Lok Sabha Question No. 706 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Extension of Railway Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Hanuman Beniwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 706 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019

## EXTENSION OF RAILWAY LINES

†706.   SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any proposal for the extension of the Railway  lines,  Railway  services  etc.  in  Rajasthan  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and

(b) the details of the doubling of Railway lines sanctioned in Rajasthan and the details of the actual progress in this regard?

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

(a) & (b): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.706  BY  SHRI  HANUMAN  BENIWAL  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 26.06.2019 REGARDING EXTENSION OF RAILWAY LINES

(a): Yes, Sir. As on date, 11 new line projects covering a length of 1238 12,361 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Rajasthan

Km at a cost of ` are in different stages of planning/sanction/ execution.

(b): At present, there are 13 doubling projects covering a length of 4521 Km costing ` 42820 crore falling partly/fully in the State of Rajasthan and are  in  different  stages  of  planning/sanction/  execution.  The  details  of such projects are as under:

| S. No   | Project                                      | Year of inclusion in Budget   | Latest anticipated Cost ( ` in crore)   | Exp. as on March, 2019 ( ` in crore)   | Outlay 2019-20 ( ` in crore)   | Status of Project                                                                              |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | DOUBLING                                     |                               |                                         |                                        |                                |                                                                                                |
| 1       | Swaroopganj- Abu Road patch doubling (26 Km) | 2010-11                       | 165                                     | 76.31                                  | 10                             | Swaroopganj- Bhimana (8.60km) section has been Commissioned. Work taken up in balance section. |
| 2       | Abu Road- Sarotra Road (23.55 Km)            | 2010-11                       | 131.41                                  | 103.1 3                                | 10                             | Maval- Shri Amirgadh - Sarotra Road                                                            |

|    |                                                                                 |         |         |        |     | (13.61 km) section has been Commissioned. Work taken up in balance section.                          |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|--------|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  3 | Bina-Kota including material modification of Mahadevkhedi- Malkhedi (290.37 Km) | 2011-12 | 1570.26 | 936    | 240 | Baran-Pipload Rd- Salpura (41.9 Km) section has been Commissioned. Work taken up in balance section. |
|  4 | Ajmer- Bangurgram (48.43 Km)                                                    | 2011-12 |  244    | 217.5  |  50 | Mangaliyawas- Bangurgram (21 km) section has been Commissioned. Work taken up in balance section.    |
|  5 | Bangurgram- Guriya patch doubling (47 Km)                                       | 2012-13 |  349    | 148.57 |  63 | Haripur-Guriya (9 km) section has been Commissioned. Work taken up                                   |

|    |                                  |         |         |         |       | in balance section.                                                                                   |
|----|----------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  6 | Alwar-Bandikui (60.37 Km)        | 2013.14 |  349    | 251.57  |  54   | Alwar- Dhigawara (29.80 km) has been Commissioned. Work taken up in balance section.                  |
|  7 | Nimuch- Chittaurgarh (56 Km)     | 2015-16 |  389.98 | 138.2 8 | 140   | Shambhupura- Chittaurgarh (11.67 km) section has been Commissioned. Work taken up in balance section. |
|  8 | Phulera-Degana (108 km)          | 2015-16 |  686    | 4.53    | 150   | Work taken up.                                                                                        |
|  9 | Mathura-Jhansi 3rd line (274 Km) | 2015-16 | 3677.76 | 343     | 275   | Work taken up.                                                                                        |
| 10 | Agra Fort- Bandikui (150 Km)     | 2018-19 | 1388.81 | -       |   0.1 | Project has been included in Budget 2018- 19 subject to obtaining requisite                           |

|    |                                           |         |         |    |      | Government clearances.                                                                                |
|----|-------------------------------------------|---------|---------|----|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 11 | Degana-rai ka Bagh (145 Km)               | 2018-19 |  808.35 | -  | 75   | Preliminary activities for execution of the project have been taken up.                               |
| 12 | Mathura-Dholpur 4th line (107 Km)         | 2018-19 | 2945.75 | -  |  0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget 2018-19 subject to obtaining requisite Government clearances. |
| 13 | Dholpur-Jhansi- Bina 4th line (321.80 Km) | 2018-19 | 4869.95 | -  |  0.1 | Project has been included in the Budget 2018-19 subject to obtaining requisite Government clearances. |

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