Lok Sabha Question No. 5120 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: ROBs in Karnataka
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: B. Y. Raghavendra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5120 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## ROBs IN KARNATAKA

5120. SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  present  status  of  construction  of  Railway  Over  Bridges (ROBs) in lieu of Level Crossings in the State of Karnataka;
- (b) the details of the last three years, year and railway line-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that the work is going on at a very  slow  pace  and  causing  excess  of  expenditure  on  the projects;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  the  ROBs  completed,  that  are  under construction and those where work has not yet started;
- (e) whether the Government has allocated adequate funds for the said projects; and
- (f) if so, the details for the last three years, year-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (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.5120 BY SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.07.2019 REGARDING ROBs IN KARNATAKA

(a)  to  (d):  As  per  pink  Book,  total  42  Nos.  of  work  of  Road  over  Bridges (ROBs)  have  been  sanctioned  on  cost sharing basis in the State of Karnataka, out of which 6 Nos. of ROBs have been fully completed, Railway portion  of  7  Nos.  of  ROBs  have  been  completed,  one  ROB  is  in  progress, consent of sharing of cost has not been received from State Government for 5 ROBs  and  remaining  23  ROBs  are  at  different  stages  of  planning, estimation and execution.

ROBs sanctioned  in  the  State  of  Karnataka  on  Cost  sharing  basis  in last three years is as under:

|   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   Total |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|         7 |         4 |         3 |      14 |

Normally,  Railway  undertakes  construction  of  ROBs/RUBs  in  Railway portion  whereas  approaches  are  being  constructed  by  State  Government. Generally,  there  is  no  problem  of  construction  of  ROBs/RUBs  in  Railway portion.  However,  it  is  difficult  to  construct  ROBs/RUBs  on  approaches because it depends upon many factors such as availability of land, removal of encroachments, fixing the alignment of approaches, allocation of requisite funds etc. To expedite the progress, pro-active measures which have been taken  in  close  coordination  with  various  stakeholders  to  enhance  the progress of construction of  ROBs/RUBs  in  replacement  of busy level crossings, are as under:

- Joint survey with all concerned including State Government to finalize the tentative General Arrangement Drawing (GAD).
- Standardization  of  drawings  for  various  spans  to  avoid  delay  in designing.
- Commissioning of a web-based application with user-friendly features for online submission and approval of various plans and drawings related to ROBs/RUBs of National Highway Authority of India/Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (NHAI/MoRTH).

The  list  of  ROBs  completed,  Railway  portion  completed  and  work  in progress & consent from State Government awaited and works at different stages  of  planning,  estimation  and  execution  are  appended  as  Appendix-I &II respectively.

- (e) & (f): Funds allocated for the State of Karnataka in last three years is as under:

## ( ` in crores)

|   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|    193.74 |    127.31 |    150.65 |

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APPENDIX-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5120 BY SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.07.2019 REGARDING ROBs IN KARNATAKA

- (a)  to  (d):  Details  of  Road  over  Bridges  (ROBs)  completed  and  under construction is as under:

## ROBs completed:

|   SN | Name of Work                                                                                                                                     |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Koppal - Ginigera- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 62 and Road under bridge in lieu of LC No. 64 at km 115/700-800, 116/500-600 & 117/600-700 |
|    2 | Rajankunti- Doddballapur- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 27 at km 33/600-700 with subway                                                     |
|    3 | Doddaballapur- Oddarahalli- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 32 at km 39/400-500 with subway                                                   |
|    4 | Bangalore- Maralahalli- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No.116 at km 286/800-900 with subway                                                      |
|    5 | Hubli Jn. -Kusugal- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 1 with subway at km 3/14-15                                                               |
|    6 | Yelahanka- Rajankhunti- Tyakal- Road over bridge with subway in lieu of LC No. 21 at km 24/600-700                                               |

## ROBs railway portion completed:

|   SN | Name of Work                                                                                         |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 83-B at km 565/6-7 on Solapur Division Gulbarga ROB of Afzalpur   |
|    2 | Chittapur- Malkhaid Road- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 3(A) at km 15/40-42                     |
|    3 | Jolarpettai- Bangalore City -Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 136-A with subway at km 345/44-346/1 |
|    4 | Chennassandra- Yelahanka- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No.11 at km 13/300-400 with subway          |
|    5 | Bellary Cantt. - Bellary Jn. - Road over bridge in lieu of LC No.111 with subway at km 205/7-8       |
|    6 | Gadag- Hotgi- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 80 with subway near ibrahimpur at km 185/700-800    |
|    7 | Davangonthi- Whitefield - Road over bridge with subway in lieu of LC No. 129 at km 325/400-500       |

|   SN | Name of Work                                                                           |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Raybag-Chinchli- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 438 at km 698/0-100 on Londa-Miraj |

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APPENDIX-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5120 BY SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.07.2019 REGARDING ROBs IN KARNATAKA

## Consent from State Government awaited:

|   SN | Name of Work                                                                          |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Mangalore - ROB in lieu of LC No. 293 at km 877/100-200 near Ullal station            |
|    2 | Mangalore - ROB in lieu of LC No. 294 at km 886/500-600 near Bunder Rly station       |
|    3 | Desur- Belgaum- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 382 with subway at km 608/7-8      |
|    4 | Desur- Belgaum- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 383 with subway at km 608/15-609/1 |
|    5 | Bangalore- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 2                                       |

## Works at different stages of planning, estimation and execution:

|   SN | Name of Work                                                                                            |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Wadi Yard- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 3 at km 606/3-4                                           |
|    2 | Solapur-Wadi- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 91 at km 602/4-5                                       |
|    3 | Solapur-Wadi- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 82 at km 564/7-8                                       |
|    4 | Banaswadi-Hebbal - Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 142 with foot over bridge at km 212/600-700 (FOB) |
|    5 | Carmelaram- Baiyyappanahali- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 136 at km 203/100-200 with subway       |
|    6 | Tumkur- Arsikere- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 84 with subway at km 139/900-140/000               |
|    7 | Oorgaum- Champion - Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 7 at km 11/600-700 with subway                   |
|    8 | Byalaryanahalli- Tyakal- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 120 with subway at km 298/100-200           |
|    9 | Hospet- Bellary - Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 102 at km 188/ 4-5                                 |
|   10 | Hubli- Hospet- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 32 with subway at km 58/300-400                       |
|   11 | Hassan- Maysore- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 79 at km 88/200-300                                 |
|   12 | Belgaum-Sambre- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 381 at km 607/800-900 on Londa-Miraj                 |
|   13 | Hubli-Miraj- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 297 at km 489/300- 400 in Dharwad yard                  |
|   14 | Mulvad-Bijapur- Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 81 at km                                             |

|    | 186/900-187/000 on Gadag-Hotgi                                                                  |
|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 15 | Byadgi-Haveri- 4 lane Road over bridge in lieu of LC No. 227 at km 380/300-400 on Harihar-Hubli |

|   SN | Name of Work                                                           |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   16 | Hassan-Saklespur- Road over bridge in lieu of level crossing No.3      |
|   17 | Mysore-Arsikere - Road over bridge in lieu of level crossing No.5      |
|   18 | Mysore-Arsikere - Road over bridge in lieu of level crossing No.31     |
|   19 | Mysore-Arsikere - Road over bridge in lieu of level crossing No.51     |
|   20 | Vijayapur-Minchnal - Road over bridge in lieu of level crossing No.84  |
|   21 | Hubballi- Hosapete - Road over bridge in lieu of level crossings No.66 |
|   22 | Ginigera-Munirabad - Road over bridg e in lieu of level crossing No.72 |
|   23 | Munirabad-Hosapete - Road over bridge in lieu of level crossing No.79  |

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