Lok Sabha Question No. 1166 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA, JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL, DEVENDRA (ALIAS) BHOLE SINGH SINGH, NIHAL CHAND CHAUHAN, RAMA DEVI, MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL, PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1166

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2018

## RAILWAY PROJECTS

†1166.   SHRI  MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE:

SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the sanctioned and ongoing railway projects pertaining  to  new  lines,  gauge  conversion,  electrification  and route  doubling  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, zone-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  and  spent  therefrom,  zonewise/State-wise;
- (c) the  total  number  of  projects  running  behind  schedule  along  with those pending due to financial constraints, zone-wise;
- (d) whether any committee has been set up to monitor the implementation of the aforesaid projects and find out the reasons for the delay therein and if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and
- (e) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Railways  to  generate  extra budgetary support for the purpose and expedite completion of the said projects?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 1166 BY SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA, SHRI NIHAL CHAND, SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI, SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL, SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE, SHRI  BADRUDDIN  AJMAL  AND  SHRI  PRATHAP  SIMHA    TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  25.07.2018  REGARDING  RAILWAY PROJECTS

(a) :  Zone-wise details of sanctioned/included in budget, projects of New Line, Gauge Conversion, Doubling and Electrification are as under:-

| Zonal Railway              |   New Line |   Gauge Convers ion |   Doubli ng |   Electrifica tion |
|----------------------------|------------|---------------------|-------------|--------------------|
| Central Railway            |         11 |                   0 |          14 |                 10 |
| Eastern Railway            |         13 |                   1 |          24 |                  3 |
| East Central Railway       |         26 |                   4 |          21 |                 12 |
| East Coast Railway         |          7 |                   0 |          16 |                  4 |
| Northern Railway           |         19 |                   0 |          31 |                 20 |
| North Central Railway      |          1 |                   3 |          28 |                  8 |
| North Eastern Railway      |         11 |                   7 |          12 |                  7 |
| Northeast Frontier Railway |         22 |                   2 |           8 |                  5 |
| North Western Railway      |          7 |                   3 |          11 |                  8 |
| Southern Railway           |         10 |                   4 |          17 |                  4 |
| South Central Railway      |         17 |                   0 |          14 |                  5 |
| South Eastern Railway      |          6 |                   2 |          22 |                  1 |
| South East Central Railway |          9 |                   4 |           9 |                  3 |
| South Western Railway      |         15 |                   1 |          11 |                  7 |
| Western Railway            |          4 |                  26 |          14 |                  8 |
| West Central Railway       |          3 |                   0 |          12 |                  5 |

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(b):    The  details of all  works in progress and new works including, funds spent on each project, allotment of funds and expenditure are made  available  in  public  domain  on  Indian  Railways  website  i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in  and  are  also  available  in  Pink  Books presented before the House alongwith Budget every year.

(c)  to  (e):    The  completion of Railway projects requires clearances from various departments of State Government and Central Ministries like acquisition of land, statutory clearances like forestry and wild life,  shifting  of  utilities  etc.    leading  to  time  overrun.  For important projects, capacity enhancement projects, last mile connectivity etc,  institutional financing has been done by arranging loan from M/s Life Insurance Corporation of India Limited for 1.5 lakh  crore,  which  has  increased  Railways'  capacity  for  committed fund provision for essential projects.

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