Lok Sabha Question No. 426 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Pending Rail Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 426 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2018

## PENDING RAIL PROJECTS

426.       SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of ongoing and pending rail projects in the country, State-wise and zone-wise;
- (b) whether  many  ongoing  rail  projects  are  getting  delayed causing huge escalation in cost;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) the project-wise and State/zone-wise details of funds expected  for  completion  of  such  projects  and  the  amount spent till date on these projects; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Railways to complete these projects at the earliest in order to avoid further cost escalation?

## 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. 426 BY SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 12.12.2018 REGARDING PENDING RAIL PROJECTS

(a):    At  present,  183  New  Lines,  57  Gauge  Conversion  and  263 Doubling  Projects  are  in  different  stage  of  execution.  State-wise details of projects are as under:-

| Name of State                | No. of projects*   | No. of projects*   | No. of projects*   |
|------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|                              | New Line           | Gauge Conversion   | Doubling           |
| Assam & North Eastern Region | 15                 | -                  | 6                  |
| Andhra Pradesh               | 18                 | -                  | 15                 |
| Bihar                        | 34                 | 5                  | 14                 |
| Chhattisgarh                 | 8                  | -                  | 9                  |
| Delhi                        | 1                  | -                  | 5                  |
| Gujarat                      | 4                  | 25                 | 13                 |
| Haryana                      | 7                  | 1                  | 3                  |
| Himachal Pradesh             | 4                  | -                  | -                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir              | 1                  | -                  | 2                  |
| Jharkhand                    | 17                 | -                  | 18                 |
| Karnataka                    | 17                 | -                  | 15                 |
| Kerala                       | 2                  | -                  | 8                  |
| Madhya Pradesh               | 8                  | 5                  | 26                 |
| Maharashtra                  | 12                 | 4                  | 18                 |
| Odisha                       | 11                 | -                  | 25                 |
| Punjab                       | 6                  | -                  | 8                  |
| Rajasthan                    | 10                 | 6                  | 15                 |
| Telangana                    | 9                  | -                  | 5                  |
| Tamil Nadu                   | 8                  | 5                  | 9                  |
| Uttar Pradesh                | 15                 | 8                  | 61                 |
| Uttarakhand                  | 3                  | -                  | 1                  |
| West Bengal                  | 17                 | 4                  | 36                 |

(d):  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 along with Budget every year. (e):  For timely completion of the projects, Railway is holding regular meetings  with  stakeholder  on  various  issues  involving  alignment, land acquisition,  statutory clearances, law & order  issues, shifting of utilities etc. For  important  projects,  capacity  enhancement  projects,  last  mile connectivity etc,  institutional financing has been done by arranging 1.5 lakh crore, which  has increased Railways' capacity for committed loan from M/s Life Insurance Corporation of India Limited for fund provision for essential projects.

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