Lok Sabha Question No. 5114 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Under Construction ROBs
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Raja Amareshwara Naik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5114 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019 UNDER CONSTRUCTION ROBs

## 5114. SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

## SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the under construction Rail Over Bridges (ROBs) in various States on cost sharing basis, zone-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  proposals  sent  by  various  State  Governments location-wise  including  Bihar  for  constructing  ROBs  at  level crossings along with the action taken on each of such proposals;
- (c) the details of under-construction and new projects identified for constructing the ROBs during the last three years along with the details of the funds allocated, zone-wise;
- (d) the  details  of  the  present  status  of  each  of  these  projects  of ROBs; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken to complete the said projects within the stipulated time?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.5114  BY  SHRI  VINOD  KUMAR  SONKAR  AND  SHRI  RAJA AMARESHWARA  NAIK  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  24.07.2019 REGARDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ROBs

(a) to (e): The details of the under construction Road over Bridges (ROBs) in various states on cost sharing basis, zone-wise is at Appendix-I.

Proposals  for  construction  of  Road  over  Bridge  /  Road  under  Bridge (ROB/RUB)  in  lieu  of  Level  Crossings  (LCs)  are  normally  received  by  Zonal Railways  from  State  Government  and  other  Statutory  Authorities.  After completing various formalities with State Government/Statutory Authorities, regarding  the  consent  for  sharing  of  cost  and  closure  of  LCs,  proposals received for construction of ROBs/RUBs in lieu of LCs are further processed for  their  inclusion  in  Railway  Works  Programme.  This  is  a  continuous process.  All  these  proposals  were  cleared  during  this  period  and  no  such valid  proposals  are  pending  for  clearance  including  Bihar  in  the  Railway Board.

Zone-wise details of under ROBs sanctioned in last three years along with details of funds allocated are at Appendix-II and Appendix-III respectively.

Out  of  1535  ROBs  sanctioned  on  cost  sharing  basis,  241  ROBs  have been completed. Remaining work of ROBs are at various stages of planning, estimation and execution.

Normally,  Railway  undertakes  construction  of  ROBs/RUBs  in  Railway portion  whereas  approaches  are  being  constructed  by  State  Government. Generally,  there  is  no  problem  of  construction  of  ROBs/RUBs  in  Railway portion.  However,  it  is  difficult  to  construct  ROBs/RUBs  on  approaches because 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 ROBs/RUBs projects.

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APPENDIX-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.5114  BY  SHRI  VINOD  KUMAR  SONKAR  AND  SHRI  RAJA AMARESHWARA  NAIK  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  24.07.2019 REGARDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ROBs

(a)  to  (e):  Details  of  the  under  construction  Road  over  Bridges  (ROBs)  in various states on cost sharing basis, zone-wise is as under:

|   S N | Zonal railway      | Sancti -oned   |   Fully compl -eted | Balan -ce   |   Railway Portion comple- ted | Work in progress   | Consent Not Available   |   Detailed Estimate, Finalization of Alignment plan stages |
|-------|--------------------|----------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | Central 82         | 4              |                  78 |             |                             5 | 12 7               |                         |                                                         54 |
|     2 | Eastern 84         |                |                   0 | 84          |                             3 | 14                 | 51                      |                                                         16 |
|     3 | East Central       | 143            |                  18 | 125         |                             2 | 12                 | 49                      |                                                         62 |
|     4 | East Coast         | 32             |                   7 | 25          |                             7 | 6                  | 0                       |                                                         12 |
|     5 | Northern           | 160            |                  24 | 136         |                             7 | 17                 | 74                      |                                                         38 |
|     6 | North Central      | 180            |                  57 | 123         |                            15 | 23                 | 40                      |                                                         45 |
|     7 | North Eastern      | 51             |                   6 | 45          |                             0 | 1                  | 16                      |                                                         28 |
|     8 | Northeast Frontier | 6              |                   1 | 5           |                             0 | 1                  | 0                       |                                                          4 |
|     9 | North Western      | 71             |                   5 | 66          |                             0 | 37                 | 3                       |                                                         26 |
|    10 | Southern           | 257            |                  66 | 191         |                            40 | 20                 | 2                       |                                                        129 |
|    11 | South Central      | 109            |                  13 | 96          |                            14 | 11                 | 5                       |                                                         66 |
|    12 | South Eastern      | 43             |                   4 | 39          |                             4 | 9                  | 1                       |                                                         25 |
|    13 | East Central       | 36             |                   5 | 31          |                             1 | 8                  | 7                       |                                                         15 |
|    14 | South Western      | 49             |                   9 | 40          |                             5 | 4                  | 3                       |                                                         28 |

| 15    | Western      |   164 |   15 |   149 |   7 |   34 |   33 |   75 |
|-------|--------------|-------|------|-------|-----|------|------|------|
| 16    | West Central |    68 |    7 |    61 |   4 |   13 |    0 |   44 |
| Total | Total        |  1535 |  241 |  1294 | 114 |  222 |  291 |  667 |

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APPENDIX-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.5114  BY  SHRI  VINOD  KUMAR  SONKAR  AND  SHRI  RAJA AMARESHWARA  NAIK  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  24.07.2019 REGARDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ROBs

## (a)  to  (e):  Zone-wise  detail  of  sanctioned  Road  over  Bridges  (ROBs)  in  last three years:

| SN                       | Zonal railway 2016-17    | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1 Central                | Railway 18               | 24 2      |           |
| 2 Eastern                | Railway 9                | 1         | 3         |
| 3                        | 34                       | 2         | 9         |
| 4                        | 7                        | 3         | 6         |
| 5 Northern Railway       | 43                       | 13        | 12        |
| 6                        | 29                       | 3         | 26        |
| 7 North Eastern Railway  | 18                       | 16        | 0         |
| 8                        | 2                        | 0         | 0         |
| 9 North Railway          | Western 10               | 1         | 11        |
| 10 Southern              | Railway 22               | 17        | 40        |
| 11 South Central Railway | 16                       | 23        | 8         |
| 12 South Railway         | Eastern 12               | 11        | 0         |
| 13 South East Central    | Railway 8                | 4         | 15        |
| 14                       | South Western Railway 11 | 5         | 5         |
| 15 Western               | Railway 22               | 6         | 19        |
| 16                       | West Central Railway 28  | 1         | 0         |
| Total                    | 289                      | 130       | 156       |

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APPENDIX-III REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.5114  BY  SHRI  VINOD  KUMAR  SONKAR  AND  SHRI  RAJA AMARESHWARA  NAIK  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  24.07.2019 REGARDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ROBs

## (a) to (e): Zone-wise details of funds allocated are as under:

( ` in Crores)

| Zonal Railway              |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Central Railway            |    117.34 |    147.3  |    205.37 |
| Eastern Railway            |     64.71 |     79.02 |     76.92 |
| East Central Railway       |     68.54 |     89.12 |     88    |
| East Coast Railway         |    148.64 |    200.23 |    187.24 |
| Northern Railway           |    396.08 |    528.49 |    524.42 |
| North Central Railway      |    394.94 |    469.05 |    458.4  |
| North Eastern Railway      |    100.01 |    116.86 |    213.95 |
| Northeast Frontier         |    100.68 |    140.57 |     76.86 |
| North Western Railway      |    258.24 |    466.81 |    558.34 |
| Southern Railway           |    343.95 |    426.73 |    408.62 |
| South Central Railway      |    174.01 |    247.75 |    419.21 |
| South Eastern Railway      |    140.58 |    230.6  |    145.23 |
| South East Central Railway |    173.7  |    199.32 |    168.2  |
| South Western Railway      |    165.95 |    181.69 |    121.83 |
| Western Railway            |    266.5  |    297.76 |    308.64 |
| West Central Railway       |    152.3  |    178.7  |    241.96 |
| Total                      |   3066.17 |   4000    |   4203.19 |

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