Lok Sabha Question No. 1644 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-21
Subject: Construction of ROBs in Karnataka
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Umesh G. Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1644 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.09.2020

## CONSTRUCTION OF ROBs IN KARNATAKA

1644. DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  under-construction  Rail  Over-Bridges  (ROBs)  in Karnataka that are on cost sharing basis, zone-wise;
- (b) the details of the proposals sent by Karnataka State Government for constructing ROBs at level crossings along with the action taken on each of such proposals, location-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  under-construction  and  new  projects  identified  for constructing the ROB during the last three years along with the details of the funds allocated, zone-wise; and
- (d)  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 (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1644 BY DR. UMESH G. JADHAV TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 21.09.2020 REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF ROBs IN KARNATAKA

(a) & (b) : Four Railway Zones have jurisdiction under Karnataka State i.e. Central Railway  (CR), Southern  Railway  (SR), South  Central Railway (SCR) & South Western Railway (SWR).  As on 01.04.2020, 54 proposals of Road Over Bridges (ROBs) received from State Government have been sanctioned on cost sharing basis and are under various stages of implementation. Zone wise details are as under:

|   SWR |   CR |   SR |   SCR |
|-------|------|------|-------|
|    47 |    4 |    2 |     1 |

(c):  25  ROBs  have  been  sanctioned  in  the  State  of  Karnataka  during last three years. Construction work has been started at one ROB and in  remaining  24  ROBs,  Preparatory  works  such  as  preparation  of General Arrangement Drawing (GAD), Detailed Estimate, Land Acquisition  for  approaches,  Design  &  Drawing  etc.  have  been  taken up.

Funds for ROBs/RUBs are allotted zone-wise and not State wise.  Zonewise  allotment  of  funds  for  construction  of  ROBs/RUBs  during  last three years and the current year is as under:

| Zone   | Allotment of Funds ( ` in crore)   | Allotment of Funds ( ` in crore)   | Allotment of Funds ( ` in crore)   | Allotment of Funds ( ` in crore)   |
|--------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|        | 2017-18                            | 2018-19                            | 2019-20                            | 2020-21                            |

| CR    |   147.30 |   205.37 |   380 |   317.06 |
|-------|----------|----------|-------|----------|
| SR    |   426.73 |   490.49 |   206 |   272.31 |
| SCR   |   247.75 |   419.21 |   225 |   287.38 |
| SWR   |   181.69 |   121.83 |   137 |   118.22 |
| Total |  1003.47 |  1236.9  |   948 |   994.98 |

(d): Generally, there is no problem of construction of ROBs in Railway portion.  However, the problem is faced in construction of approaches because of many factors such as non-availability of land, encroachments,  fixing  the  alignment  of  approaches,  allocation  of requisite funds by State Government etc.  Therefore, it is not possible to fix the time schedule for construction of ROBs.

Various  steps  taken  by  Railways  to  expedite  the  progress  are  as under-

- (i) Standardization of drawings for various spans to avoid delay.
- (ii) Joint survey with concerned state Govt. officials before finalizing the GAD.
- (iii) Regular  coordination  meeting  with  state  Govt.  officials  to  sort out various issues arising during construction.
- (iv) Well  structured  mechanism  to  monitor  and  review  progress  of ROB  works  at  different  levels  from  field  units,  zonal  railways, Ministry  of  Railways  etc.  Also  the  status,  constraints  and timelines  for  completion  of  projects  are  monitored  right  up  to highest level for early solution of problem.

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