Lok Sabha Question No. 3635 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-02
Subject: Overall Development of DMIC
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: VINOD CHAVDA, DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3635 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.01.2019

OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF DMIC

3635.  SHRI VINOD LAKHAMASHI CHAVDA: SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Railways has received any request from the Government  of  Gujarat  for  development  of  various  railway  lines  for overall development of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the current status of (a) doubling of BG rail lines at (1) BharuchSamni-Dahej (2) Surendranagar-Botad-Dhasa-Rajula-Pipavav (3) Surendranagar-Virmgam-Mehsana (4) Palanpur-Bhildi-SamkhyaliGandhidham-Mundra  and  (b)  New  Railway  lines  at  (1)  BhavnagarAdhelai-Dholka-Vataman-Petlad (2) Dholera-Bhimnath; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Railways to fast track these projects?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(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. 3635 BY SHRI VINOD LAKHAMASHI CHAVDA AND SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.01.2019 REGARDING OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF DMIC

(a) & (b):  Ministry of Railways had received request from Government of Gujarat  for  linking  the  Dholera  Special  Investment  Region  (DSIR)  under Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Project to Bhimnath.

## (c):   The current status of the projects is as under:-

| Sl. No.                       | Name of the project                           | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (i) Doubling of BG rail lines | (i) Doubling of BG rail lines                 | (i) Doubling of BG rail lines                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 1                             | Bharuch-Samni-Dahej                           | Gauge conversion of this section has been completed and commissioned. At present, there is no proposal for doubling of this section.                                                                                        |
| 2                             | Surendrabagar-Botad- Dhasa-Rajula-Pipavav     | There is no proposal for doubling of the section.                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 3                             | Surendranagar- Virmgam-Mehsana                | (i) Doubling of Viramgam-Surendranagar (65 Km) section has been completed and commissioned in 2015. (ii) Viramgam-Mahesana: There is no proposal for doubling of this section.                                              |
| 4                             | Palanpur-Bhildi- Samkhyali- Gandhidham-Mundra | Palanpur-Bhildi- Samkhyali-Gandhidham- Mundra: On this route, (i) Doubling of Palanpur- Bhildi- Samkhyali has been taken up. (ii)Samkhyali-Gandhidham-Adipur-Mundra is already an existing double line broad gauge section. |

| Sl. No.                | Name of the project                       | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (ii) New Railway lines | (ii) New Railway lines                    | (ii) New Railway lines                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 1.                     | Bhavnagar-Adhelai- Dholka-Vataman- Petlad | Survey for Bhavnagar to Tarapur New line via Dholera has been completed. Cost of this line has been assessed as ₹ 745 Crore with rate of return of (-)1%; the project was not found justified.                          |
| 2.                     | Dholera-Bhimnath                          | Ministry of Railways has already given 'in principle' approval for execution under Non Government Railway (NGR) model of Participative policy to Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Ltd (DMICDC). |

(d): Sanctioned projects have been taken up in right earnest. These have been  entrusted  to  executing  agencies  and  adequate  funds  have  been provided. Other measures taken up to expedite completion are prioritisation of projects, delegation of powers at field level, inviting the State Governments to participate with Railways for resource mobilisation for projects, nomination of nodal officers for improved coordination with State Government etc.

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