Lok Sabha Question No. 1595 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-19
Subject: New Railway Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1595 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2018

## NEW RAILWAY LINES

1595.   SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  new  railway  lines  commissioned  across  the  country during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, zone-wise along with the Rate of Return of such lines during the said period;
- (b) the  details  of  the  narrow  gauge  lines  converted  into  broad gauge lines across the country during the said period, zonewise;
- (c) the  number  of  proposals  of  converting  narrow  gauge  lines into  broad gauge lines pending with the Government, as on date, zone-wise;
- (d) whether the underutilization of funds have been reported by the  Ministry  of  Railways  in  commissioning  of  new  railway lines  or  conversion  of  narrow  gauge  lines  into  broad  gauge lines during the said period;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (f) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1595 BY SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE, SHRI BHARTRUHARI  MAHTAB  AND  SHRI  SANJAY  DHOTRE  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  19.12.2018  REGARDING  NEW RAILWAY LINES

(a):    Zone-wise details of New Railway lines commissioned across the  country  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year  are  as under: -

|   SN | Zonal Railway   | Section Commissioned                                              |   Length (in Km) |
|------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|    1 | CR              | Belapur-Kharkopar                                                 |            25    |
|    2 | CR              | Lonand- Phaltan                                                   |            27    |
|    3 | CR              | Ahmednagar-Narayndoh                                              |            12    |
|    4 | ECoR            | Bolangir-Bhainspalli                                              |            15.7  |
|    5 | ECoR            | Begunia-Rajsunakhala-Bolgarh                                      |            10    |
|    6 | ECoR            | Rajsunakhala-Bolgarh                                              |            13    |
|    7 | ECoR            | Bolgarh-Nayagarh                                                  |            12.08 |
|    8 | ECR             | Balumat-Shivpur                                                   |            25    |
|    9 | ECR             | Biraul-Harnagar                                                   |             8    |
|   10 | ECR             | Kanwar-Maheshmunda                                                |            25.3  |
|   11 | ECR             | Patna Bridge                                                      |            28    |
|   12 | ECR             | Munger Bridge                                                     |            15    |
|   13 | ECR             | Tilaiya-Kheraund                                                  |            25    |
|   14 | ECR             | Hazaribagh-Barkakana                                              |            57    |
|   15 | ECR             | Barkakana-Sidhwar                                                 |             7    |
|   16 | ECR             | Tatisilwai-shanki                                                 |            31    |
|   17 | ER              | Jamalpur-Munger                                                   |             8.1  |
|   18 | ER              | Banka-Chandan                                                     |            40.36 |
|   19 | ER              | Jamalpur-Munger-Sabdalpur- Sahebpur Kamal + Sabdalpur- Umeshnagar |            22.89 |
|   20 | ER              | Arambagh-Goghat                                                   |             9.45 |
|   21 | ER              | Barapalasi-Hansdiha                                               |            28.5  |
|   22 | NCR             | Agra-Etawah                                                       |           110    |
|   23 | NCR             | Etawah-Mainpuri                                                   |            58    |
|   24 | NCR/WCR         | Tikamgarm-Mawai-Chattarpur- Khajuraho                             |           114    |
|   25 | NER             | Maharajganj-Mashrak                                               |            36    |
|   26 | NER             | Bathua Bazar-Panchdewaari                                         |            11    |
|   27 | NF              | New changrabandha-New                                             |            70    |

|   SN | Zonal Railway   | Section Commissioned                      |   Length (in Km) |
|------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
|   28 | NF              | New Maynaguri-New Dhamauni - Y Connection |             6    |
|   29 | NFR             | Teteliya-Kamlazari                        |            10    |
|   30 | NFR             | Bogibeel Bridge and North & South Bank    |            48.6  |
|   31 | NFR             | Agartala-Udaipur                          |            44    |
|   32 | NFR             | Jiribam-Vangaichingpao                    |            12    |
|   33 | NFR             | Udaipur-Garjee                            |            10    |
|   34 | NFR             | Karimganj Byepass                         |             3.5  |
|   35 | NFR             | Gauripur-alamganj                         |            10    |
|   36 | NFR             | Garjee-Santir Bazar                       |            13    |
|   37 | NR              | Amb Andaura-Daulatpur                     |            16    |
|   38 | NR              | Jind-Sonepat                              |            80    |
|   39 | NWR             | Makrana-Bidiad                            |             9    |
|   40 | NWR             | Dausa-Deedwana                            |            35.44 |
|   41 | SC              | Yerragunta - Nossam-                      |            45    |
|   42 | SC              | Banaganapalli-Nandyal                     |            28    |
|   43 | SC              | Mathampalli-Raghavapuram- Janpahad        |            19    |
|   44 | SC              | Kaddapa-Pendlimari                        |            21    |
|   45 | SC              | Mellacheruvu-Mathampalli                  |            10    |
|   46 | SC              | Jagtiyal - Morthad                        |            51    |
|   47 | SC              | Devkadra-Jaklair                          |            28    |
|   48 | SC              | Morthed-Nizamabad                         |            45.6  |
|   49 | SE              | Jharsuguda-Barpali                        |            41    |
|   50 | SE              | Barpali-Sardega                           |             9    |
|   51 | SECR            | Dallirajhara-Dhondi                       |            17    |
|   52 | SECR            | Gudum-Bhanuoratappur                      |            17    |
|   53 | SER             | Dhutra connection                         |             3    |
|   54 | SER             | Barkichampi - Tori                        |            30    |
|   55 | SER             | Tori-Balumat                              |            20    |
|   56 | SWR             | Rayadurga- Kalyandurg                     |            40    |
|   57 | SWR             | Kadaripalli-Kalyandurga                   |            23    |
|   58 | SWR             | Nilamangala-Sharvanabelagola              |           111    |
|   59 | SWR             | Ginigera-Chikkabenakal                    |            27    |
|   60 | SWR             | Gulbarga-Kamalapur                        |            42    |
|   61 | SWR             | Homnabad-Kamalapur                        |            30.4  |
|   62 | SWR             | Bagalkot-Khajjidoni                       |            30    |
|   63 | WR              | Gandhidham-Tuna Port                      |            11    |
|   64 | WR              | Chhota Udepur-Motisadli                   |            22    |

|   SN | Zonal   | Section Commissioned   |   Length (in Km) |
|------|---------|------------------------|------------------|
|   65 | WR      | Indore-Rau             |               12 |
|   66 | WR      | Rau- Tihi              |                9 |

Further, it is informed that commissioning of New Lines is done in phases for which rate of return cannot be worked out.

(b):  Zone-wise details of Gauge Conversion of narrow gauge across the country during last three years and current year are as under: -

|   SN | Zonal Railway   | Section Commissioned                           |   Length (in Km) |
|------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|    1 | ER              | Balgona-Srikhand                               |            30    |
|    2 | ER              | Srikhand-Katwa                                 |             6.7  |
|    3 | ER              | Ahmedpur-Katwa                                 |            51.92 |
|    4 | SECR            | Jabalpur(Kachpura)-Garha - Sukrimangla-Nainpur |            44    |
|    5 | SECR            | Sukrimangela-Ghunsore                          |            36    |
|    6 | SECR            | Chhindwara-Bhandarkund                         |            35    |
|    7 | SECR            | Ghunsore-Nainpur                               |            35    |
|    8 | SECR            | Balaghat-Samnapur                              |            16    |
|    9 | SECR            | Nainpur-Chiraidongi                            |            18    |

| CR-Central Railway              | NWR-North Western Railway      |
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| ER-Eastern Railway              | SR- Southern Railway           |
| ECR-East Central Railway        | SCR-South Central Railway      |
| ECoR-East Coast Railway         | SER-South Eastern Railway      |
| NR-Northern Railway             | SECR-Southeast Central Railway |
| NER-North Eastern Railway       | SWR-South Western Railway      |
| NCR- North Central Railway      | WR- Western Railway            |
| NFR- Northeast Frontier Railway | WCR- West Central Railway      |

(c): Proposals/suggestions/ representations, both formal and informal regarding Railway projects are received from State Governments, Ministries of Central Government, elected representatives, organizations/rail users etc. by Railways at various levels including Railway Board, Zonal Railways, Division Office etc.

As receipt of such proposals/complaints/suggestions is a continuous and dynamic process, centralized compendium of such requests is not maintained.

(d) to (f): The completion of Railway projects requires coordination with various departments for acquisition of land, statutory clearances, shifting of utilities etc.  leading to cost overrun.  As a result,  the  period  of  execution  of  various  projects  gets  prolonged. Moreover, funds to each project are allocated every year depending on  the  total  budget  outlay,  progress  made  in  each  project  and relative priority.

For  timely  completion  of  the  projects,  Railway  is  holding regular  meetings  with  stakeholder  on  various  issues  involving alignment,  land  acquisition,  statutory  clearances,  law  &  order issues, shifting of utilities etc.

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