Lok Sabha Question No. 345 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-17
Subject: Construction of New Lines and ROBs
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: S. Muniswamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.345 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.07.2019

## CONSTRUCTION OF NEW LINES AND ROBS

- *345.  SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has identified the places to construct new  Railway  Lines  and  Railway  Over  Bridges  (ROBs)  in  the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Karnataka; and
- (c) the details of funds allocated and utilized for the purpose so far, State/UT-wise?

## 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.345 BY SHRI S.  MUNISWAMY  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 17.07.2019 REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF NEW LINES AND ROBS (a) and (b):   Yes, Sir. As on 01.04.2019 Indian Railways have taken up 189 New Line Projects of length 2555 Km, costing ` 3,74,753  crores, which are in different stages of execution/planning/sanction. This includes 20 New Line Projects in Karnataka State covering a length of 2,501.72 Km costing ` 26,393 crores and are under different stage of execution/planning/sanction. Out of which, 244.55 Km length has  been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ` 2,927.63  crores  has been incurred till March, 2019. Further, 42 No. of Road Over Bridges (ROBs) have been sanctioned in the State of Karnataka on Cost sharing basis. State-wise number  of  Road  Over  Bridges  (ROBs)  including  Karnataka  on  cost sharing basis is appended as Appendix-I. (c): Railway projects are sanctioned zone-wise and the expenditure on New  Line  projects  up  to  March,  2019  has  been ` 76,917  Crore. However,  the  details  of  allotment  of  funds  and  expenditure  projectwise 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). This list includes the works of all States of Country including Karnataka. Further,  State-wise  expenditure  on  construction  of  Road  over Bridges/  Road  under  Bridges  (ROBs/RUBs)  is  not  being  maintained. However, year-wise amount spent on construction of ROBs/RUBs over Indian Railways during the last three years is appended as Appendix-II.

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APPENDIX-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF STARRED  QUESTION NO.345 BY SHRI S.  MUNISWAMY  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 17.07.2019 REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF NEW LINES AND ROBS

(a) and (b): State-wise -number  of Road  Over  Bridges  (ROBs) sanctioned on cost sharing basis are as under:

| S.No.            | State        | Road over Bridges   |
|------------------|--------------|---------------------|
| 1 Andhra         | Pradesh 66   |                     |
| 2                | Assam        | 1                   |
| 3 Bihar          |              | 119                 |
| 4                | Chhattisgarh | 29                  |
| 5                | Delhi        | 4                   |
| 6 Goa            | 3            |                     |
| 7 Gujarat        |              | 127                 |
| 8                | Haryana      | 74                  |
| 9 Jammu &        | Kashmir 1    |                     |
| 10               | Jharkhand    | 41                  |
| 11               | Karnataka    | 42                  |
| 12 Kerala        | 109          |                     |
| 13 Madhya        | Pradesh 92   |                     |
| 14 Maharashtra   | 102          |                     |
| 15               | Odisha       | 42                  |
| 16               | Puducherry   | 5                   |
| 17 Punjab        |              | 18                  |
| 18 Rajasthan     | 62           |                     |
| 19 Tamil Nadu    |              | 148                 |
| 20 Telangana     | 45           |                     |
| 21 Uttar Pradesh | 312          |                     |
| 22 Uttarakhand   |              | 6                   |
| 23 West          | Bengal       | 87                  |
| TOTAL            |              | 1535                |

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APPENDIX-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO.345 BY SHRI S. MUNISWAMY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA  ON  17.07.2019  REGARDING  CONSTRUCTION  OF  NEW  LINES AND ROBS

(c):  Allocation  and  Utilization  in  Plan  head  -  30  for  construction  of Road over Bridges/ Road under Bridges (ROBs/RUBs) in last three year is as under:

( ` in crores)

| Zonal Railway              | 2016-17    | 2016-17     | 2017-18    | 2017-18     | 2018-19    | 2018-19     |
|----------------------------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
| Zonal Railway              | Allocation | Utilisation | Allocation | Utilisation | Allocation | Utilisation |
| Central Railway            | 117.34     | 112.84      | 147.30     | 128.46      | 205.37     | 175.21      |
| Eastern Railway            | 64.71      | 87.72       | 79.02      | 52.42       | 76.92      | 66.32       |
| East Central Railway       | 68.54      | 64.46       | 89.12      | 38.20       | 88.00      | 101.00      |
| East Coast Railway         | 148.64     | 128.94      | 200.23     | 165.42      | 187.24     | 153.07      |
| Northern Railway           | 396.08     | 396.29      | 528.49     | 439.95      | 524.42     | 448.86      |
| North Central Railway      | 394.94     | 525.94      | 469.05     | 332.23      | 458.40     | 314.01      |
| North Eastern Railway      | 100.01     | 120.50      | 116.86     | 122.94      | 213.95     | 186.34      |
| Northeast Frontier Railway | 100.68     | 88.32       | 140.57     | 93.39       | 76.86      | 85.54       |
| North Western Railway      | 258.24     | 391.35      | 466.81     | 475.60      | 558.34     | 469.23      |
| Southern Railway           | 343.95     | 293.54      | 426.73     | 333.30      | 408.62     | 381.73      |
| South Central Railway      | 174.01     | 146.23      | 247.75     | 172.93      | 419.21     | 385.70      |
| South Eastern Railway      | 140.58     | 138.48      | 230.60     | 213.14      | 145.23     | 117.11      |

Contd..2/-

| South East Central Railway   |   173.70 |   157.25 |   199.32 |   180.23 |   168.20 |   160.99 |
|------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| South Western Railway        |   165.95 |   159.36 |   181.69 |   111.57 |   121.83 |    99.92 |
| Western Railway              |   266.5  |   210.62 |   297.76 |   190.5  |   308.64 |   310.06 |
| West Central Railway         |   152.3  |   148.71 |   178.7  |   124.02 |   241.96 |    88.36 |

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