Lok Sabha Question No. 463 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Rashtriya Rail Sanrakshan Kosh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.463 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.11.2019

RASHTRIYA RAIL SANRAKSHAN KOSH

463.  SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)    the  total  amount  of  funds  allocated  under  the  Rashtriya  Rail Sanrakshan Kosh;

(b)  the details of utilization in the year 2018-19; and

(c) whether the Government is taking other steps to ensure rail and passenger safety and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(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.463 BY SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 20.11.2019 REGARDING RASHTRIYA RAIL SANRAKSHAN KOSH

(a): The Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) has been created in the  form  of  a  Reserve  Fund.   The  fund  will  receive  a  corpus  of ` 1 lakh crore over a period of 5 years starting from 2017-18.  Details of funds allocated under Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) during the  financial  years  2017-18,  2018-19  (Prov)  and  2019-20  (BE)  are shown in the following table:

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| Year           |   Allocation |
|----------------|--------------|
| 2017-18        |      16090.8 |
| 2018-19 (Prov) |      18015.3 |
| 2019-20 (BE)   |      20000   |

## (b):  Minor-Head  wise  details  of  utilization  of  funds  under  RRSK  in 2018-19 are shown below:

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| Minor Head                      |   Actual 2018-19 (Prov) |
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 16-Traffic Facilities           |                  498.23 |
| 21-Rolling Stock                |                 1637.28 |
| 29-Level Crossings              |                  678.6  |
| 30-Road Over/Under Bridges      |                 3488.82 |
| 31-Track Renewals               |                 9697.31 |
| 32-Bridge Works                 |                  516.72 |
| 33-Signalling and Telecom Works |                 1461.29 |
| 36-Other Electrical Works       |                  349.79 |
| 41-Machinery & Plant            |                  179.82 |
| 42-Workshops incl PUs           |                  202.67 |
| 53-Passengers Amenities         |                  795.1  |
| 64-Other Specified Works        |                   42    |
| 65-Training/HRD                 |                   48.01 |
| Credits/recoveries              |                 1580.31 |
| Total                           |                18015.3  |

(c):  Safety  is  accorded the highest priority by Indian Railways and all possible steps are undertaken on a continuous basis to prevent accidents and to enhance safety.  These include timely replacement of over-aged assets, adoption of suitable technologies for upgradation and maintenance of track, rolling stock, signalling and interlocking systems, safety drives, greater emphasis on training of officials and safety inspections at regular intervals to monitor and educate  staff  for  observance  of  safe  practices.  Preventive  and predictive  maintenance  of  the  Railway  assets  is  undertaken  to ensure safe train operation.  Safety devices/systems being used to prevent accidents include Electronic Interlocking, track circuiting, provision of Block Proving Axle Counters, Colour Light LED Signals, Train Protection and Warning System, Vigilance Control Device, Fog Pass Device, usage of 52 kg/60 kg, 90 or higher UTS rails and prestressed  Concrete  Sleepers,  use  of  Ultrasonic  Flaw  Detection  of rails and welds at predefined periodicity to detect internal flaws in rails/welds.  Electronic monitoring of track geometry is carried out to detect defects and plan maintenance.  Steel Channel Sleepers on girder  bridges  are  being  used  while  carrying  out  primary  track renewals.  Further, it has been decided to lay Thick webs switches, Weldable  Cast  Maganese  Steel  crossings  on  identified  routes. Progressive  use  of  Linke  Hofmann  Busch  Coaches,  use  of  Centre Buffer Couplers with Integral Coach Factory Coaches, etc.  Railway tracks  are  replaced  on  age-cum-condition  basis  through  track renewal  works  which  is  an  ongoing  process.  Other  measures include  training  of  loco  pilots  and  other  safety  category  staff, improvement of their working conditions including proper rest and periodic  medical  examination  etc.  Besides,  patrolling  of  tracks, footplate inspections and safety reviews at various levels, etc. are regularly conducted to continuously monitor and improve safety

aspects of the Indian Railways.  Due to these efforts, the number of consequential train accidents have reduced from 135 in 2014-15 to 59 in 2018-19.

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