Lok Sabha Question No. 1577 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-10
Subject: Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Sunil Baburao Mendhe

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1577 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2021

## RAILWAY PROJECTS

1577. DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

SHRI SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of various ongoing/pending railway projects in various  States  including  Maharashtra  and  especially  in  Vidarbha region, State-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  estimated  cost,  funds  allocated  and  spent  so  far, project-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  of  Maharashtra  has  proposed  to  bear some cost of the said projects for their timely completion and if so, the details thereof and the reaction of Railways thereto;
- (d) the  number  of  railway  projects  in  Maharashtra  for  which  survey has  been  conducted  and  approved  but  for  which  work  is  not underway as yet; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Railways to complete all the said projects in the States in a time bound manner?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(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.1577 BY DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, SHRI  GIRISH  BHALCHANDRA  BAPAT,  SHRI  UNMESH  BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL,  DR.  SUJAY  RADHAKRISHNA  VIKHE  PATIL,  SHRI  BALUBHAU ALIAS  SURESH  NARAYAN  DHANORKAR,  DR.  HEENA  GAVIT,  SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE, SHRI VINAYAK RAUT AND SHRI SUNIL  BABURAO  MENDHE  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 10.02.2021 REGARDING RAILWAY PROJECTS

(a), (b) and (d): Railway Projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway-wise and not  State-wise/region-wise, as Indian  Railways' network spans across various State boundaries. As on 01.04.2020, 513 Railway Projects  (189 New Line, 54 Gauge Conversion and 270 Doubling works) costing ` 7.5 lakh  crore  of  total  length  of  53,039  km  are  in  different  stages  of planning/sanction/execution, out of which commissioning of 10,013 Km length has been achieved and expenditure of ` 1.86 lakh crore incurred upto March 2020.

Out of these, 39 projects (16 New line, 5 Gauge Conversion and 18 Doubling works) costing ` 86,696 crore for 6,722 km length falling fully / partly in the State of Maharashtra are under different stage of planning/ approval/ execution, out of which 1026 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 17,841 crore has been incurred upto March 2020.

The  project-wise  details  including  cost,  expenditure  and  outlay are available in public domain on Indian Railways' website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in >Ministry  of  Railways  >Railway  Board >About Indian Railways >Railway Board Directorates >Finance (Budget) >Pink  Book  (year)  >Railway-wise  Works,  Machinery  &  Rolling  Stock Programme (RSP).

- (c): The  Railway  projects  falling  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra  where the State Government has agreed to share the cost of projects are as under:-
- I.
- New lines of Ahmednagar-Beed-Parli Vaijanath (261 km);
- II.
- III.
- Wardha-Yavatmal-Nanded (284 km);
- Wadasa-Gadchiroli (52 km);
- IV. Kolhapur-Vaibhavwadi (108 km);
- V. Solapur- Tujlapur-Osmanabad (84.4 km);
- VI. Nagpur-Nagbhir (116 km) through Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (MRIDC) under Joint Venture mode;
- VII. Mumbai  Urban  Transport  Project  (MUTP)  Phase-II  (59.4  km) through Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC);
- VIII.
- MUTP Phase-III (97 km) through MRVC;
- IX. MUTP Phase-IIIA (205 km) through MRVC;
- (e): Various  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  for  effective  and speedy  implementation  of  rail  projects  include  (i)  prioritisation  of projects, (ii) substantial increase in allocation of funds, (iii) delegation of powers at field level, (iv) close monitoring of progress of projects at various  levels  (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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