Lok Sabha Question No. 4121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Second Railway Line from Kothagudem to Dornakal
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4121 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## SECOND RAILWAY LINE FROM KOTHAGUDEM TO DORNAKAL

4121.  SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plans to approve the establishment of a second railway line from Kothagudem to Dornakal and Motamaari to Vishnupuram to transport coal in Telangana; (b) if so, the time by which it would take to construct the same; (c)  the  average  capacity of coal that is carried by single line cargo trains in India and if there are any regional differences among them, especially comparing Telangana; and (d) the steps taken by the Government to increase the coal carrying capacity of  the  single  railway  line  between  Motamaari  to  Bibinagar
- and Bibinagar to Vishnupuram?

## 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.4121  BY  SHRI  KOMATI  REDDY  VENKAT  REDDY  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.03.2020 REGARDING SECOND RAILWAY LINE FROM KOTHAGUDEM TO DORNAKAL

(a)  and  (b)  Railway  has  prioritized  doubling  on  its  high  density  network (HDN) and highly utilized network(HUN) lines. Section from Bhadrachallam Road(Kothagudem) to Dornakal and Motumari to Vishnupuram does not fall on these HDN and HUN routes.

However, details of projects falling fully/partly in State of Telangana are as under:

13 Projects (9 New Line and 4 Doubling) costing ₹ 20,226 crore for 1,604 km length,  falling  fully/partly  in  Telangana  are  under  different  stages  of planning/approval/execution, out of which, commissioning of 85 km length has been achieved and an expenditure of ₹ 3037 crore has been incurred upto March 2019. This includes:

-  9  New Line Projects are covering a length of 1,067 km at a cost of ₹ 14,816 crore, out of which, 85 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 2,212 crore has been incurred upto March 2019.
-  4 Doubling Projects are covering a length of 537 km at a cost of ₹ 5,410 crore. An expenditure of ₹ 824 crore has been incurred upto March 2019.

Budget Allocation (for Projects falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana):

-  Average Annual Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana, during 2014-19 was ₹ 1,110 crore per year.

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-  Total allocation of Budget for infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/ partly in the State of Telangana, in 2019-20 is ₹ 2,056 crore, which is 85% more than average annual allotment during 2014-19.
- Allocation of Budget for infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/  partly  in  the  State  of  Telangana,  during  financial  year  2020-21  is 2,602 crore, which is 134% more than average annual allotment during
-  ₹ 2014-19.

## Commissioning (for Projects falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana):

-  During 2009-14, 87 km (66 km New line and 21 km Doubling projects), falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana have been commissioned, at an average rate 17 km per year.
-  During  2014-19,  188  km  (135  km  of  New  line  and  53  km  of  Doubling projects), falling fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Telangana  have  been commissioned in the State at an average rate 38 km per year, which is 116% more than commissioning during 2009-14.

Many of these projects are getting delayed due to land acquisition, forestry clearance,  wildlife  clearance,  shifting  of  utilities  and  non  deposition  of State Govt.'s share in cost sharing projects.

An  amount  of ₹ 499  cr  is  outstanding  against  government  of  Telangana towards their share in cost sharing projects.

- (c)  Indian  Railway  is  carrying  multifarious  commodities  over  its  network. The utilization of section is not commodity based, rather the average Line Capacity  of  any  section  is  measured  according  to  interpolation  of  data based on the actual number of trains running on the particular section.

When the single line sections are saturated with the traffic and even after giving all possible infrastructural inputs, the network is not in a position to accommodate  any  further  traffic  demand,  these  single  line  sections  are considered for doubling on priority basis. (d) There are two routes between Motumari to Bibinagar one is via Kazipet and  another  is  via  Vishnupuram.  Motumari  to  Bibinagar  (via  Kazipet)  is already double line. On  the other route Motumari  to Bibinagar via Vishnupuram, the doubling of Bibinagar-Vishnupuram has been included in Budget  2019-20  subject  to  requisite  government  approvals  as  part  of project  of  doubling  from  Guntur  to  Bibinagar  (248  km).  Preparation  of Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been taken up.

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