Lok Sabha Question No. 4315 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Vacant Land
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4315 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2018

## VACANT LAND

4315.   SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

- Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) the total vacant land belonging to Railways in the country; (b) whether  Rail  Land  Development  Authority  (RLDA)  has  been mandated to indentify vacant railway land or plots for leasing out for commercial exploitation; (c) if  so,  the  details  of  vacant  land/plots  identified  so  far  and  the revenue expected to be generated; (d) the  hurdles  being  faced  in  commercial  exploitation  of  vacant railway land in various railway zones; and the  steps  taken  to  resolve  the  issues  with  State  Governments/
- (e) other agencies?

## 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. 4315 BY SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  21.03.2018  REGARDING VACANT LAND

(a) to (e):  The vacant land available with the Railways is about 0.51 lakh hectare. This vacant land is mostly in the form of narrow strips along  tracks  and  required  for  servicing  and  maintenance  of  track, bridges  and  other  infrastructure.  The  vacant  railway  land  is  also utilized for execution of various infrastructural projects for meeting future growth needs  of Railways which  include projects like doubling/tripling, yard remodelling,  Rail  Coach  and  Component factories,  etc.  The  vacant  land,  which  is  not  required  by  Railways for its immediate operational need, is utilised in the interim period for commercial development through Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), wherever feasible, in order to mobilise additional financial resources. Presently, the following 54 sites measuring 189 hectare (approx.) having revenue potential of about ` 14,000 crore, where commercial development seems feasible have been entrusted to RLDA which were identified by Railway/RLDA.

|   S. No. | Zonal Railway   | Station (Division)   | Site particulars        |   Area (in Hectare) |
|----------|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Central         | Mumbai               | Lokmanya Tilak Terminus |               10.4  |
|        2 | Central         | Mumbai               | Lokgram, Kalyan         |                3.65 |
|        3 | Central         | Mumbai               | Kurla (West)            |                0.13 |

|   S. No. | Zonal Railway   | Station (Division)      | Site particulars                                   |   Area (in Hectare) |
|----------|-----------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|        4 | East            | Gaya (Mughal Sarai)     | Gautum Budh Institute                              |                0.57 |
|        5 | Central         | Raxaul (Samastipur)     | On station approach Road                           |                1.2  |
|        6 | East Coast      | Visakhapatnam (Waltair) | Daba Gardens (Ambedkar circle)                     |                0.2  |
|        7 | Northern        | Delhi (Delhi)           | Old steam loco shed Sarai Rohilla                  |               15.5  |
|        8 | Northern        | Lucknow (Lucknow)       | Lucknow Ind. Area siding, Aish Bagh,               |                3.54 |
|        9 | Northern        | Lucknow                 | Plot of land behind Alam Bagh-Diesel Shed, Lucknow |                0.44 |
|       10 | Northern        | New Delhi (Delhi)       | Ashok Vihar                                        |               13.26 |
|       11 | Northern        | Amritsar (FZR)          | Near Railway Colony No.2 on Main GT Road           |                0.25 |
|       12 | Northern        | Katra (Firozpur)        | Katra                                              |                4.28 |
|       13 | Northern        | Shimla (Ambala)         | Railway Godown below Winter Field                  |                0.35 |

| S. No.   | Zonal Railway      | Station (Division)           | Site particulars                |   Area (in Hectare) |
|----------|--------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|
| 14 15 16 | North Central      | Gwalior (Jhansi)             | Kampoo Kothi                    |                0.6  |
|          | North Central      | Kanpur (Allahabad)           | Nirala Nagar                    |               26.5  |
|          | North Central      | Jhansi                       | Jhansi East                     |                0.67 |
| 17       | North Central      | Jhansi                       | Jhansi West                     |                2.16 |
| 18       | North Central      | Etawah                       | Etawah                          |                0.3  |
| 19       | North              | Shahamatganj (Izzatnagar)    | Shahamatganj                    |               14.68 |
| 20       | Eastern            | Gwaltoli/Kanpur (Izzatnagar) | Gwaltoli, Kanpur                |                1.52 |
| 21       | Northeast Frontier | Siliguri (Katihar)           | Burdwan Road                    |                1.2  |
| 22       | North              | Ajmer                        | Johns Ganj                      |                0.86 |
| 23       | North              | Ajmer                        | Hazari Bagh Colony              |                3.63 |
| 24       | Western            | Bikaner                      | Railway Colony, Lalgarh         |               20.83 |
| 25       | North              | Jaipur                       | Loco Area                       |                2.17 |
| 26       | Southern           | Chennai (Chennai)            | Kakkapalam, Padi, 5kms from ICF |                2.1  |
| 27       | Southern           | Salem (Salem)                | 2 plots at Salem market station |                1.05 |
| 28       | Southern           | Nagaptinam (Tiruchirapalli)  | 1 plot at station               |                0.4  |

|   S. No. | Zonal Railway   | Station (Division)          | Site particulars                             | Site particulars                             |   Area (in Hectare) |
|----------|-----------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       29 | Southern        | Villipuram (Tiruchirapalli) | 3 plots at station                           | 3 plots at station                           |                0.71 |
|       30 | Southern        | Palanthruthy (Trivandrum)   | Palanthruthy (Island)                        | Palanthruthy (Island)                        |                1.7  |
|       31 | Southern        | Chetpet (Chennai)           | Chetpet                                      | Chetpet                                      |                0.76 |
|       32 | Southern        | Chennai (Chennai)           | Victoria Crecent adjacent to Ethiraj College | Victoria Crecent adjacent to Ethiraj College |                0.43 |
|       33 | Southern        | Chennai (Chennai)           | Poes Garden                                  | Poes Garden                                  |                0.53 |
|       34 | Southern        | Chennai Egmore (Chennai)    | Poonamallee High Road                        | Poonamallee High Road                        |                2    |
|       35 | Southern        | Park Station (Chennai)      | Park Station                                 | Park Station                                 |                0.33 |
|       36 | Southern        | Perambur (Chennai)          | Perambur Pananthope Colony                   | Perambur Pananthope Colony                   |                2    |
|       37 | Southern        | Ayanavaram (Chennai)        | Ayanavaram Colony                            | Ayanavaram Colony                            |                3.5  |
|       38 | Southern        | Tambaram (Chennai)          | Tambaram                                     | Tambaram                                     |                1.65 |
|       39 | Southern        | Tiruvottiyur (Chennai)      | Tiruvottiyur (Chennai)                       | Tiruvottiyur                                 |               19.43 |
|       40 | Southern        | Waltax Road (Chennai)       | Waltax Road (Chennai)                        | Waltax Road near Basin Bridge                |                0.12 |
|       41 | Southern        | Pulianthope (Chennai)       | Pulianthope (Chennai)                        | Pulianthope                                  |                0.74 |

| S. No.   | Zonal Railway        | Station (Division)         | Site particulars                       |   Area (in Hectare) |
|----------|----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 42       |                      | Hyderabad                  | Nizamabad Railway Station              |               0.24  |
| 43       | South                | Secunderabad (Hyderabad)   | Near Moulali flyover                   |               8.9   |
| 44       | Central              | Poornandampet (Vijaywada)  | Near Rly Hospital                      |               0.15  |
| 45       |                      | Aurangabad (Nanded)        | Part of old ITDC Hotel                 |               3.9   |
| 46       |                      | Guntakal (Guntakal)        | In Rly Colony                          |               0.48  |
| 47       | South Western        | Bangalore city (Bangalore) | On platform road                       |               1.01  |
| 48       |                      | Mumbai                     | Scrap Yard at Mahalaxmi                |               0.95  |
| 49       | Western              | Mumbai (Mumbai)            | Bandra(East)                           |               4.5   |
| 50       |                      | Mumbai                     | Bandra(East)                           |               0.153 |
| 51       |                      | Mumbai                     | Khar Colony                            |               0.33  |
| 52       |                      | Mumbai                     | Bandra (West)                          |               1.03  |
| 53       | West Central Railway | Sawai Madhopur             | Near GRP Thana in the circulating area |               0.4   |
| 54       |                      | Kota Jn.                   | Near existing PF No.1 - cycle stand    |               0.21  |
|          |                      |                            | Total                                  |             188.57  |

The slump/lack of demand in real estate for the last few years, availability  of  free  hold  land  in  vicinity  resulting  in  low  interest  in lease  hold  land  and  too  much  time  taken  by  local  authorities  for change of land use and approval of plans are some of the hurdles being  faced  in  commercial  exploitation.  To  resolve  these  issues, Railways has increased the lease period up to 99 years, concentrating more on metropolitan cities having more demand of real estate and RLDA has set up some field offices outside Delhi so that  issue  of  change  in  land  use/approval  of  plans  may  be  chased with Urban Local Bodies/State Governments on regular basis.

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