Lok Sabha Question No. 65 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Survey of Railway Lines in Rajasthan
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra, Rahul Kaswan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 65 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## SURVEY OF RAILWAY LINES IN RAJASTHAN

- † 65.    SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA: SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to start the survey for the new railway lines in Rajasthan and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the proposed new routes to be surveyed;
- (c)  the  details  and  the  current  position  of  the  survey  of  the  new railway lines announced in the Budget 2022-23; and
- (d) the time by which the works of the new railway lines are likely to be completed ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 65 BY SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA AND SHRI  RAHUL  KASWAN  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 07.12.2022 REGARDING SURVEY OF RAILWAY LINES IN RAJASTHAN

(a) to (c): Railway projects are not sanctioned State-wise/district-wise/ tehsil-wise, but sanctioned Zone-wise as Indian Railways' network may span across various State boundaries.

Surveys for 07 new line projects covering length of 524 km falling fully/partly in the State of Rajasthan have been taken up to improve and extend the railway network in Rajasthan. The details are as under:-

|   S.No. | Name of the Project                                                                      |   Length (in KM) |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|       1 | Byepass at Merta Road, Bangurgram and new block station between Bangurgram- Ras stations |               49 |
|       2 | Anupgarh-Bikaner                                                                         |              151 |
|       3 | Ras-Merta City new line including byepass at Merta Road                                  |               47 |
|       4 | Ras-Bilara via Jaitaran                                                                  |               50 |
|       5 | Pushkar-Merta City                                                                       |               59 |
|       6 | Devgarh-Madariya to Bar                                                                  |               92 |
|       7 | Sirmutra-Gangapur City                                                                   |               76 |

Contd…2/-

(d): The  completion  of  any  Railway  project(s)  depends  on  various factors like quick land acquisition by State Government, forest clearance by officials of forest department, deposition of cost share by State Government in cost sharing projects, priority of projects, shifting of  infringing  utilities,  statutory  clearances  from  various  authorities, geological and topographical conditions of area, law and order situation in  the  area  of  project(s)  site,  number of  working months in a year for particular  project  site  due  to  climatic  conditions  etc.  and  all  these factors affect the completion time of the project(s). Railways is making all the efforts for expeditious completion of projects.

Various  steps  are  taken  by  the  Government  for  effective  and speedy implementation of railway projects which include (i) prioritisation of projects (ii) substantial increase in allocation of funds on priority projects (iii) delegation of powers at field level (iv) close  monitoring  of  progress  of  projects  at  various  levels, and (v) regular follow up with State  Governments  and  concerned authorities for expeditious land acquisition, forestry and Wildlife clearances and for resolving other issues pertaining to projects.

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