Lok Sabha Question No. 1472 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Survey of Railway Lines/Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1472 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## SURVEY OF RAILWAY LINES/RAILWAY PROJECTS

†1472.  SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the railway lines/railway projects which have already been surveyed but are yet to be sanctioned;
- (b) the time by which they are likely to be sanctioned; and
- (c) the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a)  to  (c):  Sanction  of  Railway  Projects  of  new  lines,  gauge  conversion and doubling is a continuous process. Railway lines/Railway Projects are sanctioned after examination of survey reports based upon merits, which includes financial and economic return on project, operational requirement,  willingness  of  State  Governments  to  share  the  cost  of project, socio-economic  considerations  etc.  Hence,  all the  Railway lines/Railway  Projects  for  which  surveys  are  done,  do  not  convert  into sanctioning.

During the last three years (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19) and the current financial year, 276 surveys pertaining to New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling have been completed.

Out  of  above,  50  Railway  projects  have  been  included  in  the  Budget subject to requisite approval, list of which is appended.

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APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1472 BY SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.11.2019 REGARDING SURVEY OF RAILWAY LINES/RAILWAY PROJECTS

(a)  to  (c):  Details  of  projects  included  in  the  budget  after  completion  of survey during the last three years and current year are as under:-

|   SN | Name of the Project                                                          | PH   | Survey Completed on   | State   |   Length (in Kms) |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-----------------------|---------|-------------------|
|    1 | Daurala(Meerut)-Panipat new line                                             | NL   | 2016-17               | UP, HAR |                97 |
|    2 | Etah-Kasganj                                                                 | NL   | 2016-17               | UP      |                27 |
|    3 | Tezpur-Silghat                                                               | NL   | 2016-17               | ASS, NE |                27 |
|    4 | Salona-Khumtai                                                               | NL   | 2016-17               | ASS,NE  |                99 |
|    5 | Vijayawada-Guntur via Amaravathi.                                            | NL   | 2016-17               | AP,TEL  |               106 |
|    6 | Sibsagar-Jorhat                                                              | NL   | 2016-17               | ASS,NE  |                62 |
|    7 | Padrauna-Kushinagar- Gorakhpur                                               | NL   | 2016-17               | UP      |                64 |
|    8 | Veraval- Talala-Visavadar (veraval-Dhasa Jn. Via Talala- Visavadar-Khijadia) | GC   | 2016-17               | GUJ     |                72 |
|    9 | Dabhoi-Chandod with extension to Rajpipla (Kevadiya Colony)                  | GC   | 2016-17               | GUJ     |                50 |
|   10 | Vatva-Ahmedabad-Sabarmati (13.3.km) 4th line                                 | DL   | 2016-17               | GUJ     |                18 |
|   11 | 3rd line between Katni and Bina                                              | DL   | 2016-17               | MP      |               279 |
|   12 | Vijaywada- Gudur 3rd line                                                    | DL   | 2016-17               | AP      |               288 |
|   13 | Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd line                                                  | DL   | 2016-17               | MAH     |               228 |
|   14 | Alamnagar-Utretia                                                            | DL   | 2016-17               | UP      |                18 |
|   15 | Doubling bet. Pune-Miraj-Londa                                               | DL   | 2016-17               | MAH     |               467 |
|   16 | 3rd line bet. Pune-Lonavala                                                  | DL   | 2016-17               | MAH     |                64 |
|   17 | Surendranagar-Rajkot :- Doubling of BG single line section (116.17 km)       | DL   | 2016-17               | GUJ     |               116 |
|   18 | Jhansi-Bina 3rd line                                                         | DL   | 2016-17               | MP,UP   |               152 |
|   19 | Kharagpur-Adityapur 3rd line                                                 | DL   | 2016-17               | WB,JHA  |               138 |
|   20 | 3rd line between Duwada- Vijaywada                                           | DL   | 2016-17               | AP      |               333 |
|   21 | Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd line                                                       | DL   | 2016-17               | MP,MAH  |               280 |
|   22 | Bongaigaon- Goalpara- Guwahati doubling                                      | DL   | 2016-17               | ASS     |               176 |

|   SN | Name of the Project                                                                  | PH   | Survey Completed on   | State     |   Length (in Kms) |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-----------------------|-----------|-------------------|
|   23 | 3rd line of balance section bet. Kazipet -Ballarshah                                 | DL   | 2016-17               | MAH, TEL  |               201 |
|   24 | Varanasi-Madhosingh- Allahabad                                                       | DL   | 2016-17               | UP        |               120 |
|   25 | Saraighat Bridge                                                                     | DL   | 2016-17               | ASS, NE   |                 7 |
|   26 | Grade separator/Byepass at Katni.                                                    | DL   | 2016-17               | MP        |                22 |
|   27 | 3rd line in balance section bet. Bhadrak-Vizianagram                                 | DL   | 2016-17               | AP,ODI    |               385 |
|   28 | Rosa-Sitapur Cantt-Burhwal                                                           | DL   | 2016-17               | UP        |               181 |
|   29 | Jodhpur(Rai Ka Bagh) - Phulera (Degana)                                              | DL   | 2016-17               | RAJ       |               145 |
|   30 | Mathura-Jhansi 3rd line                                                              | DL   | 2016-17               | UP        |               274 |
|   31 | Robertsganj-Mughalsarai via Madhupur and Arohara.                                    | NL   | 2017-18               | UP        |                73 |
|   32 | Kandra-Namkom(Ranchi)                                                                | NL   | 2017-18               | JHA       |               106 |
|   33 | Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur                                                                | GC   | 2017-18               | UP        |                84 |
|   34 | Connection line between Radhanagar and Barachak with "Y" connection avoiding Asansol | DL   | 2017-18               | WB        |                20 |
|   35 | Shimoga-Shikaripura- Ranebennaur                                                     | NL   | 2016-17               | KAR       |                89 |
|   36 | Jaunpur-Janghai-Phaphamau- Unchahar-Unnao                                            | DL   | 2016-17               | UP        |               288 |
|   37 | Kamakhya(Agthori) via Rangiya                                                        | DL   | 2016-17               | ASS, NE   |               143 |
|   38 | Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad                                                           | NL   | 2017-18               | MAH       |                80 |
|   39 | Pachora and Jamner and extension to Malkapur (Narrow Gauge to Board Gauge)           | GC   | 2017-18               | MAH       |                84 |
|   40 | Nepalganj Road-Nepalganj (Babaganj (India) -Nepalganj                                | NL   | 2018-19               | UP, Nepal |                20 |
|   41 | Mysore-Kushalnagar-Madikere                                                          | NL   | 2018-19               | KAR       |               119 |
|   42 | Jaipur-Sawaimadhopur                                                                 | DL   | 2018-19               | RAJ       |               131 |
|   43 | Bareilly-Chandausi-Aligarh                                                           | DL   | 2019-20               | UP        |               162 |
|   44 | Jeypore-Navrangpur                                                                   | NL   | 2017-18               | ODI       |                38 |
|   45 | Jeypore-Malkangiri                                                                   | NL   | 2017-18               | ODI       |               130 |
|   46 | Dholpur-Sirmuttra                                                                    | NL   | 2017-18               | RAJ       |                62 |
|   47 | 3 rd Line between Dhanbad-Son-                                                       | DL   | 2016-17               | JHA,      |               291 |

|   SN | Name of the Project                      | PH   | Survey Completed on   | State    |   Length (in Kms) |
|------|------------------------------------------|------|-----------------------|----------|-------------------|
|   48 | Vizianagaram-Titlagarh 3 rd Line         | DL   | 2016-17               | ODI, AP  |               265 |
|   49 | Bidar-Nanded                             | NL   | 2017-18               | MAH, KAR |               154 |
|   50 | Piska-Lodhma Bypass line avoiding Ranchi | DL   | 2017-18               | JHA      |                15 |

| NL- New Line             | PH- Plan Head      |
|--------------------------|--------------------|
| DL- Doubling             | UP- Uttar Pradesh  |
| GC- Gauge Conversion     | HAR- Haryana       |
| NE- North Eastern Region | JHA- Jharkhand     |
| ASS- Assam               | MAH- Maharashtra   |
| AP- Andhra Pradesh       | WB- West Bengal    |
| TEL- Telangana           | MP- Madhya Pradesh |
| GUJ- Gujarat             | ODI- Odisha        |
| KAR- Karnataka           | RAJ- Rajasthan     |
| BIH- Bihar               |                    |

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