Lok Sabha Question No. 23 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Acquisition of Land for Rail Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 23 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

## ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR RAIL RPOJECTS

23. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state: (a) the  details  of  the  extent  of  land  that  Railways  have  sought from the Government of Karnataka for railway projects in the State, zone-wise; (b) the details of the land and the railway projects to which they are related; and (c) the details of the State Government's response thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 23 BY KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  18.07.2018  REGARDING ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR RAIL PROJECTS

(a) to (c): Zone-wise details of land sought from the Government of Karnataka (GOK) for railway projects are as under:-

| Railway        | Name of the project                                        |   Land sought from GOK (in acre) |   Land acquired from GOK (in acres) |
|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| South Western  | Bagalkot-Kudachi New Line (142 Km)                         |                         3180.53  |                              652    |
| South Western* | Munirabad- Mahabubnagar New Line (246 Km)                  |                         2441.3   |                             1204    |
| South Western  | Bangalore-Hassan via Shravanabelagola New Line (166 Km)    |                         1825.08  |                             1809.64 |
| South Western  | Chickmagalur- Sakleshpur New Line (47 Km)                  |                          718.945 |                                0    |
| South Western  | Rayadurga-Tumkur via Kalyandurga New Line (212 Km)         |                         1355.49  |                              266.2  |
| South Western  | Bangalore- Chamarajanagar- Satyamangalam New Line (260 Km) |                         1734.03  |                                0    |
| South Western  | Whitefield-Kolar New Line (52.90 Km)                       |                          831.59  |                                0    |
| South Western  | Tumkur-Chitradurga- Davengere New Line (199.70 Km)         |                         2177.05  |                              135.64 |
| South Western  | Shimoga-Harihara New Line (78.66 Kms)                      |                         1069.08  |                                0    |

...2/-

| South Western   | Marikuppam-Kuppam New Line (23.70 Km)                           |   70.51 |    0.00 |
|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
| South Western   | Gadag-Wadi New Line (252 Km)                                    | 3619    | 1359    |
| South Western   | Kolar-Mulbagal New Line (36.38 Km)                              |  341.85 |    0    |
| South Western   | Tornagallu-Ranjitpur Doubling (22.90 Km)                        |   10.03 |    0    |
| South Western   | Arsikere-Birur Patch Doubling (45.28Km)                         |   93.47 |   93.47 |
| South Western   | Gadag-Kudgi-Hotgi Doubling (284 Km)                             |  132.5  |    0    |
| South Western   | Arsikere-Tumkur Doubling (96 Km)                                |   34.35 |    0    |
| South Western   | Hubli-Chikjajur Doubling (190 Km)                               |  179.62 |   81.22 |
| South Western   | Yelahanka-Penkunda Doubling (120.50 Km)                         |    6.29 |    0    |
| South Western   | Hospet-Hubli-Londa- Tinaighat-Vasco da Gama doubling (300.6 Km) |    3.77 |    1.24 |
| South Western** | Miraj-Londa Doubling                                            |    3.93 |    0    |

*  This  work  is  part  of  Munirabad-Mahabubnagar  New  Line  project (246 Km) sanctioned under South Central Railway. Out of this, South Western Railway is executing work on Ginigera-Raichur (163.35 Km) portion falling in Karnataka area.

** This work is part of Pune-Miraj-Londa doubling project ( 467 Km) sanctioned  under  Central  Railway.  Out  of  this,  South  Western Railway is executing work on Miraj-Londa ( 186 Km) portion falling in Karnataka area.

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