Lok Sabha Question No. 3658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Delay in Construction of ROBs/RUBs
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, SATYA PAL SINGH, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3658 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2016

## DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION OF ROBs/RUBs

3658. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: DR. SATYAPAL SINGH: SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether  the  construction  of  a  large  number  of  manned/ unmanned level crossings, road over bridges and road under bridges has been delayed across the country during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, zone-wise and the present status of such crossings/bridges;
- (c) whether the cost of construction of the said crossings/bridges has  escalated  due  to  delay  in  their  construction  during  the said period and if so, the details thereof, zone-wise;
- (d) the number of such crossings/bridges of which cost has been shared  by  the  concerned  State  or  private  player  alongwith their status, zone-wise; and
- (e) the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  timely construction of such crossings/bridges in the country?

## 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. 3658 BY SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB,  DR.  SATYAPAL  SINGH,  SHRI  SANJAY  DHOTRE  AND SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.12.2016 REGARDING DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION OF ROBs/RUBs

- (a) to  (c):  No  new  manned/unmanned  level  crossings  are  being constructed in view of safety consideration. Status of achievement of  Road  Over  Bridges/Road  Under  Bridges  during  the  last  three years and in the  current year  is as under:-

| Year                       |   Road Over Bridge |   Road Under Bridge/Subways |
|----------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2013-14                    |                210 |                         905 |
| 2014-15                    |                185 |                         923 |
| 2015-16                    |                194 |                         830 |
| 2016-17(upto October 2016) |                 70 |                         499 |
| Total                      |                659 |                        3157 |

The  target  being  fixed  is  commensurate  with  the  availability  of funds. Funds for Road Safety Works (ROBs/ RUBs/ Subways/ Manned/ Unmanned Level Crossings) come from Central Road Funds (CRF) as a percentage of cess collected on Diesel and Petrol by Ministry of Finance. Due to limited availability of funds and huge throwforward of  already  sanctioned  works,  these  works  are  progressing  to  the extent possible.

Some of other reasons for delay in progress of ROBs are:

-  late sanction of corresponding work in the State Budget,
-  inadequate fund allocation by the State Government,
-  non-availability of encumbrance free land for construction of approaches,
-  construction  of  ROBs/RUBs  requires  speed  restrictions.  It  is not  possible  to  impose  speed  restriction  at  many  locations simultaneously to carry out the construction of ROBs/RUBs.

## (d) Zone-wise sanctioned Road Over Bridges/Road Under Bridges on cost sharing  basis with State Governments are as under:-

| SN Zonal Railway              |   Number of ROBs/RUBs |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1 Central Railway             |                    73 |
| 2 Eastern Railway             |                   129 |
| 3 East Central Railway        |                   180 |
| 4 East Coast Railway          |                    32 |
| 5 Northern Railway            |                   266 |
| 6 North Central Railway       |                   154 |
| 7 North Eastern Railway       |                    49 |
| 8 Northeast Frontier Railway  |                    06 |
| 9 North Western Railway       |                    84 |
| 10 Southern Railway           |                   220 |
| 11 South Central Railway      |                   103 |
| 12 South Eastern Railway      |                    40 |
| 13 South East Central Railway |                    30 |
| 14 South Western Railway      |                    78 |
| 15 Western Railway            |                   163 |
| 16 West Central Railway       |                    79 |
| TOTAL                         |                  1686 |

- (e)  Pro-active Measures Taken by Railways for Expeditious Construction of ROBs/RUBs:

Railways has taken pro-active measures in close coordination with various  stakeholders  to  improve  the  progress  of  construction  of ROBs/RUBs which are as under:

-  engaging  single  agency  for  construction  of  Railway  Bridge  as well as the approaches.
-  joint  survey  with  all  concerned  including  State  Government to finalise the tentative General Arrangement Drawing (GAD).
-  circulation of check list  and guidelines for  preparation of GAD to State Government to avoid any back reference from Railway to State Government.
-  standardization of drawings for various spans to avoid delay in designing.
-  nomination of nodal officer for each State for single window clearance of GAD from Railway side.
- 
- use of pre-cast/pre-fabricated components of the bridge.

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