Lok Sabha Question No. 267 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Ongoing Rail Line Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 267 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2018

## ONGOING RAIL LINE PROJECTS

*267.  SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  adequate  budget  provision  has  been  made  for  ongoing rail line projects under East Coast  Railway;
- (b)    if  so,  the  details  thereof  project-wise  along  with  their  cost  and the expenditure incurred on the same during the last three years, and
- (c)  the timeline fixed for the completion of these projects?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COAL

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(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  STARRED QUESTION NO. 267 BY SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 14.03.2018 REGARDING ONGOING RAIL LINE  PROJECTS.

- (a): Yes,  Madam.    Budget  allocation  is  made  for  each  project  every  year depending  upon  status  of  land  acquisition,  forest  clearances,  importance  of project, last mile connectivity and status of project etc. An allocation of ` 3510.16 crore has been proposed in the Budget 2018-19 for New Line, Doubling and Gauge Conversion projects under East Coast Railway.
- (b)  &  (c):    The  details  of  all  projects  included  in  Pink  book  under  East  Coast Railways along with cost and expenditure incurred during the last three years are given below:-
- (i) Therefore,  during  2014-15  to  2016-17,  average  expenditure  in  New Line/Gauge Conversion/Doubling is ` 1480.93 crore.  Further,  expenditure during  2017-18  upto  Feb.'18  is ` 1717.88  cr.    The  budget  allocation  for 2018-19 has been proposed as ` 3510.16 crore in 2018-19.
- (ii) Further,  out  of  34  projects  of  New  Line/Gauge  Conversion/Doubling,  11 projects have been completed and commissioned.

| S. No.   | Project                        | Year of incl- usion in Bud- get   | Antici- pated Cost ( ` in cr.)   | Expr. 2014- 15 ( ` in cr.)   | Exp. 2015-16 ( ` in cr.)   | Exp. 2016- 17 ( ` in cr.)   | Total Exp. upto 31.03. 2017 ( ` in cr.)   | Exp. 2017- 18 upto Feb.'18 ( ` in cr.)   | Remarks                |
|----------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|          | New Line                       |                                   |                                  |                              |                            |                             |                                           |                                          |                        |
| 1        | Daitari- Banspani (155 Km)     | 1992- 93                          | 990                              | 10.36                        | 17.32                      | 13.65                       | 977.58                                    | 0.94                                     | Commi- ssioned         |
| 2        | Lanjigarh- Junagarh (56 Km)    | 1993- 94                          | 267                              | 17.63                        | 11.39                      | 5.97                        | 260.63                                    | 3.66                                     | Commi- ssioned         |
| 3        | Khurda Road- Bolangir (289 km) | 1994- 95                          | 3790                             | 103.28                       | 175.08                     | 273.09                      | 842                                       | 133.47                                   | Work has been taken up |
| 4        | Haridaspur- Paradeep (82 km)   | 1996- 97                          | 1844                             | 170.42                       | 183.31                     | 209.5                       | 563                                       | 249.43                                   | Work has been taken up |

| 5   | Angul- Sukinda Road (98.7 km)                                  | 1996- 97   | 1203   | 38.94   | 47.48   | 137.71   | 507    | 155.05   | Work has been taken up                     |
|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------|--------|---------|---------|----------|--------|----------|--------------------------------------------|
| 6   | Talcher- Bimlagarh (154 km)                                    | 2003- 04   | 1928   | 40.09   | 75.37   | 187.94   | 771    | 50.65    | Work has been taken up                     |
| 7   | Jeypore- Malkangiri (130 km)                                   | 2016- 17   | 2344   | 0       | 0       | 0        | 0      | 0        | Project sanct- ioned                       |
| 8   | Jeypore- Navarangpur (38 Km)                                   | 2016- 17   | 748    | 0       | 0       | 0        | 0      | 0        | Project sanct- ioned                       |
| 9   | Extension of Naupada- Gunupur New Line upto Theruvali (79 Km). | 2017- 18   | 1274   | 0       | 0       | 0        | 0      | 0        | Inclu- ded in Budget Subject to appro- val |
|     | Gauge Conversion                                               |            |        |         |         |          |        |          |                                            |
| 10  | Naupada- Gunupur (90 Km)                                       | 1997- 98   | 189.26 | 1.27    | 0.02    | 0.01     | 186.27 | 1.3      | Commi- ssioned                             |
|     | Doubling                                                       |            |        |         |         |          |        |          |                                            |
| 11  | Rajathgarh- Barang (20 Km)                                     | 1999- 2000 | 440    | 26.26   | 17.47   | 16.45    | 365.91 | 5.83     | Commi- ssioned                             |
| 12  | Sambalpur- Rengali (22.7 Km)                                   | 2002- 03   | 127    | 1.26    | 0.77    | 0.22     | 123.54 | 0        | Commi- ssioned                             |
| 13  | Cuttack- Barang (12 Km)                                        | 2003- 04   | 255    | 24      | 18.98   | 11.67    | 248.30 | 3.21     | Commi- ssioned                             |
| 14  | Khurda Road-Barang 3rd line (32.33 Km)                         | 2003- 04   | 385    | 28.56   | 21.79   | 22.3     | 277    | 14.64    | Work taken up                              |

|   15 | Jharsuguda- Rengali (25.6 Km)                                          | 2005- 06   |     220 |   16.42 |   10.48 |   -0.96 |   216.95 |   0.03 | Commi- ssioned   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|--------|------------------|
|   16 | Vizianagaram- Kottavalasa 3rd line (34.7 Km)                           | 2006- 07   |  284.87 |   17.91 |   15.25 |    9.19 |   247.32 |   2.39 | Commi- ssioned   |
|   17 | Sambalpur- Titlagarh (182 km)                                          | 2006- 07   |  970    |  116.08 |  268.02 |  188.64 |   598    | 159.56 | Work taken up    |
|   18 | Kottavalasa - Simhachalam north 4th line (16.7 km)                     | 2006- 07   |  107.5  |    1.6  |    2.39 |    7.62 |   106.62 |   0    | Commi- ssioned   |
|   19 | Raipur - Titlagarh (203 km)                                            | 2007- 08   | 1100    |  176.36 |   99.04 |  122.17 |   554    | 142.46 | Work taken up    |
|   20 | Banspani- Daitari- Tomka- Jakhapura (180 km)                           | 2009- 10   |  943    |  144.99 |  100.14 |  124.03 |   414    |  99.95 | Work taken up    |
|   21 | Brundamal- Jharsuguda flyover connection for joining DN Line (4.34 km) | 2009- 10   |   94    |    0.21 |    0.56 |    0.76 |     1.53 |   0.54 | Work taken up    |
|   22 | Delang-Puri (28.7 Km)                                                  | 2010- 11   |  234.7  |  100.04 |   60.45 |   -1.02 |   174.02 |   1.72 | Commi- ssioned   |
|   23 | Sambalpur- Talcher (174.11 km)                                         | 2010- 11   | 1579    |   61.51 |   96.02 |  309.96 |   439    | 174.22 | Work taken up    |
|   24 | Simhachalam North- Gopalapatnam doubling of bypass line (2.07 Km)      | 2011- 12   |   23.33 |    3.58 |    2.49 |    0.45 |    18.52 |   0.09 | Commi- ssioned   |
|   25 | Kirandul- Jagdalpur doubling (150 km)                                  | 2011- 12   | 1161    |  103.42 |  137.22 |  119.84 |   279    | 108.55 | Work taken up    |

|   26 | Bhadrak- Nergundi 3rd line (80 km)                                         | 2012- 13   |     843 |   0.7 |   3.05 |   15.09 |     90 |   35.22 | Work taken up                          |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|---------|-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|----------------------------------------|
|   27 | Vizianagram- Sambalpur (Titlagarh) 3rd line (264.6 Km)                     | 2015- 16   | 2336    |     0 |      0 |    0.04 |   0.04 |   62.22 | Work taken up                          |
|   28 | 3rd & 4th line between Jarapada- Budhapank with flyover at Talcher (91 Km) | 2015- 16   |  810    |     0 |      0 |   19.92 |  25    |   42.35 | Work taken up                          |
|   29 | 3rd & 4th line between Budhapank- Salegaon via Rajatgarh (170Km)           | 2015- 16   | 1173    |     0 |      0 |   37.97 | 256    |  110.62 | Work taken up                          |
|   30 | 3rd line in balance section between Bhadrak- Vizianagram (385 Km)          | 2015- 16   | 5260    |     0 |      0 |    0    |   0    |    0    | Work defer- red due to East- Coast DFC |
|   31 | Kottavalasa- Koraput(189 Km)                                               | 2015- 16   | 2500    |     0 |      0 |   10.65 | 240    |   47.81 | Work taken up                          |
|   32 | Koraput- Singapur Rd.(164 Km)                                              | 2015- 16   | 2362    |     0 |      0 |    9.93 |  75    |   25.05 | Work taken up                          |
|   33 | Khurda Road- Vizianagaram (Argul- Haripurgram Bypass) (1.62 Km)            | 2015- 16   |   25.22 |     0 |      0 |    2.43 |  13    |    3.74 | Work taken up                          |

| 34   | Jagdalpur- Koraput (110 Km)   | 2015- 16   |    1547 |       0 |       0 | 18.59   | 62                    | 83.18   | Work taken up   |
|------|-------------------------------|------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------------------|---------|-----------------|
|      | Total                         |            | 39357.9 | 1204.89 | 1364.09 |         | 1873.818932.231717.88 |         |                 |

Completion  of  Railway  projects  depends  upon  several  factors  such  as  land acquisition,  forestry  clearances,  shifting  of  utilities  etc.  Since  most  of  these factors  are  beyond  the  control  of  Ministry  of  Railways,  no  time-frame  has  been fixed for completion of these projects.

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