Lok Sabha Question No. 2457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Unmanned Level Crossings
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Jayadev Galla, Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2457 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS

2457. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA: SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the year-wise data of total number of unmanned level crossings in the country from 2018 till 2021;
- (b) the number of deaths that have been reported on these crossings State-wise;
- (c) the  State-wise  details  of  the  total  number  of  unmanned  level crossings currently active in the country;
- (d) the  year-wise  and  State-wise  details  of  total  number  of  railway under  bridges  and  railway  over  bridges  built  since  2018  to eliminate unmanned level crossings;
- (e) the details of total expenditure incurred on eliminating unmanned level crossings; and
- (f) the  plan  chalked  out  by  the  Ministry  to  completely  eliminate unmanned level crossings in a prescribed time limit?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (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.  2457  BY  SHRI  JAYADEV  GALLA  AND SHRI  RAM  MOHAN  NAIDU  KINJARAPU  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2022 REGARDING UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS

(a):  As  on  01.04.2018,  there  were  5792  unmanned  level  crossings (UMLCs) over Railways.    Out  of  which  3479  UMLCs  were  on  Broad Gauge (BG) route and remaining 2313 UMLCs on Meter Gauge (MG) and Narrow Gauge (NG) routes.   All UMLCs on BG were eliminated on 31.01.2019.  UMLCs on MG and NG routes are being eliminated during Gauge Conversion.

## Year-wise number of UMLCs is as under:

| As on 01.04.2018   | 5792   |                   |
|--------------------|--------|-------------------|
| As on 01.04.2019   | 1048   | UMLCs on Meter    |
| As on 01.04.2020   | 948    | Gauge (MG) and    |
| As on 01.04.2021   | 863    | Narrow Gauge (NG) |
|                    |        | routes            |

(b): State-wise data is not being maintained in this office.  However, 16  Nos.  of  deaths  were  reported  due  to  train  accidents  at  UMLCs during the year 2018-19. After 2018-19 there have been nil deaths on this account. Zonal Railway wise details are as under:

## The number of deaths due to train accidents at UMLCs

| Railway               |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (upto 28.02.2022) |
|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
| East Central Railway  |         1 |         0 |         0 |                           0 |
| North Eastern Railway |        13 |         0 |         0 |                           0 |
| Southern Railway      |         2 |         0 |         0 |                           0 |
| Total                 |        16 |         0 |         0 |                           0 |

(c):  As  on  01.04.2021,  there  are  863  UMLCs  only  on  MG  and  NG sections of Railways. State wise active UMLCs are as under:

## State-wise active UMLCs as on 01.04.2021

| States           |   Meter Gauge (MG) |   Narrow Gauge (NG) |   Total |
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------|
| Gujarat          |                160 |                 102 |     262 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                  0 |                   4 |       4 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                  0 |                 137 |     137 |
| Maharashtra      |                  0 |                 108 |     108 |
| Rajasthan        |                 97 |                  52 |     149 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                 34 |                   2 |      36 |
| West Bengal      |                  0 |                 167 |     167 |
| Total            |                291 |                 572 |     863 |

(d): Year-wise and State-wise details of  ROBs/RUBs built from  2018 to 2021 to eliminate level crossings include unmanned level crossings as Appended.

(e):    Funds  for  eliminating  level  crossings through closure/merger of LCs, construction of ROBs/RUBs and also to improve and modernise signalling systems for better safety are allotted under Plan Head 29 & 30.   Total  utilization  of  funds  under  PH-29  &  30  is ` 16104.29 crore during 2018-19 to 2021-22 (upto Feb' 2022).

(f):   All UMLCs on BG were eliminated on 31.01.2019.   These are 863 LCs  on  MG&NG  routes  which  will  be  eliminated  during  gauge conversion.

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APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2457 BY SHRI JAYADEV GALLA AND SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  16.03.2022  REGARDING  UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS Year-wise  and  State-wise  details  of  ROBs/RUBs  built  from  2018  to  2021  to eliminate unmanned including manned level crossings  is as under:

| SN                   | State            | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22 (upto Feb'2022)   | 2021-22 (upto Feb'2022)   | Total (2018-19 to 2021-22 (upto Feb' 22)   | Total (2018-19 to 2021-22 (upto Feb' 22)   |
|----------------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| SN                   | State            | ROBs      | RUBs      | ROB s     | RUB s     | ROBs      | RUBs      | ROB s                     | RUB s                     | ROBs                                       | RUBs                                       |
| 1                    | Andhra Pradesh   | 5 127     | 7         |           | 72        | 4         | 85        | 3                         | 23                        | 19                                         | 307                                        |
| 2                    | Arunachal        | 0         | 0 0       |           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0                         | 0 0                       |                                            | 0                                          |
| 3                    | Assam            | 3         | 4         | 7         | 57        | 2         | 38        | 2                         | 44                        | 14                                         | 143                                        |
| 4 Bihar              | 5                | 21        |           | 1         | 66        | 8         | 13        | 14                        | 33                        | 28                                         | 133                                        |
| 5 Chandigarh         | 0                | 0         | 0         |           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 6                    | Chhattisgarh     | 4         | 7         | 3         | 15        | 3         | 14        | 0                         | 2                         | 10                                         | 38                                         |
| 7                    | Delhi            | 0 1       |           | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0                         | 2                         | 1                                          | 3                                          |
| 8                    | Goa              | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 2                         | 6                         | 2                                          | 7                                          |
| 9                    | Gujarat          | 9         | 127       | 15        | 135       | 14        | 80        | 16                        | 56                        | 54                                         | 398                                        |
| 10                   | Haryana          | 11        | 30        | 14        | 18        | 8         | 34        | 11                        | 13                        | 44                                         | 95                                         |
| 11                   | Himachal Pradesh | 0         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0                         | 0                         | 1                                          | 0                                          |
| 12                   | Jammu &          | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 4         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                                          | 5                                          |
| 13                   | Jharkhand        | 12        | 39        | 9         | 28        | 5         | 17        | 1                         | 13                        | 27                                         | 97                                         |
| 14 Karnataka         | 8                |           | 67        | 6         | 75        | 5         | 32        | 3                         | 5                         | 22                                         | 179                                        |
| 15                   | Kerala           | 2         | 4         | 3         | 2         | 3         | 6         | 2                         | 4                         | 10                                         | 16                                         |
| 16                   | Madhya Pradesh   | 15        | 74        | 16        | 46        | 28        | 73        | 14                        | 52                        | 73                                         | 245                                        |
| 17 Maharashtra       |                  | 9         | 113       | 12        | 41        | 16        | 90        | 11                        | 32                        | 48                                         | 276                                        |
| 18 Mizoram/ Manipur/ |                  | 0         | 1         | 2         | 9         | 1         | 3         | 0                         | 2                         | 3                                          | 15                                         |
| 19                   | Orissa           | 1         | 61        | 2         | 34        | 8         | 19        | 5                         | 5                         | 16                                         | 119                                        |
| 20                   | Puducherry       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 21                   | Punjab           | 6         | 45        | 6         | 39        | 2 15      | 46        | 2                         | 15                        | 16                                         | 145                                        |
| 22                   | Rajasthan        | 10        | 231       | 17        | 250       |           | 111       | 10                        | 30                        | 52                                         | 622                                        |
| 23                   | Tamilnadu        | 13        | 108       | 3         | 52        | 10        | 46        | 7                         | 21                        | 33                                         | 227                                        |

| 24   | Telangana   | 1   | 44   | 4   | 56   | 4   | 54   | 2   | 59   | 11   | 213   |
|------|-------------|-----|------|-----|------|-----|------|-----|------|------|-------|
| 25   | Tripura     | 12  | 4    | 0   | 0    | 0   | 0    | 0   | 0    | 12   | 4     |
| 26   | Uttar       | 37  | 145  | 11  | 148  | 24  | 171  | 16  | 72   | 88   | 536   |
|      | Pradesh     |     |      |     |      |     |      |     |      |      |       |
| 27   | Uttarakhand | 2   | 2    | 0   | 3    | 3   | 4    | 0   | 1    | 5    | 10    |
| 28   | West Bengal | 7   | 48   | 6   | 24   | 10  | 19   | 7   | 16   | 30   | 107   |
|      | TOTAL       | 172 | 1305 | 145 | 1170 | 174 | 959  | 128 | 506  | 619  | 3940  |

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