Lok Sabha Question No. 244 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: New Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Diya Kumari, Ravi Kishan Shukla

(a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 244 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS

* 244. MS. DIYA KUMARI: SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  launch  any  new  railway projects to cater to the increasing passenger footfall and to connect the areas not covered so far under railway network;
- (b)    if  so,  the  details  of  railway  projects  under  consideration  along  with the ongoing projects in various States of the country including Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra, State/UT and zone-wise and if not, the plans of the Government to take up such projects in the near future;
- (c) the State-wise status of the projects announced during the last three years  along  with  the  number  of  projects  out  of  them  on  which  work  is going on and the number of projects completed so far, State/UT-wise;
- (d)  the  amount  of  funds  spent  so  far  in  this  regard  along  with  the estimated amount likely to be spent on these projects, State/UT-wise; and
- (e)  the  details  of  the  operation  of  new  trains  announced  during  the  last three years?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

to (e):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. *****

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 244 BY MS. DIYA KUMARI AND SHRI RAVI KISHAN TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  10.07.2019  REGARDING  NEW  RAILWAY PROJECTS (a) Launching of new  railway projects to cater to the increasing passenger  footfall  and  to  connect  the  areas  not  covered  so  far  under railway network is a need based ongoing process subject to commercial justification,  operational  requirement,  technical  feasibility  and  resource availability. (b) and (c)  As  on  01.04.2019,  there  are  189  New  Lines  projects  totaling 21,443  km  in  various  stages  of  planning/approval/execution,  which  will connect the areas not covered so far under railway network. Besides this, there  are  247  double  line/3rd  line/4th  line  projects  in  various  stages  of planning/sanction/execution,  which  will  cater  to  increasing  passenger footfall. Railway projects are sanctioned zone-wise and the details of all these  works  are  made  available  in  public  domain  on  Indian  Railway website  i.e.  www.indianrailways.gov.in  >Ministry  of  Railways  >Railway Board  >About  Indian  Railways  >Railway  Board  Directorates  >Finance (Budget)  >2019-20\_List\_of\_Works.  This  list  includes  the  works  of  all  the States of Country including Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra.    Railway  projects  are  sanctioned  zone-wise  and  total  154 projects  of  New  Line,  Gauge  Conversion  and  Double  line/3rd  line  &  4th line  (59  during  2016-17,  54  during  2017-18  and  41  during  2018-19)  have been  announced  during  last  03  years  and  are  in  various  stages  of planning/approval/execution.  68  ongoing  projects  have  been  completed during  03  years  (20  during  2016-17,  23  during  2017-18  and  25  during 2018-19) and 8,313 km of New Line/ Double line/3rd line & 4th line / Gauge Conversion have been commissioned.

(d) The Accounting and Budgeting Units of Indian Railways are Zones and  Production  Units.  Railway  Budget  is  therefore  prepared  Railway Zone/Production Unit wise and not State wise.  Information on state wise expenditure  is  thus  not  maintained.    Expenditure  incurred  on  projects under  plan  heads  New  Lines,  Gauge  Conversion  and  Doubling  since 2014-15,  under  various  Railway  zones  is  given  in  the  following  table  -( ` in cr)

|                |   New Lines (incl.USBRL) |   Gauge Conversion |   Doubling |   Total |
|----------------|--------------------------|--------------------|------------|---------|
| Actual 2014-15 |                  8433.81 |            3663.59 |    3880.59 | 15978   |
| Actual 2015-16 |                  2805.38 |            3735.41 |   10496.8  | 37037.6 |
| Actual 2016-17 |                 15987.2  |            4102.17 |    9214.42 | 29303.8 |
| Actual 2017-18 |                  9206.64 |            3301.91 |   11364.4  | 23872.9 |
| Actual 2018-19 |                 11292.8  |            4242.31 |   15360.2  | 30895.3 |
| BE 2019-20     |                 29077.8  |            3118.38 |   17601.8  | 49797.9 |

(e)  During  the  period  from  2016-17  to  2018-19, 599 (in  single)  new  train services have been introduced.

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