Lok Sabha Question No. 2935 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-11
Subject: ROBs/RUBs  in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Uday Pratap Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2935 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2020

## ROBs/RUBs IN MADHYA PRADESH

## †2935.  SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  district-wise  number  and  details  of  railway  projects pertaining  to  electrification  of  railway  lines,  construction of Rail Over Bridges  (ROBs) and Rail Under Bridges (RUBs) in  Madhya  Pradesh  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year;
- (b) the  number  of  Rail  Over  Bridge  and  Rail  Under  Bridge projects for which sanction has been accorded and survey work has been completed but work has still not commenced; and
- (c) the efforts being made by the Government to expedite the commencement and execution of such projects?

## 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 UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2935  BY  SHRI  UDAY  PRATAP SINGH  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  11.03.2020 REGARDING ROBs/RUBs IN MADHYA PRADESH

- (a) Railway Electrification projects are not confined to District/State/Union  Territories  (UT).    However,  Total  11  Railway Electrification projects falling fully/partly in the state of Madhya Pradesh covering length of 1,500 km & costing ` 1,195 crore have been  sanctioned  during  last  three  years  i.e.  2016-17,  2017-18 and 2018-19.
- 45 Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and 75 Road Under Bridges (RUBs) have been sanctioned during last three years.
- (b) As per Pink Book, 94 ROBs and 289 RUBs sanctioned in the State of Madhya Pradesh. Out of 94 ROBs, 10 ROBs have been fully  completed  and  7  ROBs  in  Railway  portion has  been completed, and remaining ROBs are various stages of planning, estimation & execution. Out of 289 RUBs, 211 RUBs completed. For remaining 78, effort is being made to expedite these works as far as possible.
- (c) Normally,  Railway  undertakes  construction  of  ROBs  in Railway portion  whereas approaches are being constructed by State Government. Generally, there is no problem of construction of ROBs in Railway portion.  However, it is difficult to  construct  ROBs  on  approaches  on  non  Railway  land  as  it depends upon many factors such as availability of land, removal of encroachments, fixing the alignment of approaches, allocation of requisite funds etc.  Therefore, it is not possible to fix the time schedule for construction of ROB projects.

The  following  steps  have  been  taken  by  Railways  to  expedite the commencement and execution of such project:

-  Joint survey with all concerned including State Government to finalise the tentative General Arrangement Drawing (GAD).
-  Standardization  of  drawings  for  various  spans  to  avoid delay.
-  Nomination  of  nodal  officer  for  each  State  for  single window clearance of GAD from Railway side.
-  Commissioned a web-based application  with  user-friendly features  for  online  submission  and  approval  of  various plans and drawings related to ROBs/RUBs of State/National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)/Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH).

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