Lok Sabha Question No. 3967 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-17
Subject: Construction of ROBs
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Arun Sao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3967 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.07.2019

## CONSTRUCTION OF ROBs

†3967. SHRI ARUN SAO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  State-wise  number  of  functional  and  under-construction  Railway Over Bridges (ROBs) in the country including Chhattisgarh;
- (b) the State-wise number of accidents that occurred for want of ROBs in the  country  along  with  the  number  of  deaths/  injured  in  the  said accidents during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) the corrective steps taken/being taken by the Government to construct more Railway Over Bridges in the country;
- (d) the details of the targets fixed for completion of the said projects;
- (e) the  details  of  the  proposals  sent  by  various  State  Governments including Chhattisgarh during the last three years; and
- (f) the details of the funds allocated for this purpose?

## 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.3967 BY SHRI ARUN SAO TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 17.07.2019 REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF ROBs (a):  State-wise  number  of  functional  and  under-construction  Road  over Bridges (ROBs) is at Appendix-I. (b): No such accidents occurred. (c)  to  (e):  Proposals  for  construction  of  Road  over  Bridge  /  Road  under Bridge (ROB/RUB) in lieu of Level Crossings (LCs) are normally received by Zonal  Railways  from  State  Government  and  other  Statutory  Authorities. After  completing various formalities with State  Government/Statutory Authorities, regarding the consent for sharing of cost and closure of LCs, proposals received for construction of ROBs/RUBs in lieu of LCs are further processed  for  their  inclusion  in  Railway  Works  Programme.  This  is  a continuous  process.  To  construct  more  ROBs  the  corrective  steps  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 which are as under: · Joint  survey  with  all  concerned  including  State  Government  to finalise 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). Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Ministry of  Railways  and  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and  Highways  (MoRTH)  to eliminate all level crossings on National Highway Corridors by MORTH by

- construction of ROBs/RUBs at their own cost.

· 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. Therefore, it is not possible to fix the time schedule for construction of ROBs/RUBs projects. In  the  last  three  years  (2016-17,  2017-18  &  2018-19)  work  for construction of 17 Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and 54 Road under Bridges (RUBs)  has  been  sanctioned  in  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh.  At  present,  no proposal  of  any  ROB/RUB  which  meets  the  criteria  for  cost  sharing  is pending for the State of Chhattisgarh. (f): State-wise funds allocation on construction of ROBs/RUBs in last three years is at Appendix-II.

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APPENDIX-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3967 BY SHRI ARUN SAO TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 17.07.2019 REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF ROBs

(a): State-wise number of functional and under-construction Road over Bridges (ROBs) are as under:

| SN STATES           |   Functional Road over Bridges (ROBs) |   Under-construction Road over Bridges (ROBs) |
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh    |                                   176 |                                            62 |
| 2 Assam             |                                    45 |                                             1 |
| 3 Bihar             |                                   108 |                                           103 |
| 4 Chandigarh        |                                     1 |                                             0 |
| 5 Chattisgarh       |                                    50 |                                            25 |
| 6 Delhi             |                                    43 |                                             4 |
| 7 Goa               |                                     6 |                                             3 |
| 8 Gujarat           |                                   186 |                                           118 |
| 9 Haryana           |                                   111 |                                            69 |
| 10 Himachal Pradesh |                                    17 |                                             0 |
| 11 Jammu & Kashmir  |                                    34 |                                             2 |
| 12 Jharkhand        |                                   207 |                                            40 |
| 13 Karnataka        |                                   181 |                                            37 |
| 14 Kerala           |                                   198 |                                            86 |
| 15 Madhya Pradesh   |                                   145 |                                            85 |
| 16 Maharashtra      |                                   355 |                                           106 |
| 17 Nagaland         |                                     2 |                                             0 |
| 18 Odisha           |                                   126 |                                            33 |
| 19 Puducherry       |                                     1 |                                             3 |
| 20 Punjab           |                                   132 |                                            16 |
| 21 Rajasthan        |                                   138 |                                            57 |
| 22 Tamilnadu        |                                   322 |                                           110 |
| 23 Telangana        |                                    84 |                                            38 |
| 24 Tripura          |                                    44 |                                             0 |
| 25 Uttar Pradesh    |                                   339 |                                           239 |
| 26 Uttarakhand      |                                     7 |                                             6 |
| 27 West Bengal      |                                   141 |                                            89 |
| Total               |                                  3199 |                                          1332 |

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APPENDIX-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (f)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3967 BY SHRI ARUN SAO TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 17.07.2019 REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF ROBs

## (f): State-wise funds allocation on construction of ROBs/RUBs in last three years is as under:

( ` in Crores)

| SN   | State           |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh  |    171.96 |    250.11 |    231.1  |
| 2    | Assam           |     53.42 |     22.88 |     16.36 |
| 3    | Bihar           |    132.25 |    143.87 |    145.54 |
| 4    | Chhatisgarh     |     72.96 |    123.23 |     79.56 |
| 5    | Delhi           |      6.33 |      1.93 |      4.77 |
| 6    | Goa             |      9.13 |     20.41 |     16.67 |
| 7    | Gujarat         |    175.57 |    403.84 |    321.13 |
| 8    | Haryana         |    132.29 |    176.12 |    137.62 |
| 9    | Jammu & Kashmir |      0.23 |      0.81 |     15.48 |
| 10   | Jharkhand       |     64.76 |    147.32 |    145.95 |
| 11   | Karnataka       |    193.74 |    127.31 |    150.65 |
| 12   | Kerala          |    100.75 |    135.02 |    100.53 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh  |    236.83 |    322.02 |    305.04 |
| 14   | Maharashtra     |    174.6  |    212.47 |    205.36 |
| 15   | Orissa          |     95.13 |    229.09 |    266.38 |
| 16   | Puducherry      |      3.5  |      0.77 |      9.34 |
| 17   | Punjab          |     48.67 |     90.72 |     52.53 |
| 18   | Rajasthan       |    400.14 |    382.54 |    564.45 |
| 19   | Tamilnadu       |    243.98 |    371.04 |    369.86 |
| 20   | Telangana       |     59.2  |     75.01 |     79.52 |
| 21   | Uttar Pradesh   |    558.75 |    606.35 |    779.22 |
| 22   | Uttarakhand     |      3.27 |      0.14 |     23.82 |
| 23   | West Bengal     |    128.7  |    157.01 |    182.3  |
|      | Total           |   3066    |   4000    |   4203    |

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