Lok Sabha Question No. 2281 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Construction of ROBs in Uttarakhand
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Tirath Singh Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2281 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## CONSTRUCTION OF ROBs IN UTTARAKHAND

## †2281. SHRI TIRATH SINGH RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the construction work of Road Over Bridges (ROBs) on railway crossings in Uttarakhand during the last three years;
- (b) whether the construction work of ROBs has not been completed in time;
- (c) if  so,  the  reasons  therefor  and  the  steps  being  taken  by  the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to construct ROBs at various places where the State highways cross railway lines in Uttarakhand; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c): As per Pink Book, total 6 Nos. of Road over Bridges (ROBs) have been sanctioned including last 3 years in the State of Uttarakhand. Out of these, 1 ROB has been completed and remaining ROBs are at various stages of planning, estimation and execution.

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    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.

However, to expedite the construction of ROBs Memorandum of Understanding  (MoU)  has  been  signed  between  Ministry  of  Railways and State Government of Uttarakhand to eliminate all level crossings in  the  State  by  construction  of  ROBs/Road  under  Bridges  (RUBs)  on cost sharing basis by State Government on single entity basis. In addition to signing of MOU, following steps has also been taken by

Railways for expediting the works:

- 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).

(d) & (e): There is no proposal by Railway for construction of ROB at places where State Highway crosses railway line. As per policy, level crossings having  traffic density more than 1 lakh can be replaced by construction    of  ROBs  on  cost  sharing  basis  with  State  government provided consent for sharing of cost and closure of level crossing after commissioning of ROB is received from State government.

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