Lok Sabha Question No. 347 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Railway Projects in Gujarat
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 347 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN GUJARAT

## †*347.   SHRI  MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  present  status  of  the  works  related  to  laying  of  new  railway lines,  doubling  and  gauge  conversion  of  railway  lines  as  well  as electrification thereof in Gujarat;
- (b) above projects; and
- (c) and spent thereon so far?

whether  the  Ministry  has  fixed  any  targets  for  completion  of  the the cost of the above projects and the amount of funds allocated

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(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. 347 BY SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  18.03.2020  REGARDING  RAILWAY PROJECTS IN GUJARAT

(a) to (c): Railway projects are not sanctioned State-wise, but Zone-wise, as, Indian Railway's network straddles across various State boundaries.

However, 4 new line, 25 gauge conversion and 12 doubling projects costing ` 26,549 crore covering a length of 3,603 km, falling fully/partly in the  State  of  Gujarat  are  under  different  stages  of  planning/sanction/ execution. Out of which, 752 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 7688 crore has been incurred upto March, 2019.

In addition, one doubling project of Bhatinda-Bhidi via Sirsa, Hisar, Ratangarh, Degana, Luni, Samdhari excluding Degana-Rai ka Bag costing ` 7522 crore covering a length of 752.2 km, falling fully/partly in the State of  Gujarat  has  also  been  included  in  the  Budget  book  2020-21, against Umrella work of 2019-20.

Besides,  19  Railway  Electrification  projects  costing ` 3,098  crore covering a length of 3,151 Km, falling fully/partly in the Gujarat are also under  different  stages  of  planning/sanction/  execution.  The  details  of these projects are appended.

BUDGET ALLOCATION (FOR THE PROJECTS FALLING FULLY/PARTLY IN THE STATE OF GUJARAT):

Sufficient  funds  have  been  allotted  for  Railway  projects  falling fully/partly in the State of Gujarat.

Average  Annual  Budget  allocation  for  infrastructure  projects  and safety works, falling fully/partly in  the State of  Gujarat, during 2014-19 has increased to ` 3327 crore per year, from ` 589 crore per year (during 2009-14).  Thus  the  average  annual  budget  allocation  during  2014-19  is 465% more than average annual budget allocation of 2009-14 ( ` 589 crore per year).

Total  Budget  estimate  (BE)  outlay  for  infrastructure  projects  and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Gujarat for financial year 2019-20 is ` 4803 crore, which is 716% more than average annual budget outlay of 2009-14.

The 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  &  site  to  site  and  affect  the  completion  time  and  cost  of  the project, which is finally worked out at the completion stage. As such no confirmed time line can be given for completion of these projects at this stage.

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APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 347 BY SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  18.03.2020  REGARDING  RAILWAY PROJECTS IN GUJARAT

## (a) to  (c):  Projects-wise  details  of  New  Lines,  Gauge  Conversion  and Doubling projects are as under:

( ` in crore)

| S. No   | Project                                            | Year of inclusion in Budget   | Latest Anticipa ted Cost   | Expend -iture upto March, 2019   | Budget Estim- ate Outlay 2019-20   | Status of Project                                                                                                                                                                       |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | New line                                           |                               |                            |                                  |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 1       | Chhotaudepur- Dhar (157.00 km)                     | 2007- 08                      | 1347.27                    | 633.00                           | 125.00                             |  Chhotaudepur- Alirajpur (48 km) section has been commissioned.  Alirajpur- Kakarwa (48 km)- Work taken up.  Kakarwa-Dhar (67 km). Land Acquisition and forestry clearance taken up. |
| 2       | Dahod-Indore via Jhabua, Amjhera and Dhar (205 km) | 2007- 08                      | 1640.00                    | 640                              | 175.00                             |  Indore-Tihi (21 km) section has been commissioned.  Land acquisition & forestry clearance have been taken up.  Work taken up in available land.                                     |

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## ( ` in crore)

| S. No            | Project                                                                               | Year of inclusion in Budget   | Latest Anticipa ted Cost   | Expend -iture upto March, 2019   | Budget Estim- ate Outlay 2019-20   | Status of Project                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 3                | Bhimnath- Dholera (28 km)                                                             | 2016- 17                      | 302.00                     | 0.03                             | 6.00                               | Project has been transferred to Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) for execution.                                                                                         |
| 4                | Taranga Hill- Abu Road via Ambaji (89 km)                                             | 2017- 18                      | 1879.00                    | 00                               | 0.10                               | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval. Final Location Survey (FLS) has been taken up.                                                                                    |
| Gauge conversion | Gauge conversion                                                                      | Gauge conversion              | Gauge conversion           | Gauge conversion                 | Gauge conversion                   | Gauge conversion                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 1                | Bhildi- Viramgam and material modification of Mehsana- Taranga Hill new line (210 km) | 1990- 91                      | 891.00                     | 576.00                           | 60.00                              |  Bhidi-Viramgam (157 km) has been commissioned.  Mehsana- Taranga Hill (57 km): o Mehsana- Vadnagar (34 km) section: commissioned. o Work taken up in Vadnagar-Varetha section (20 km): Work taken up. |

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## ( ` in crore)

|   S. No | Project                                                                                                                                            | Year of inclusion in Budget   |   Latest Anticipa ted Cost | Expend -iture upto March, 2019   |   Budget Estim- ate Outlay 2019-20 | Status of Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       2 | Rajkot-Veraval, Wansjalia- Jetalsar with new material modification for Shahpur- Saradiya, Veraval- Somnath gauge conversion & Somnath- Kodinar new | 1994- 95                      |                       1179 | 534                              |                               0.1  |  Rajkot-Somnath (190.02 km) & Wansjalia- Jetalsar (90.61 km) sections have been commissioned.  Land acquisition taken up in Somnath- Kodinar new line project.                                                                 |
|       3 | Ahmedabad- Himmatnagar- Udaipur including Modasa- Shamlaji Road new line (316.00 km)                                                               | 2008- 09                      |                       1633 | 1234. 00                         |                             532.38 |  Ahmedabad- Himmatnagar section (87 Km) has been commissioned.  Udaipur- Kharwachanda (26 km) section has been commissioned.  Himmatnagar- Raigarh (24 km) section has been commissioned.  Work taken up in balance section. |
|       4 | Miyagam- Karjan-Dabhoi- Samalaji gauge conversion with electrification ( 79.00 km)                                                                 | 2011- 12                      |                        844 | 83.99                            |                              23.99 |  Land acquisition has been taken up.  Work taken up in available land.                                                                                                                                                         |

## ( ` in crore)

|   S. No | Project                                                 | Year of inclusion in Budget   |   Latest Anticipa ted Cost | Expend -iture upto March, 2019   |   Budget Estim- ate Outlay 2019-20 | Status of Project                                                                                                                           |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       5 | Ahmedabad- Botad (170.48 km)                            | 2012- 13                      |                    1082.32 | 792.36                           |                              140   | Work taken up                                                                                                                               |
|       6 | Bhuj-Naliya and extension upto Vayor (126 km)           | 2008- 09                      |                     827    | 125.76                           |                               25   |  Bhuj-Deshalpur (30 km) section has been completed.  Execution of balance portion has been planned through Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV). |
|       7 | Dhasa-Jetalsar (104.44 km)                              | 2012- 13                      |                     644.38 | 203.33                           |                              250   | Work taken up.                                                                                                                              |
|       8 | Ahmedabad (Sabarmati)- Mehsana (70.00 km)               | 2015- 16                      |                     477.56 | 159.81                           |                              200.1 |  Sabarmati-Kalol (24 Km) has been commissioned.  Work taken up in balance section.                                                        |
|       9 | Dabhoi- Chandod with extension upto Kevadiya (49.75 km) | 2017- 18                      |                     663.29 | 49.25                            |                              150   |  Land acquisition taken up.  Work taken up where land available.                                                                          |
|      10 | Chanasma- Ranuj (12.84 km)                              | 2017- 18                      |                     107.72 | -                                |                               20.1 |  Work taken up by G-RIDE though Joint Venture (JV).                                                                                        |
|      11 | Katosan Road- Chanasma (51.72 km)                       | 2017- 18                      |                     403.72 | -                                |                               20.1 |  Work taken up by G-RIDE though Joint Venture (JV).                                                                                        |

## ( ` in crore)

|   S. No | Project                            | Year of inclusion in Budget   |   Latest Anticipa ted Cost | Expend -iture upto March, 2019   |   Budget Estim- ate Outlay 2019-20 | Status of Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|---------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      12 | Himmatnagar- Khedbrahma (54.83 km) | 2017- 18                      |                     410.09 | -                                |                                0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval.                                                                                                                                                                          |
|      13 | Jambusar- Vishvamitri (51.00 km)   | 2017- 18                      |                     855.3  | -                                |                                0.1 | Project had been included in the Budget. However, decided to be retain for metre gauge operation till final decision of forest clearance of gauge conversion of Veraval-Talala- Visavadar due to alignment passing through Gir forest is taken. |
|      14 | Junagarh- Visavadar (42.28 km)     | 2017- 18                      |                     455.29 | -                                |                                0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval.                                                                                                                                                                          |
|      15 | Kalol-Kadi- Katosan (37.23 km)     | 2017- 18                      |                     261.02 | -                                |                                0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval.                                                                                                                                                                          |
|      16 | Khijadiya- Visavadar (91.27 km)    | 2017- 18                      |                     809.24 | -                                |                                0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval.                                                                                                                                                                          |

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## ( ` in crore)

|   S. No | Project                              | Year of inclusion in Budget   |   Latest Anticipa ted Cost | Expend -iture upto March, 2019   |   Budget Estim- ate Outlay 2019-20 | Status of Project                                                      |
|---------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      17 | Nadiad-Petlad (37.26 km)             | 2017- 18                      |                     402.65 | -                                |                                0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval. |
|      18 | Petlad-Bhadran (22.50 km)            | 2017- 18                      |                     236.95 | -                                |                                0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval. |
|      19 | Prachi Road- Kodinar (25.58 km)      | 2017- 18                      |                     208.84 | -                                |                                0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval. |
|      20 | Samalaya- Timba Road (53.53 km)      | 2017- 18                      |                     401.48 | -                                |                                0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval. |
|      21 | Samni- Jambusar (24.08 km)           | 2017- 18                      |                     251    | -                                |                                0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval. |
|      22 | Talala-Delwada (70 km)               | 2017- 18                      |                     525.3  | -                                |                                0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval. |
|      23 | Veraval-Talala- Visavadar (71.95 km) | 2017- 18                      |                     736.98 | -                                |                                0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval. |
|      24 | Vijapur- Ambilyasan (41.43 km)       | 2017- 18                      |                     271.34 | -                                |                                0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval. |
|      25 | Adraj-Moti- Vijapur (39.85 km)       | 2017- 18                      |                     278.51 | -                                |                                0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval. |

( ` in crore)

| S. No   | Project                                                            | Year of inclusion in Budget   | Latest Anticipa ted Cost   | Expend -iture upto March, 2019   | Budget Estim- ate Outlay 2019-20   | Status of Project                                                                                   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | Doubling                                                           |                               |                            |                                  |                                    |                                                                                                     |
| 1       | Surat-Kosamba PH-I of 3 rd line between Vadodara and Virar (35 km) | 2000- 01                      | 133.00                     | -                                | 0.0001                             | Project has been frozen in view of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor alignment.                    |
| 2       | Abu Road- Sarotra Road (23.55 km)                                  | 2010- 11                      | 131.41                     | 111.24                           | 10.00                              | Entire project has been completed in 2019-20.                                                       |
| 3       | Sarotra Road- Karjoda ((23.59 km)                                  | 2010- 11                      | 154.13                     | 140.69                           | 20.00                              |  Sarotra Road- Jethi (14 km): Commissioned.  Jethi-Karjoda (10 km): Work taken up.                |
| 4       | Viramgam- Samakhiyali (182.23 km)                                  | 2011- 12                      | 1037.51                    | 953.31                           | 70.00                              |  97 Km length commissioned.  Work taken up in balance section.                                    |
| 5       | Palanpur- Samakhiyali (247.73 km)                                  | 2012- 13                      | 1548.66                    | 1012. 15                         | 590.13                             |  Bhildi-Jasali- Diyodar (28 km) section has been commissioned.  Work taken up in balance section. |
| 6       | Vatva- Ahmedabad 3 rd line with automatic signaling (7.5 km)       | 2013- 14                      | 41                         | 40.54                            | 0.10                               | Work taken up.                                                                                      |

( ` in crore)

|   S. No | Project                                       | Year of inclusion in Budget   |   Latest Anticipa ted Cost |   Expend -iture upto March, 2019 |   Budget Estim- ate Outlay 2019-20 | Status of Project                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       7 | Surendranagar- Rajkot (116.17 km)             | 2015- 16                      |                    1002.39 |                           316.42 |                           257      |  Total 14.86 km section has been commissioned. o Surendranagar- Chamraj (7 km) section: Commissioned upto March, 2019. o Chamraj-Digsar (7.86 km): commissioned in February, 2020.  Work taken up in |
|       8 | Vatva- Ahmedabad- Sabarmati 4 th line (15 km) | 2015- 16                      |                     231.43 |                            81.24 |                             0      | Work taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|       9 | Anand-Godhra (79 km)                          | 2017- 18                      |                     692.26 |                             0    |                            20      | Work taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      10 | Mehsana- Palanpur (65.10 km)                  | 2018- 19                      |                     529.3  |                             0    |                             5      | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval.                                                                                                                                 |
|      11 | Rajkot-Kanalus (111.20 km)                    | 2018- 19                      |                    1011.72 |                             0    |                             0.0001 | Project has been included in the Budget subject to requisite approval.                                                                                                                                 |
|      12 | By-pass Bhildi (1.35 km)                      | 2019- 20                      |                      11.27 |                             0    |                             1      | Work taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                         |

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## Projects-wise details of Railway Electrification projects are as under:

( ` in crore)

|   S. No | Project                                                          | Year of inclusion in Budget   | Latest Anticipa ted Cost   | Expend -iture upto March, 2019   |   Budget Estim- ate Outlay 2019-20 | Status of Project                                                                                            |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Mehsana- Viramgam- Samakhiyali                                   | 2015- 16                      | 318.94                     | 178.69 37                        |                             101.97 |  Mahesana- Viramgram (67 RKM) section has been commissioned.  Work taken up in remaining section.          |
|       2 | Samakhiyali- Gandhidham- Kandla Port- Mundra Port                | 2016- 17                      | 111.88                     | 39.64                            |                              72.24 | Work taken up.                                                                                               |
|       3 | Rajkot-Sikka- Okha                                               | 2017- 18                      | 332.15                     | 75.69                            |                             120.64 |  Rajkot-Hapa (72 RKM) section has been commissioned.  Work taken up in remaining section.                  |
|       4 | Wankaner- Dahinsara- Maliya Miyana & Surendranagar- Dhrangandhra | 2017- 18                      | 108.11                     | 57.45                            |                              49.13 |  Dhrangandhara- Surendarnagar (31 RKM) section has been commissioned.  Work taken up in remaining section. |
|       5 | Suratgarh- Phalodi--Bhildi incl. Phalodi- Jaisalmer (902 RKM)    | 2018- 19                      | 750.26 4                   | 50                               |                             100    |  Tendering work taken up.                                                                                   |

## ( ` in crore)

|   S. No | Project                                                            | Year of inclusion in Budget   |   Latest Anticipa ted Cost |   Expend -iture upto March, 2019 |   Budget Estim- ate Outlay 2019-20 | Status of Project          |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|       6 | Udaipur City - Himmatnagar                                         | 2018- 19                      |                     194.29 |                                0 |                               0.01 |  Tendering work taken up. |
|       7 | Kanalus- Wansjalia- Porbandar                                      | 2018- 19                      |                      96.82 |                                0 |                               0.01 |  Tendering work taken up. |
|       8 | Rajkot-Jetalsar- Verval-Somnath with Jetalsar- Wansjalia           | 2018- 19                      |                     223.73 |                                0 |                               0.01 |  Tendering work taken up. |
|       9 | Vasad- Kathana                                                     | 2018- 19                      |                      40.1  |                                0 |                               0.01 |  Tendering work taken up. |
|      10 | Anand- Khambhat                                                    | 2018- 19                      |                      48.12 |                                0 |                               0.01 |  Work taken up.           |
|      11 | Vishvamitri - Pratap Nagar - Chhota udepur                         | 2018- 19                      |                      95.71 |                                0 |                               0.01 |  Work taken up.           |
|      12 | Kanjari Boriyavi- Vadtal                                           | 2018- 19                      |                       5.71 |                                0 |                               0.01 |  Work taken up.           |
|      13 | Nadiad- Modasa                                                     | 2018- 19                      |                      99.33 |                                0 |                               0.01 |  Tendering work taken up. |
|      14 | Ankleshwar - Rajpipla                                              | 2018- 19                      |                      58.82 |                                0 |                               0.01 |  Work taken up.           |
|      15 | Jhund- Kharagoda                                                   | 2018- 19                      |                      23.27 |                                0 |                               0.01 |  Work taken up.           |
|      16 | Adipur- New Bhuj                                                   | 2018- 19                      |                      48.36 |                                0 |                               0.01 |  Work taken up.           |
|      17 | Mahesana- Patan-Bildi                                              | 2018- 19                      |                      96.24 |                                0 |                               0.01 |  Work taken up.           |
|      18 | Dhola- Bhavnagar with Sihor Jn.- Palitana & Rajula Road Jn- Mahuva | 2018- 19                      |                     121.51 |                                0 |                               0.01 |  Tendering work taken up. |

( ` in crore)

|   S. No | Project           | Year of inclusion in Budget ted   |   Latest Anticipa Cost |   Expend -iture upto March, 2019 |   Budget Estim- ate Outlay 2019-20 | Status of Project                                                                                        |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      19 | Ahmedabad- Rajkot | 2015- 16                          |                 324.53 |                           228.64 |                              95.89 |  Ahmedabad- Viramgram (61 RKM) section has been commissioned.  Work taken up in the remaining section. |

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