Lok Sabha Question No. 4014 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Extension of Railway Lines in Remote Areas of Chhattisgarh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4014 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## EXTENSION OF RAILWAY LINES IN REMOTE AREAS OF CHHATTISGARH

†4014.  SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  extend  Railway  lines  to remote areas of Chhattisgarh;
- (b) if so, the names of the areas for which provision has been made in the current budget in this regard; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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.4014 BY SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  18.03.2020  REGARDING  EXTENSION  OF RAILWAY LINES IN REMOTE AREAS OF CHHATTISGARH

(a) to (c) Railway projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway wise and not State wise, as, Indian Railway's network straddles across various State boundaries.  Further,  Railway  projects  are  taken  up  on  the  basis  of remunerativeness,  last  mile  connectivity,  missing  links  and  alternate routes, augmentation of congested/saturated lines, socio-economic considerations  etc.  depending  upon  throwforward  of  ongoing  projects, overall availability of funds and compelling demands etc.

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

Presently, 08 new line projects, covering a length of 1,382 km., at a cost of ₹ 21,046  Crore  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh,  are  in different stages of Planning/sanction/execution. Out of which, commissioning of 42 km length has been achieved and  an expenditure of ₹ 2,864 crore has been incurred upto March' 2019.

Work on new line projects namely Dallirajhara-Jagdalpur (236 km), Gevra Road-Pendra  Road(122  km),  Dharamjaygarh-Korba(63  km)  and  ChirmiriNagpur  Halt  (11  km)  have  been  taken  up  and  as  the  sections  of  these projects  gets  commissioned  progressively,  the  remote  areas  of  the  state would get connected with Indian Railways rail network.

Details of all works in progress and new works, including expenditure and outlay  on  each  project,  are  made  available  in  public  domain  on  Indian Railways website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in >Ministry of Railways

>Railway  Board  >About  Indian  Railways  >Railway  Board  Directorates >Finance  (Budget)  >Pink  Book(Year)  >Railway  wise  works  Machinery  & Rolling Stock Programme.

Budget Allocation(for projects falling partly/fully in the State of Chhattisgarh)is given below:

- Average  annual  Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  &  safety works,  falling/fully  in  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh  during  2014-19    has 311 crore per year  (during 2009-14).  Thus,  the  average  budget  allocation  during  2014-19  is  631%
- (i) increased to ₹ 2,274 crore per year  from ₹ more than  average annual budget allocation of  2009-14.
- (ii) Total  Budget  Estimate  (BE)  outlay  for  Infrastructure  projects  &  safety works, falling fully/ partly in State of   Chhattisgarh, in 2019-20 is ₹ 3,269 crore which is 951% more than the average annual budget of 2009-14.

Commissioning of projects falling partly/fully in the State of Chhattisgarh is given below:

- (i) During 2009-14, 32 Km Doubling projects, falling fully/partly in the State of Chhattisgarh have been commissioned in the state at an average rate 6 km per year.
- During  2014-19,  416  Km  (42  km  of  New  line  and  374  km  of  Doubling) projects,  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh  have  been commissioned in the state at an average rate 83 km per year, which is
- (ii) 1200% more commissioning than during 2009-14.

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