Lok Sabha Question No. 4584 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Rajkot-Veraval Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4584 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2017

## RAJKOT-VERAVAL RAILWAY LINE

## 4584.     SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways have received representations for doubling of railway line from various organizations/road users as well as from Government of Gujarat;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  probable  time  frame  for completion of each project; and
- (c)  whether  the  work  of  doubling  of  Rajkot-Veraval  railway  line  has been  taken  up  and  if  so,  the  present  status  of  work  and  the  time frame fixed for completion of the project?

## 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. 4584 BY SHRIMATI  POONAMBEN MAADAM TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 29.03.2017 REGARDING RAJKOT-VERAVAL RAILWAY LINE

(a)  &  (b):  Requests  for  new  lines,  gauge  conversion  and  doubling, both formal as well as informal, are received by Railways at various levels i.e. Railway Board, Zonal Railways and Divisional Headquarters,  etc.  As  receipt  of  such  requests/suggestions  is  a continuous  and  dynamic  process,  centralized  compendium  of  such requests is not maintained.

Two  new  lines,  eight  gauge  conversion  and  nine  doubling projects  covering  a  length  of  363  km.,  1467  km  and  984  km  and costing ` 3766  crore, ` 6510  crore  and ` 6477  crore  respectively falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Gujarat  have  been  sanctioned.  On these projects, an expenditure of ` 4359.47 crore has been incurred upto March, 2016, with an outlay of ` 3670 crore for the year 2016-17.

Besides these projects, following New Line (NL), Gauge Conversion (GC) and Doubling (DL) projects have also been included in  the  Budget  2016-17  and  2017-18     subject  to  requisite  approvals from the Government:

| S.          | Name of the Projects                        | Plan Head   |
|-------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------|
| No. 2016-17 | No. 2016-17                                 |             |
| 1           | Bhimnath-Dholera (28 km)                    | NL          |
| 2017-18     | 2017-18                                     |             |
| 1           | Taranga Hill-Abu Road via Ambaji (89.38 km) | NL          |
| 2           | Kalol-Kadi-Katosan Road (37.23 km)          | GC          |
| 3           | Katosan Road-Chanasma (51.72 km)            | GC          |
| 4           | Chanasma-Ranuj (12.84 km)                   | GC          |

|   5 | Adraj Moti-Vejalpur (39.75 km)                    | GC   |
|-----|---------------------------------------------------|------|
|   6 | Vejalpur-Ambliyasan (41.53 km)                    | GC   |
|   7 | Khijadiya-Visavadar (91.27 km)                    | GC   |
|   8 | Junagarh-Visvadar (42.28 km)                      | GC   |
|   9 | Samni-Jambusar (24.08 km)                         | GC   |
|  10 | Jamusar-Vishvamitiri (48.2 km)                    | GC   |
|  11 | Samlaya-Timba Road (53.33 km)                     | GC   |
|  12 | Nadiad-Petlad (37.26 km)                          | GC   |
|  13 | Petlad-Bhadran (22.5 km)                          | GC   |
|  14 | Dabhoi-Chandod extension upto Kavadiya (49.75 km) | GC   |
|  15 | Talala-Delwada (70 km)                            | GC   |
|  16 | Prachi Road-Kodinar (26 km)                       | GC   |
|  17 | Himmatnagar-Khedbrahma (54.83 km)                 | GC   |
|  18 | Veraval-Talala-Visavadar (71.95 Km)               | GC   |
|  19 | Anand-Godhra (79 km)                              | DL   |

Completion of these projects is dependent upon many factors such as land  acquisition,  statutory  clearances  like  forestry  and  wild  life clearances, shifting of services, cutting of trees, construction of road over  bridges  and  road  under  bridges  by  road  maintaining  agencies, apart from availability of adequate funds. Since many of these factors are beyond the control of Ministry of Railways, timelines for completion of all the projects are not feasible to be fixed.

(c): The work of doubling of Rajkot-Veraval railway line has not been taken up. However, survey for this stretch has been taken up in two parts i.e. Rajkot-Junagarh (103 km) and Junagarh-Veraval (83 km).

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