Lok Sabha Question No. 2451 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Construction of ROBs
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Locket Chatterjee, Ajay Kumar Mandal, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Ramesh Chander Kaushik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.2451 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2023

## CONSTRUCTION OF ROBs

†2451.  MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU: SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL: SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has started any projects for construction of Rail Over Bridge (ROB) in Sitamarhi and Bhagalpur in Bihar, Hooghly in West Bengal and Sonipat district in Haryana; and
- (b) if  so,  the  time  by  which  construction  on  the  above  said  ROB projects are likely to be completed including the details thereof and  the  amount  of  funds  sanctioned  and  spent  for  the  said projects?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) & (b): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2451 BY MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE, SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU, SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL AND SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 15.03.2023 REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF ROBs.

(a) & (b):   Yes Sir. The details are as under; Road Over Bridge (ROB) works in Sitamarhi and  Bhagalpur in Bihar : There  are  4  Road  Over  Bridge  (ROB)    works  in  Sitamarhi  and Bhagalpur in Bihar: ROB  at  LC  No.  56:    ROB  in  lieu  of  LC  No.  56  in  DarbhangaSitamarhi  section  of  Samastipur  Division  was  sanctioned  on cost sharing basis with State Govt.  Work in Railway Portion to be done by Railway and approaches by State Govt. of Bihar. In Railway  Portion  sub-structure  has  been  completed  in  2018. Further work of superstructure was stopped for safety reason as approach work was not started by State Govt. of Bihar and the Railway portion contract was foreclosed on 27.12.2019 due to non-availability of planning of work in approaches by State Govt. Now for approach portion, State Govt. has awarded contract on 23.08.22,  Consequent  to  which,  Railway  has  also  awarded contract for super-structure work (Railway portion) on 02.03.2022.    Time  of  completion  is  dependent  on  progress  of work by State Govt. in approaches. Fund sanctioned (Outlay) in 2022-23  is ` 1.0  Lakh.    Cumulative  amount  spent  so  far  on Railway portion is ` 2.49 Crore.

ROB  at  LC  No.  54:    ROB  in  lieu  of  LC  No.  54  in  Parsauni Sitamarhi  section  of  Samastipur  Division  was  sanctioned  on cost sharing basis with State Govt. of Bihar. The work of ROB is being done by State Govt. of Bihar on single entity basis under

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated 07.05.2019. Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  is  yet  to  be  submitted  by  State Govt.  Time of completion is dependent on progress of work by State Govt. Fund sanctioned (Outlay) in 2022-23 is Rs. 1.0 Lakh. The amount spent is Nil.

ROB  at  LC  No.  55:    ROB  in  lieu  of  LC  No.  55  in  Parsauni  Sitamarhi  section  of  Samastipur  Division  was  sanctioned  on cost  sharing  basis.  The  work  of  ROB  is  being  done  by  State Govt. of Bihar on single entity basis under MOU  dated 07.05.2019. DPR is yet to be submitted by State Govt. Time of completion is dependent on work progress by State Govt. Fund sanctioned  (Outlay)  in  2022-23  is ` 10  thousand.    The  amount spent is Nil.

ROB  at  LC  No.  11/Spl:    ROB  in  lieu  of  LC  No.  11/Spl  in Naugachhia-Katarea section of Sonepur Division was sanctioned on cost sharing basis with State Govt. of Bihar. The substructure work in Railway portion is completed. The superstructure  work  in  Railway  portion  is  in  progress.  For approach portion contract has been awarded by State Govt. on 23.08.22 and  work  is in progress. Time  of completion  is dependent  on  progress  of  work  by  State  Govt.  in  approaches. Fund sanctioned (Outlay) in 2022-23 is ` 50.0 Lakh.  Cumulative amount spent so far on Railway portion is ` 3.48 Crore.

ROB in Hooghly in West Bengal:  There are 5 ROB projects in Hooghly, West Bengal;

ROB at LC No. 14 (Nalikul):  The work was sanctioned on cost sharing basis with State Govt.  Work in Railway Portion is to be done  by  Railway  and  approaches  by  State  Govt.    Work  is  in progress in Railway portion and as well as approaches. Completion of ROB work depends on progress by State Govt. in approach portion. Fund sanctioned (Outlay) in 2022-23 is ` 5.00 Crore.  Amount spent in Railway portion is ` 0.13 Crore.

ROB at LC No. 1 (Bansberia): The work was sanctioned on cost sharing basis with State Govt.  Work is being executed by State Govt. of West Bengal on single entity basis.   Work is in progress in  Railway  portion  and  as  well  as  approaches.    Completion  of ROB work depends on progress by State Govt.

ROB  at  LC  No.  12  (Bandel-Adisaptagram):    The  work  was sanctioned on cost sharing basis with State Govt.  Work is being executed by State Govt. of West Bengal on single entity basis. Work is in progress in Railway portion and as well as approaches.  Completion of ROB work depends on progress by State  Govt.  Fund  sanctioned  (Outlay)  in  2022-23  is ` 5  Crore. Total amount spent is ` 0.81 Crore.

ROB at LC No. 23A (Bahirkhand-Tarkeswar Road): The work was sanctioned  on  cost  sharing  basis  with  State  Govt.    Combined General Arrangement Drawing (GAD) is under preparation. Fund sanctioned (Outlay) in 2022-23 is ` 0.48  Crores.    Total  amount spent is Nil.

ROB at LC No. 21/B-T (Baruipura): The work was sanctioned on cost  sharing  basis  with  State  Govt.    The  work  could  not  be started  due  to  non  receipt  of  consent  for  making  available encumbrance  free  land  for  approaches  and  closure  of  level crossing  (LC)  from  State  Govt.      Fund  sanctioned  (Outlay)  in 2022-23 is ` 0.10 Crore.  Total amount spent is Nil. ROBs in Sonipat District - There are 2 projects for construction of  ROBs in Sonipat District, Haryana as under; ROB/RUB at LC No. 36:   The work for construction of ROB along with RUB in lieu of LC No. 36 at Km. 58/15-17 on Delhi Ambala section near Gannur was sanctioned on cost sharing basis with State  Govt.    RUB  has  been  completed.    ROB  work    could  not start as encumbrance free land for common pier and approaches not made available by State Govt.   Fund sanctioned (Outlay) in 2022-23 is ` 3.00 Crore.  Cumulative amount spent so far on Railway portion is ` 11.15 Crore. ROB at LC No. 20C: Work for ROB in lieu of LC No. 20C at Km. 32/12-14 on Delhi Ambala section near Narela  is held up due to delay in handing over of encumbrance free land for approaches. Fund sanctioned (Outlay) in 2022-23 is ` 0.01 Crore.  Cumulative amount spent so far on Railway portion is 18.82 Crore.

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