Lok Sabha Question No. 563 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Construction of Railway Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.563 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY LINES

## †563. SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  construction  work  of  railway  lines  has  been  closed due to the lack of budget;
- (b) if  so,  the  State-wise  details  of  construction  work  of  closed railway lines;
- (c) whether  the  Lalitpur  Singrauli  rail  line  project  which  is  the lifeline  of  Vindhya  and  Bundelkhand  is  being  considered  for budget allocation;
- (d) if  so,  the  time  by  which  it  is  likely  to  be  done  alongwith  the details thereof;
- (e) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  the  work  of  Satna  to Panna which was inaugurated in the year 2017 has stopped; and
- (f)

## if so, the time by which it is likely to be started? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.563  BY  SHRI  GANESH  SINGH  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 16.09.2020 REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY LINES

- (a): No, Sir.
- (b): Does not arise.
- (c) and (d):    The construction of Lalitpur-Singrauli New line is a part of Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli & Mahoba-Khajuraho (541 Km) new line project,  which was  included in the budget 1997-98. The  latest anticipated  cost  of  the  project  is ` 6673  crore  out  of  which  229  kms length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 2310 Crore has been incurred upto March'2020. Budget Estimate Outlay of ` 110 crore has been provided for this project in the budget 2020-21. Further, ` 53 crore  have  also  been  provided  to  the  project  in  addition  to  original allotment in order to expedite the project.

(e)  and  (f):    For  Panna-Satna  section  (72.60  km),    Land  acquisition  of balance 119 Hectare is in advanced stage. Works have been taken up wherever land is available.

-  BUDGET  ALLOCATION  FOR  INFRASTRUCTURE  PROJECTS  AND SAFETY WORKS  FALLING  FULLY/PARTLY  IN THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH:
-  Average Annual Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and Safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh, during 2014-19 has increased to ` 4213 crore per year from ` 632 crore per year (during 2009-14). Thus the average annual budget
- allocation  during  2014-19  is  567%  more  than  Average  Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14 ( ` 632 crore per year).
- Annual  Budget  allocation  for  infrastructure  projects  and  safety works falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh, during 6,906 crore, which is 993% more than 632  crore  per
-  2019-20 has increased to ` Average  Annual  Budget  allocation  of  2009-14  ( ` year).
-  Total Budget Estimate (BE) outlay for infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh for  financial  year  2020-21  is ` 6509  crore,  which  is  930%  more than  average  annual  budget  outlay  of  2009-14  ( ` 632  crore  per year)  and  also  54%  more  than  average  annual  budget  outlay  of 2014-19 ( ` 4213 crore per year).
-  COMMISSIONING OF NEW LINE, GAUGE CONVERSION AND DOUBLING PROJECTS (FALLING FULLY/PARTLY IN THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH):
-  During 2009-14, 145 km length (80 km of Gauge Conversion and 65  km  of  Doubling)  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Madhya Pradesh, have been commissioned at an average rate 29 km per year.
-  During 2014-19, 790 km length (268 km of New Line, 298 km of Gauge Conversion and 224 km of Doubling) falling fully/partly in the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh,  has  been  commissioned  at  an average  rate  158  km  per  year,  which  is  444%  more  than commissioning during 2009-14.
-  During 2019-20, 173 km length (87 km of Gauge Conversion and 86  km  of  Doubling)  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Madhya Pradesh  has  been  commissioned  in  the  State  which  is  497% more than average commissioning in 2009-14.

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, 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,  etc.  and  all  these  factors  differ  from  project  to project  and  affect  the  completion  time  of  the  project.  As  such,  firm completion time of the project cannot be ascertained at this stage.

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