Lok Sabha Question No. 338 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: Status of Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.338 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2019

## STATUS OF RAILWAY PROJECTS

- †*338.  SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA: SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of the works relating to laying of new railway lines, doubling and gauge conversion of railway lines and electrification in various States including Gujarat, Bihar and West Bengal during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the  details  of  estimated  cost,  funds  allocated  and  spent  so  far, project-wise;
- (c) whether the Railways has set any target for completing the said projects; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF STARRED QUESTION  NO.338  BY  SHRI  NARANBHAI  KACHHADIYA  AND  SHRI PRADEEP  KUMAR  SINGH  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 11.12.2019 REGARDING STATUS OF RAILWAY PROJECTS

(a): Details of New Lines, Doubling, Gauge Conversion and Electrification in the Country including Gujarat, Bihar and West Bengal is appended.

(b):  The  details  of  allotment  of  funds  and  expenditure  project-wise  are made  available  in public domain  on  Indian  Railways  website  i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in >Ministry of Railways >Railway Board >About Indian Railways >Railway Board Directorates >Finance (Budget).

(c)  and  (d):  The  timely  completion  of  any  Railway  project  depends  on various factors like quick land acquisition by State Government, forest clearance by officials of forest department, shifting of infringing utilities (both underground and over ground), statutory clearances from various authorities,  geological  and  topographical  conditions  of  area,  law  and order situation in the area of project site, number of working months in a year for particular project site due to climatic conditions, encountering unforeseen conditions like earthquake, flooding, excessive rains, strikes of labour, orders of Hon'ble Courts, situation and conditions  of working agencies/contractors etc. All these factors vary from project to project and site to site and affect the completion time and cost of the project, which is finally worked out at the completion stage.

In  the  overall  interest  of  the  nation  and  to  ensure  that  projects  are completed in time without cost overrun, lot of monitoring    is    done  in Railways  at  various  levels  (field  level,  divisional  level,  zonal  level  and Board  level)  and  regular  meetings  are  held  with  the  officials  of  State Government  and  concerned  authorities  to  resolve  the  pending  issues that are obstructing the progress of projects.

To  ensure  that  projects  are  completed  even  before  time,  Railway  has adopted the concept of incentives to the contractor in the form of bonus clause in contracts which will further enhance the pace of execution of projects.

For  capacity  enhancement  projects,  institutional  financing  has  been done by arranging loan of ` 1.5 lakh crore, which has increased Railways' capacity for committed fund provision for essential projects.

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APPENDIX REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (a)  OF  STARRED QUESTION  NO.338  BY  SHRI  NARANBHAI  KACHHADIYA  AND  SHRI PRADEEP  KUMAR  SINGH  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 11.12.2019 REGARDING STATUS OF RAILWAY PROJECTS

(a): Details of New Lines, Doubling, Gauge Conversion and Electrification in the Country including Gujarat, Bihar and West Bengal are as under:-

## 1. ONGOING NEW LINE, GAUGE CONVERSION AND DOUBLING  PROJECTS:

| Plan Head        | No of Projects   | Total Length (in km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'19 (in Km)   | Anticipated Cost ( ` in crore)   | Total Exp upto Mar'19 ( ` in crore)   | Outlay for 2019-20 ( ` in crore)   |
|------------------|------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| INDIAN RAILWAYS: | INDIAN RAILWAYS: | INDIAN RAILWAYS:       | INDIAN RAILWAYS:                          | INDIAN RAILWAYS:                 | INDIAN RAILWAYS:                      | INDIAN RAILWAYS:                   |
| New lines        | 188              | 21,295                 | 2,622                                     | 3,87,154                         | 85,536                                | 14,848                             |
| Gauge Conversion | 55               | 7,275                  | 3,573                                     | 56,135                           | 19,640                                | 3,465                              |
| Doubling         | 255              | 20,500                 | 2,784                                     | 2,31,978                         | 48,342                                | 18,301                             |
| TOTAL            | 498              | 49,069                 | 8,979                                     | 6,75,267                         | 1,53,518                              | 36,614                             |
| GUJARAT:-        | GUJARAT:-        | GUJARAT:-              | GUJARAT:-                                 | GUJARAT:-                        | GUJARAT:-                             | GUJARAT:-                          |
| New lines        | 4                | 479                    | 69                                        | 5168                             | 1274                                  | 306                                |
| Gauge Conversion | 25               | 2217                   | 552                                       | 14857                            | 3758                                  | 1423                               |
| Doubling         | 12               | 907                    | 131                                       | 6524                             | 2656                                  | 973                                |
| TOTAL            | 41               | 3603                   | 752                                       | 26549                            | 7688                                  | 2702                               |
| BIHAR:-          | BIHAR:-          | BIHAR:-                | BIHAR:-                                   | BIHAR:-                          | BIHAR:-                               | BIHAR:-                            |
| New lines        | 36               | 3008                   | 472                                       | 54759                            | 13881                                 | 723                                |
| Gauge Conversion | 5                | 1007                   | 716                                       | 5462                             | 3772                                  | 305                                |
| Doubling         | 14               | 937                    | 68                                        | 11574                            | 2641                                  | 1375                               |
| TOTAL            | 55               | 4952                   | 1256                                      | 71795                            | 20294                                 | 2403                               |
| WEST BENGAL:-    | WEST BENGAL:-    | WEST BENGAL:-          | WEST BENGAL:-                             | WEST BENGAL:-                    | WEST BENGAL:-                         | WEST BENGAL:-                      |
| New lines        | 16               | 1541                   | 688                                       | 17866                            | 7235                                  | 378                                |
| Gauge Conversion | 4                | 1200                   | 821                                       | 6656                             | 3305                                  | 89                                 |
| Doubling         | 34               | 1680                   | 383                                       | 18512                            | 4426                                  | 925                                |
| TOTAL            | 54               | 4421                   | 1892                                      | 43034                            | 14966                                 | 1392                               |

## 2. PROJECTS INCLUDED IN BUDGET  IN LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR:-

| Plan Head        | No of Projects   | Total length (in km)   | Cost ( ` in crore)   |
|------------------|------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
| INDIAN RAILWAY:  |                  |                        |                      |
| New lines        | 49               | 3,850                  | 71,927               |
| Gauge Conversion | 25               | 1,412                  | 11,568               |
| Doubling         | 89               | 5,522                  | 68,362               |
| TOTAL            | 163              | 10,784                 | 1,51,857             |
| GUJARAT:         |                  |                        |                      |
| New lines        | 02               | 117                    | 2,181                |
| Gauge Conversion | 17               | 777                    | 7,279                |
| Doubling         | 04               | 257                    | 2,245                |
| TOTAL            | 23               | 1151                   | 11,705               |
| BIHAR:           |                  |                        |                      |
| New lines        | 03               | 80                     | 3,122                |
| Doubling         | 05               | 227                    | 2,813                |
| TOTAL            | 8                | 307                    | 5,935                |
| WEST BENGAL:     |                  |                        |                      |
| Doubling         | 06               | 396                    | 4,852                |
| TOTAL            | 06               | 396                    | 4,852                |

## 3. BUDGET ALLOCATION:

| SN   | Indian Railway/ State   | Average Annual Budget Allocation ( ` in crore)   | Average Annual Budget Allocation ( ` in crore)   | Budget Allocation ( ` in crore)   | Percentage of 2014-19 w.r.t. average of 2009-14   | Percentage of budget outlay 2019- 20 w.r.t. average of 2009-14   |
|------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      |                         | 2009-14                                          | 2014-19                                          | 2019-20                           |                                                   |                                                                  |
| 1    | Indian Railway          | 11,527                                           | 26,022                                           | 30,198                            | 226%                                              | 262%                                                             |
| 2    | Gujarat                 | 589                                              | 3,327                                            | 4,803                             | 565%                                              | 816%                                                             |
| 3    | Bihar                   | 1,132                                            | 3,061                                            | 4,093                             | 270%                                              | 362%                                                             |
| 4    | West Bengal             | 4,380                                            | 4,612                                            | 5,033                             | 105%                                              | 115%                                                             |

## 4. COMMISSIONING:

-  INDIAN RAILWAYS:
-  During 2009-14, 7599 km length commissioned.
-  During 2014-19, 13124 km length commissioned which is 173% of commissioning achieved during 2009-14.

## 5. RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION:

-  Total Electrification Projects:-
-  Electrification projects included in Budget in last three years and current year:-

| Indian Railway/ State   |   No of Projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'19 (in Km)   | Anticipated Cost ( ` in crore)   | Total Exp upto Mar'19 ( ` in crore)   |
|-------------------------|------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Indian Railway          |               62 | 29,537                 | 4,521                                     | 30,915                           | 9,152                                 |
| Gujarat                 |               20 | 4,238                  | 875                                       | 4,493                            | 1,691                                 |
| Bihar                   |               14 | 2,592                  | 618                                       | 3,304                            | 1,732                                 |
| West Bengal             |               10 | 2,488                  | 496                                       | 3,007                            | 1,438                                 |

| Indian Railway/ State   |   No of Projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Expenditure till Mar'19 ( ` in crore)   |
|-------------------------|------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Indian Railway          |               64 | 24,089                 | 23,396                                  |
| Gujarat                 |               17 | 2,626                  | 2,454                                   |
| Bihar                   |               17 | 1,835                  | 1,968                                   |
| West Bengal             |               08 | 1,452                  | 1,291                                   |
| Total                   |              106 | 30,002                 | 29,109                                  |

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