Lok Sabha Question No. 2729 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-04
Subject: Ongoing Railway Projects in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Y. S. Avinash Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2729 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2019

## ONGOING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

2729.  SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  various  on-going  railway  projects  in  the  State  of Andhra  Pradesh  including  those  that  are  being  taken  up  in  Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the project-wise details and their present status thereof;
- (c)  the  number  of  railway  projects  lagging  behind  the  scheduled  of completion and the details   thereof; and
- (d)  the  measures  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  augment  the completion of the projects at an   early date and the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2729 BY SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 04.12.2019 REGARDING ONGOING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH (a)  to  (d)  :    Presently,  31  projects  (17  new  lines  and  14  doubling projects), costing ₹ 52,686 crore for 4,677 km  length, falling fully/partly in Andhra Pradesh, are under different stage of planning/approval/execution, out of which, commissioning of 265 km length  has  been  achieved  and  an  expenditure  of ₹ 7892  crore  has been  incurred  upto  March  2019.  Details  of  these  projects  are  as under: 17 New Line Projects are  covering a length of 2027 km, at a cost of ₹ 25,684  Crore.  Out  of  which,  commissioning  of  186  Km  length  has been achieved and an expenditure of ₹ 4,143 Crore has been incurred upto March'19. An outlay of ₹ 1,105 Crore has been provided for 201920.  This  includes  261  km  long,  Kadapa-Bangalore(Kolar)    New  Line project, falling partly in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh and partly in Karnataka. This project is on cost sharing basis with Government of  Andhra  Pradesh,  in  which,  Government  of  Andhra  Pradesh  is sharing 50% cost of the portion of project falling in Andhra Pradesh. Cost of the project is ₹ 2706 Crore. 21 km  length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 317  Crore  has  been  incurred upto  March  2019.  Land  acquisition  has  been  taken  up  in  balance length and further work would be taken up after land is handed over by Government of Andhra Pradesh and  Government of Karnataka. 14 Doubling Projects are covering a length of 2,649 km at a cost of 27,002 Crore. out of which, commissioning of 79 Km length has been

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achieved and an expenditure of ₹ 3,749 Crore has been incurred upto March'19. An outlay of ₹ 1,817 Crore has been provided for 2019-20.

The  project  wise  details  of  all  works  in  progress  and  new  works including expenditure and outlay on each project 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) .

The  timely  completion  of  any  Railway  project  depends  on  various factors  like  quick  land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forest clearance  by  officials  of  forest  department,  shifting  of  infringing utilities  (both  underground  and  over  ground),  statutory  clearances from various authorities,  geological  and  topographical  conditions  of area,  law  and  order  situation  in  the  area  of  project  site,  number  of working months in a year for particular project site due to climatic conditions, cooperation & zeal of State Government  for early completion of project, encountering unforeseen conditions like earthquake,  flooding,  excessive  rains,  strikes  of  labour,  orders  of Hon'ble Courts, situation and conditions of working agencies/contractors etc. and all these factors affect the completion time  and  cost  of  the  project,  which  is  finally  worked  out  at  the completion stage.

In  the  overall  interest  of  the  nation  and  to  ensure  that  projects  are completed in time without cost overrun, lot of monitoring is done in Railways at various levels (field level, divisional level, zonal level and Board  level),  regular  meetings  are  held  with  the  officials  of  State

Government and concerned authorities to resolve the pending issues obstructing the progress of projects. To ensure that projects are completed even before time, Railway has adopted  the  concept  of  incentives  to  the  contractor  in  the  form  of bonus  clause  in  contracts,  which  will  further  enhance  the  pace  of execution of projects. For  important  projects,  capacity  enhancement  projects,  last  mile connectivity  etc.  institutional  financing  has  been  done  by  arranging loan of ₹ 1.5 lakh Crore, which has increased Railways' capacity for committed fund provision for essential projects.

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