Lok Sabha Question No. 5224 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5224 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## RAILWAY PROJECTS

† 5224.  SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the names of railway projects in Uttar Pradesh in regard to which work has been completed and the number of railway projects in regard to which work is still going on;
- (b) the details of the doubling and tripling work of railway lines that has been completed during the last three years;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  set  any  time  limit  for  completing doubling and tripling work of railway lines; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5224  BY SHRI   AJAY MISRA TENI TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK    SABHA  ON  05.04.2017  REGARDING  RAILWAY PROJECTS

- (a)  During  the  last  three  years,  3  new  line  and  2  gauge  conversion projects falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh  have been commissioned.  The details are as under:-

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                     | New Line/Gauge Coversion/Doubling   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|       1 | Agra-Etawah                                         | New line                            |
|       2 | Guna-Bhind-Etawah                                   | New line                            |
|       3 | Etawah-Mainpuri                                     | New line                            |
|       4 | Kaptanganj-Thawe-Siwan-Chhapra                      | Gauge Conversion                    |
|       5 | Kanpur-Kasganj-Mathura & Kasganj- Bareilly -Lalkuan | Gauge Conversion                    |

In addition, some projects have also been commissioned partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh.  There are 59 ongoing railway projects, which are in progress.

(b) During the last 3 years, 168.6 kilometre of doubling line have been commissioned in the State of Uttar Pradesh.   The details are as under:

1. Bhadian-Lambua (7 km) of Utraitia-Zafrabad.
2. Ganga Bridge at Garh Mukteshwar (3km).
3. Bitalpur-Bhatni (28km).
4. Chauri Chura-Bitalpur (18km) of Gorkhpur-Bitalpur.
5. Shivnagar-Bandhaun  (13 km), Sultanganj-Lambhua  (25km)  of Utraitia-Zafrabad.
6. Bhadohi-Suriawan (15.33 km) of Bhadohi-Janghai.
7. Shivnagar-Adinpur (18.5 km) of Utraitia-Zafrabad patch doubling.
8. Aurnihar-Sarnath (24 km).
9. Lohta-Chokhandi-Sewapuri (16.77 km) of Lohta-Bhadoi doubling.

(c)  &  (d):  Every  Railway  project  requires  a  number  of  clearances  from various Ministries and Departments of State/Central Governments. These, inter-alia, include clearances inherent to land acquisition, forestry clearance, wherever required and permission for crossing from departments  like  National  Highway  Authority  of  India,  Public  Works Department, Irrigation canals etc,  which are part of project execution. Process of seeking the approvals/clearances and land acquisition causes delay in completion of the projects.   As most of these factors are beyond the  control  of  Ministry  of  Railways,  timeline  for  completion  of  these projects have not been fixed. However, it is the endeavour of railway to complete the projects at the earliest.

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