Lok Sabha Question No. 565 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Upgradation of Railway Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.565 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.11.2019

## UPGRADATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS

†565.  SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

( a) the details of railway stations upgraded in the North-East States along with the name of facilities added therein;

- (b) the details of places where new railway lines are proposed to be laid in the North-East States;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  number  of  PSUs  and  Bodies  under  the ownership of Railways along with their names and major functions; and

(d)  the  details  of  locations  of  rest  houses/guest  houses  of  the Railways?

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.565  BY  SHRI  NABA  KUMAR  SARANIA TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  20.11.2019  REGARDING UPGRADATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS

- (a) The  details  of  railway  stations  upgraded  in  the  North-East States are as under:
1. Upgradation of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and on-going  process.  Works  for  improvement  of  passenger  amenities are  undertaken  depending  upon  need,  volume  of  passenger  traffic and inter-se priority, subject to availability of funds.
2. Railway stations are upgraded/modernized under 'Adarsh' Station  Scheme.    So  far,  30  stations  in  the  North-East  States  have been identified under 'Adarsh Station Scheme' and all stations have been upgraded. List of these 30 stations is appended as Appendix-I.
3. In  addition,  in  the  year  2018-19  in  North-East  States  03 stations  namely  Rangiya,  Guwahati  and  New  Tinsukia  Railway Stations have been taken up for development under 'Soft upgrades improvements  at stations'. The  following facilities have been added/improved at these stations:

| Station Name   | Facilities Added/Improved                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Rangiya        | Waiting halls, Parking area, Wi-fi Lounge, Toilets, Platform surface, refreshment room and Station façade with circulating area have been improved.                                                                                                       |
| Guwahati       | Modular Water vat (29 nos.), Octagonal benches(19 nos.), Retiring room (12 nos.), Cloak room with individual locking facility provided. Waiting halls, Platform surface, toilets, retiring rooms improved. 02 Lifts and 04 Escalators have been provided. |
| New Tinsukia   | Paid executive lounge, 1st class waiting hall for ladies, commercial outlets (06 nos.), RO water booths (20 nos.) provided. 2nd class and upper class waiting hall capacity, VIP lounge, platform surface and toilets improved.                           |

Foot  Over  Bridges  (FOBs)  have  been  completed  at  08  Stations namely  Mandardisha,  Pencharthal,  Haitikhali,  Dhalpukhuri,  Lanka, Habaipur, Lamsakhang and Patharkhola.

435 Stainless Steel Benches have been provided at 11 Stations of  Rangiya  Division.  Details  of  these  stations  are  appended  as Appendix-II.

- (b) 13  New  Railway  Line  projects  have  been  taken  up  in  North Eastern  Region  which  are  at  different  stages  of  planning/  approval/ execution. Details of these projects including fund allocation are as under:

| S. No    | Project                                                                                                              | Year of sanction   | Length (in km)   | State(s)                 | Latest Anticip ated Cost ( ` . in Cr.)   | Outlay for 2019- 20 ( ` . in Cr.)   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| New Line | (Sanctioned)                                                                                                         |                    |                  |                          |                                          |                                     |
| 1        | New Moynaguri- Jogighopa New Line with Gauge conversion of new Mal-Moynaguri Road and New Changrabanda- Changrabanda | 2000-01            | 289              | Assam, West Bengal       | 3300                                     | 100                                 |
| 2        | Jiribam-Imphal                                                                                                       | 2003-04            | 111              | Manipur                  | 13809                                    | 850                                 |
| 3        | Dimapur (Dhansiri)- Zubza (Kohima)                                                                                   | 2006-07            | 83               | Assam, Nagaland          | 3000                                     | 500                                 |
| 4        | Teteliya-Byrnihat                                                                                                    | 2006-07            | 22               | Assam, Meghalaya         | 1532                                     | 125                                 |
| 5        | Bhairabi-Sairang                                                                                                     | 2008-09            | 51               | Mizoram                  | 5021                                     | 750                                 |
| 6        | Sivok-Rangpo                                                                                                         | 2008-09            | 44               | Sikkim, West Bengal      | 4086                                     | 200                                 |
| 7        | Byrnihat-Shillong                                                                                                    | 2010-11            | 108              | Meghalaya                | 6000                                     | 0.10                                |
| 8        | Murkongselek- Pasighat                                                                                               | 2011-12            | 26               | Assam, Arunachal Pradesh | 661                                      | 2                                   |

| 9                           | Agartala (India) - Akhaura (Bangladesh)   | 2012-13                     | 11                          | Tripura, Bangladesh         | 970                         | 100                         |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| New Line (To be sanctioned) | New Line (To be sanctioned)               | New Line (To be sanctioned) | New Line (To be sanctioned) | New Line (To be sanctioned) | New Line (To be sanctioned) | New Line (To be sanctioned) |
| 1                           | Dimapur-Tizit*                            | 2013-14                     | 257                         | Nagaland                    | 4274                        | 0.10                        |
| 2                           | Salona-Khumtai*                           | 2017-18                     | 99                          | Assam                       | 5958                        | 0.10                        |
| 3                           | Sibsagar-Jorhat*                          | 2017-18                     | 62                          | Assam                       | 2696                        | 0.10                        |
| 4                           | Tezpur-Silghat*                           | 2017-18                     | 25                          | Assam                       | 3512                        | 0.10                        |

## (c) There  are  14  No.  of  public  sector  undertakings  (PSU)  under Ministry of Railways:

|   S. No. | Name of Public Sector Undertaking                        | Major Functions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Rail Vikash Nigam Limited (RVNL)                         | Construction of rail infrastructure on fast tract basis.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        2 | Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)    | Catering & Hospitality, Rail Neer, Travel & Tourism, Internet Ticketing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        3 | Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES)        | Development of transport and infrastructure viz Railways, Highways, Ports, Airports, Waterways, Ropeways, Urban transport, Urban Engineering, Container depots, Institutional buildings, and Railway Electrification.                                                                                                                 |
|        4 | Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC)                | IRFC is an infrastructural leasing non banking financial company wholly owned by Government of India. It leases infrastructural office (commissioning rolling stocks assets, locomotives, passenger's coaches and freight wagons).                                                                                                    |
|        5 | Braithwaite & Company Ltd. (BCL)                         | Manufacturing of Railway Wagons and repairing of Railway Wagons and Crane services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|        6 | Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) | Ministry of Railways has sanctioned for construction of two dedicated corridors; i.e. Eastern and Western DFCs along the golden quadrilateral and its diagonals. The Eastern DFC (1856 km) is from Ludhiana (Punjab) to Dankuni (West Bengal) and the Western Corridor is from Jawaharlal Nehru Port, New Mumbai to Dadri near Delhi. |
|        7 | Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC)                     | Rail Infrastructure of Mumbai Suburban                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

|   8. | Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (KMRCL)   | It is a project implementation unit of East- West metro Corridor in Kolkata.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    9 | Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR)  | Rail transportation and handling of Containers, Stores of Cargo/ Containers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|   10 | Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL)        | Construction and operation of Konkan Railway between Roha near Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra to Thokur near Mangalore in the state of Karnataka.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|   11 | Ircon International Ltd. (IRCON)              | Specialization in execution of Railway projects on turnkey basis and otherwise. After commencing business as a railway construction company it diversified progressively to roads, buildings, electrical substation and distribution, airport construction, commercial complexes, as well as metro rail works, The Company caters to both domestic and international markets. |
|   12 | Railtel Corporation of India Ltd. (RCIL)      | One of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers in the country owning a Pan-India optic fiber network on exclusive Right of Way (ROW) along Railway track.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|   13 | Bharat Wagon & Engineering Ltd. (BWEL)        | Under Closure                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|   14 | Burn Standard Corporation Ltd. (BSCL)         | Under Closure                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

- (d) Rest Houses (RHs) have mainly been provided at SubDivsional/Divsional/Zonal  Head  Quarter  level.  Besides  these  locations, Rest  Houses  have  also  been  provided  at  those  city/Town  having  major Railway establishment and having importance from religious and tourism point of view etc.

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APPENDIX-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.565 BY SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 20.11.2019 REGARDING UPGRADATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS

(a) List of stations upgraded/modernized as Adarsh station in NorthEast States

| Sl No.   | State    | Name of Adarsh Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |   Nos. of station |
|----------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1        | Assam    | Rangapara North, Silchar, Badarpur Junction, Srirampur Assam, Gosaigaon Hat, Fakiragram, Salakati, Basugaon, Tipkai, Bijni, Tihu, Goreswar, Udalguri, Tangla, Rowta Bagan, Barpeta Road, Hojai, Rangiya Junction, Jakhalabandha, Jorhat Town, Karimganj Junction, Kokrajhar, New Bongaigaon, Jagiraod, Tatibahar, Bongaigaon, Furkating & Narengi. |                28 |
| 2        | Nagaland | Dimapur.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                 1 |
| 3        | Tripura  | Pencharthak                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                 1 |
|          |          | Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                30 |

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APPENDIX-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.565  BY  SHRI  NABA  KUMAR  SARANIA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 20.11.2019 REGARDING UPGRADATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS

(a)  Status of Supply and Installation of Steel Benches at Stations

| Div.   | Station   | 10 seater with Backrest, & Seat partition   | 10 seater with Backrest, & Seat partition   | 4 seater with Backrest, & Seat partition   | 4 seater with Backrest, & Seat partition   | 4 Seater with Backrest, Without partition   | 4 Seater with Backrest, Without partition   | 4 Seater without Backrest, Without partition   | 4 Seater without Backrest, Without partition   |
|--------|-----------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|        | Station   | Supplied                                    | Fixed                                       | Supplied                                   | Fixed                                      | Supplied                                    | Fixed                                       | Supplied                                       | Fixed                                          |
|        | RNY       | 20                                          | 20                                          | 30                                         | 30                                         | 15                                          | 15                                          | 8                                              | 8                                              |
|        | BPRD      | 25                                          | 25                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 25                                          | 25                                          | 12                                             | 12                                             |
|        | NBQ       | 30                                          | 30                                          | 25                                         | 25                                         | 10                                          | 10                                          | 20                                             | 20                                             |
|        | GLPT      | 25                                          | 25                                          | 6                                          | 6                                          | 20                                          | 20                                          | 12                                             | 12                                             |
|        | CGON      | 25                                          | 2                                           | 6                                          | 0                                          | 20                                          | 6                                           | 12                                             | 0                                              |
| RNY    | ULG       | 25                                          | 0                                           | 20                                         | 0                                          | 12                                          | 0                                           | 6                                              | 0                                              |
|        | HMY       | 25                                          | 0                                           | 6                                          | 0                                          | 20                                          | 0                                           | 12                                             | 0                                              |
|        | RPAN      | 30                                          | 30                                          | 10                                         | 10                                         | 20                                          | 20                                          | 13                                             | 13                                             |
|        | DMC       | 30                                          | 0                                           | 6                                          | 0                                          | 20                                          | 0                                           | 15                                             | 0                                              |
|        | MZS       | 25                                          | 0                                           | 6                                          | 0                                          | 20                                          | 0                                           | 12                                             | 0                                              |
|        | DKGN      | 30                                          | 30                                          | 6                                          | 6                                          | 20                                          | 20                                          | 15                                             | 15                                             |
| Total  | Total     | 290                                         | 162                                         | 121                                        | 77                                         | 202                                         | 116                                         | 137                                            | 80                                             |

RNYRangiya Junction, BPRD Barpeta Road, NBQ New Bongaigaon, GLPT Goalpara Town, CGON Chaygaon, ULG Udalguri, HMY Harmoti, RPAN Rangapara North, DMC Dhemaji, MZS Murkongselek, DKGN Dekargaon

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