Lok Sabha Question No. 181 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Upgradation of Railway Station
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 181 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## UPGRADATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS

†181.  SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  railway  stations  upgraded  in  the  country  during the last two years State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether several railway stations could not be upgraded so far due to fund constraints and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c)whether  the  Government  has  targeted  to  upgrade  more  railway stations  in  the  country  in  the  near  future  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (d)   whether the Government proposes to upgrade the other railway stations  of  Rajasthan  including  Sri Ganganagar  and Hanumangarh; and
- (e)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND

ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(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.181 BY SHRI NIHAL CHAND TO BE ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  07.12.2022  REGARDING  UPGRADATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS.

(a) to  (e):  Upgradation  and  Modernization  of  Railway  Stations  is  a continuous and ongoing process subject to volume of traffic, availability  of  funds  and inter  se  priority  of  works.  Stations  are upgraded  under  Plan  Head-53  'Customer  Amenities'  and  funds  are allocated  'Zonal  Railway'-wise  and  not  Station-wise  or  State-wise. Zone-wise  details  of  funds  allocated  under  Budgetary  Sources  and expenditure incurred for this Plan Head-53 'Customer Amenities', over Indian Railways during the last two years namely 2020-21,2021-22 and current financial year (till October, 2022) is as under:

(Figures in Crores of ₹ )

|                | 2020-21      | 2020-21       | 2021-22      | 2021-22       | 2022-23      | 2022-23             |
|----------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------------|
| Zonal Railways | Allo- cation | Expen- diture | Allo- cation | Expen- diture | Allo- cation | Expen- diture (Till |
|                |              |               |              |               |              | Oct,2022)           |
| CR             | 288.77       | 275.85        | 207.56       | 152.94        | 234.38       | 63.99               |
| ER             | 182.13       | 158.95        | 151.16       | 145.21        | 173.98       | 47.32               |
| ECR            | 166.87       | 165.46        | 166.83       | 146.42        | 162.39       | 84.22               |
| ECOR           | 103.16       | 87.16         | 89.03        | 66.99         | 109.53       | 32.75               |
| NR             | 268.37       | 247.25        | 217.71       | 221.68        | 235.37       | 213.22              |
| NCR            | 182.94       | 163.41        | 134.81       | 118.82        | 147.57       | 65.14               |
| NER            | 100.18       | 103.90        | 121.20       | 95.33         | 187.23       | 55.03               |
| NFR            | 106.12       | 104.07        | 99.34        | 90.03         | 96.11        | 50.37               |
| NWR            | 159.59       | 126.40        | 67.51        | 51.39         | 115.79       | 24.11               |
| SR             | 213.11       | 204.70        | 218.22       | 154.23        | 327.78       | 64.46               |

| SCR   |   199.37 |   219.80 |   191.56 |   154.56 |   135.15 |   52.50 |
|-------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
| SER   |   109.89 |   118.21 |   140.16 |   111.6  |   176.53 |   56.87 |
| SECR  |   107.02 |   118.75 |    67.15 |    65.18 |    60.9  |   32.43 |
| SWR   |   114.8  |   115.13 |   135.34 |   112.13 |   137.94 |   31.96 |
| WR    |   252.01 |   318.04 |   261    |   255.77 |   311.62 |   91.78 |
| WCR   |    50.95 |    46.08 |    66    |    49.93 |    77.32 |   18.68 |
| MR    |     9.88 |     9.74 |     9.97 |     3.56 |    10.39 |    2.09 |
| TOTAL |  2615.15 |  2582.9  |  2344.55 |  1995.77 |  2700    |  986.92 |

No station  has  been  devoid  of  upgradation  for  want  of  funds.  Apart from  the  continuous  process  of  upgradation  of  stations,  during  the last two years, 22 stations in 2020-21 and 2021-22 and 2 stations in 2022-23(so  far)  have  been  upgraded  under  Adarsh  station  scheme. Three  railway  stations  viz.  Rani  Kamlapati  Railway  Station  in  the state of Madhya Pradesh, Gandhinagar Railway Station in the State of Gujarat  and  Sir  M.  Visvesvaraya  Terminal  in  the  state  of  Karnataka have been redeveloped and commissioned.

Ministry of Railways is taking up techno-economic feasibility studies for  redevelopment  of  stations.  Based  on  the  outcome  of  these feasibility studies, stations are planned to be taken up for redevelopment  in  phases,  especially  the  stations  located  in  major cities and important tourist destination.

7  stations  in  the  state  of  Rajasthan  viz  Udaipur  City,  GandhinagarJaipur,  Kota,  Dakaniya  Talav,  Jaipur,  Jaisalmer  and  Jodhpur  have been  taken  up for redevelopment  under  the scheme  of  'Major Upgradation of Stations' on Indian Railways. Techno-economic feasibility  studies  are  at  different  stages  for  Pali-Marwar,  Bikaner, Ajmer, Chittorgarh and Abu Road Junction.

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