Bridge  -  Arrakkonam  Section  of  Southern  Railway  (67 RKMs).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2648 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Monsoon Mission
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

- (a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2648

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 03, 2018

## MONSOON MISSION

## 2648. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  implemented  Monsoon  Mission programme  with  state-of-the-art  dynamical  prediction  systems for seasonal forecasts and improve the skill of  monsoon forecasts in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  whether  the  programme  is  being implemented with the aim to help the farming sector in deciding agricultural operations and water reservoir management; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the financial allocation made by the Government under this programme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY)

- Yes Madam.
- (b-c)   Under the National Monsoon  Mission  initiative, the Indian Institute  of  Tropical  Meteorology  (IITM),  Pune,  Indian  National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad and National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), NOIDA have embarked upon to build a state-of-theart coupled ocean atmospheric model for a) improved prediction of  monsoon  rainfall  on  extended  range  to  seasonal  time  scale (16 days to one season) and b) improved prediction of temperature,  rainfall  and  extreme  weather  events  on  short  to medium range time scale (up to 15 days) so that forecast skill gets quantitatively improved further for operational services of India  Meteorological  Department  (IMD).For  the  first  time,  India Meteorological Department used the Monsoon Mission dynamical  model  to  prepare  operational  seasonal  forecast  of 2017 monsoon rainfall over India.

IMD in collaboration with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) provides district level agro meteorological advisories to farmers  through  130  agromet  field  units.  Currently,  about  22 million  farmers  are  receiving  crop  specific  agro-meteorological advisories  in  vernacular  languages.  These  advisories  are  used for  critical  farm  operations  Viz.  (i)  Management  of  sowing (Delayed  onset  of  rains);  (ii)  Changing  crop  variety  (Delay  in rainfall); (iii) Spraying Pesticides for disease control (occurrence of rainfall); (iv) Managing Irrigation (Heavy rainfall Forecast). India Meteorological Department (IMD) provides meteorological support to the Central Water Commission (CWC) for issuing flood warnings The allocation  for  the  Monsoon  Mission  for  the  period  2012-17 was  Rs.  400.00  crores  and  for  the  period  2017-20  is  Rs  151 crores.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2647 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Compensation to Land Owners
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Richard Hay

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2647

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  JANUARY, 2018

## COMPENSATION TO LAND OWNERS

2647.  PROF. RICHARD  HAY:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether land upto 300 mtrs. from the outer parapet of Air Force Station Gurgaon (Gurugram) is demarcated by Municipal Corporation of Gurugram on the directions of Hon'ble Punjab and Haryana High Court;
- (b) if  so,  the  total  number  of  plots  falling  within  the  ambit  of  300  mtrs.  area  of Ammunition Depot, Gurugram alongwith the fate of plot owners in this regard;
- (c) whether the  Government has  any  proposal  to  give  compensation  to  the affected plot  owners  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  time  by  which  the  Government  will provide compensation or land in lieu of plots in some nearby areas; and
- (d) the assistance provided to those plot owners whose plots are not built since 2001 and  are  also  falling  within  the  ambit  of  300  mtrs.  areas  of  Ammunition  Depot, Gurugram?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (d): Hon'ble  Punjab  and  Haryana  High  Court  has  directed  District Collector, Gurugram to remove unauthorised constructions / encroachments upto 300 mtrs from the outer parapet of Air Force Station Gurugram.    The  compensation,  if  any,  to  the  affected  land  owners  is decided as per Works of Defence Act, 1903.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2646 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: High Speed Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY, SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA, RAJESH PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2646 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## HIGH SPEED TRAINS

2646   SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA :

SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY:

SHRI RAJESH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the names of railway routes identified for running high speed trains in the coming year in the country;
- (b) whether a viability study on the high speed of trains has already been started  between  Chennai  and  Hyderabad  sector  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Government contemplating enhancing the speed of all long distance trains; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) :  Six  corridors  on  Diamond  Quadrilateral  connecting  metropolitan cities  and  growth  centres  of  the  country  (Delhi,  Mumbai,  Chennai  & Kolkata)  have  been  identified  for  feasibility  studies  for  high  speed  rail connectivity  viz:  (i)  Delhi-Mumbai,  (ii)  Mumbai-Chennai,  (iii)  ChennaiKolkata, (iv) Kolkata-Delhi and both diagonals i.e. (v) Delhi-Chennai and (vi) Mumbai-Kolkata routes.

- (b) :    No, Madam.
- (c) :  Speeding-up  of  trains  across  Indian  Railways  is  a  continuous process.

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