Lok Sabha Question No. 4742 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-24
Subject: Railway Projects in Haryana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4742 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2021

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN HARYANA

†4742. SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)   the total number of railway projects for laying new lines in Haryana during the last ten years including the details thereof, station-wise;
- (b)   the names of stations where work has been started and the details of the progress thereof;
- (c) whether any work has begun on the railway lines from Bhiwani to Loharu (Haryana) and Delhi to Alwar via Sohna-Nuh-Firozpur-Jhirka (Haryana);
- (d) if so, the progress thereof; and
- (e) if  not,  the  time  by  which  the  said  works  are  likely  to  be  started including the targeted date of completion?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) & (b): The Railway projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway wise and not State wise as the Indian Railways' network spans across various State  boundaries.    However,  as  on  01.04.2020,  total  07  New  lines projects of total length 570 km costing ₹ 8,145 crore falling fully/partly in Haryana are in different stages of planning/sanction/execution, out of which, commissioning  of  81  km  has  been  achieved  and  an expenditure of ₹ 1,473 crore has been incurred upto March, 2020.

The  details    of  all  ongoing  projects  including  cost,  expenditure  and outlay 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)> Rail Budget/Pink Book (year)> Railway-wise Works, Machinery and Rolling Stock Programme (RSP).

New line projects are sanctioned end to end and en-route stations are decided  based  on  traffic  projection  and  in  consultation  with  State Government.  Presently, physical work has been taken up on RohtakMeham-Hansi  (64  Km.)  New  Rail  line  and  work  on  Rewari-Rohtak (81.26 Km) including new material modification for shifting of RohtakGohana-Panipat through  bypass line including elevated track at Gohana has been completed recently.

(c)  &  (d):  The  Bhiwani-Loharu  New  Railway  line  project  (58  km)  and Delhi-Sohna-Nuh-Ferozpur-Jhirka-Alwar New Railway line project (104 km) has been identified for development by Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development  Corporation  Ltd.  (HRIDC)  a  Joint  Venture  Company  of Ministry of Railways (49%) and Government of Haryana (51%).  Feasibility Study and financial analysis is under approval with State Government.

(e):  Completion  of  any  Railway  project/s  depends  on  various  factors like  quick land acquisition by State Government, forest clearance by officials  of  forest  department,  deposition  of  State  cost  share  by concerned  State  government  in  cost  sharing  projects,    shifting  of infringing utilities, statutory clearance from various authorities, geological and topographical conditions of area, law and order situation in the area of project/s site, number of working months in a year  for  particular  project  site,  etc.  and  all  these  factors  affect  the completion  time  of  the  project/s.    As  such  confirmed  time  frame  for completion of project/s cannot be ascertained at this stage. Average Annual Budget allocation for infrastructure and safety works, falling fully/partly in State of Haryana during 2014-19, has increased to ₹ 968 crore per year from ₹ 315 crore per year during 2009-14, which is 207%  more  than  average  annual  budget  outlay  of  2009-14.  Budget outlay  of ₹ 1,201  crore  has  been  provided  for  financial  year  2021-22 which is 281% more than the average annual budget outlay of 2009-14. *****