Lok Sabha Question No. 5125 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Laying New Rail Line between Dahod-Indore
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5125 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## LAYING NEW RAIL LINE BETWEEN DAHOD-INDORE

†5125. SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  work  of  laying  new  railway  line  between  Dahod, Gujarat and Indore, Madhya Pradesh which was to be completed in 2011 could not be completed due to provision of less  funds in the budget;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) the  efforts  being  made  by  the  Government  to  complete  the construction  of  the  said  new  railway  line  by  providing  the required funds; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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. 5125 BY SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.07.2019 REGARDING LAYING NEW RAIL LINE BETWEEN DAHOD-INDORE

(a)  to  (d):  Dahod-Indore  (200.45  Km)  new  line  project  has  been included  in  the  Budget  2007-08.  The  latest  anticipated  cost  of  the project  is ` 1640  crore.  An  expenditure  of ` 638.31  crore  has  been incurred  upto  31.03.2019  and  an  outlay  of ` 175  crore  has  been provided for the year 2019-20.

Indore-Rau-Tihi  (21  Km)  section  has  been  commissioned  and work has been taken up in balance section, wherever land is available.

Dahod-Indore new railway line project has been delayed due to inadequate  fund  allotment  till  2013-14.  From  2014-15  onwards,  the project  has  been  getting  enhanced  fund  allotment  and  work  on  this project has been speeded up.

The timely Completion of any Railway project depends on various factors like 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 considerations, encountering unforeseen conditions like earthquake, flooding, excessive rains, cyclones, strikes of labour, orders of Hon'ble Courts, situation and conditions of working agencies/contractors etc.. 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)  and  regular  meetings  are  held  with  the  officials  of  State Government  and  concerned  authorities  to  resolve  the  pending  issues that are 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.

Since complete encumbrance free land has still not been handed over by the Government of Madhya Pradesh to the Railways, therefore, no confirmed time frame can be fixed for completion of this project at this stage.

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