Lok Sabha Question No. 171 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Doubling of Lalitpur-Singrauli Rail Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 171 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2022

## DOUBLING OF LALITPUR-SINGRAULI RAIL LINE

## †171.     SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  fact  that  the  pace  of construction work of Lalitpur-Singrauli rail line is very slow and the doubling of  rail  line  from  Satna  to  Reva  under Lalitpur-Singrauli railline is halted, if so, the details and reasons therefor;
- (b) whether  the  irregularities  in  providing  compensation  to  the  farmers affected  with  land  acquisition  and  wrong  assessment  of  the  beneficiaries besides not providing jobs to the dependents are the reasons for the above situation;
- (c) whether it has been decided that the children of farmers whose land have been acquired before 11 November, 2019 will be provided jobs, but this policy is not being followed, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether some villagers have been provided jobs in the same project and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a),  (c)  and  (d):        Lalitpur-Satna-Rewa-Singrauli  (541  km)  new  line  project was  included  in  the  Budget  1997-98.  The  latest  anticipated  cost  of  the project  is ` 8248.50  crore.  An  expenditure  of ` 2426.92  crore  has  been incurred upto March, 2021. An outlay of ` 733 crore has been provided for this project for the year 2021-22.

Till 2013-14, Lalitpur-Satna-Rewa-Singrauli new line project did not get the adequate fund allocation due to overall limited availability of funds, but since  2014-15,  adequate  funds  have  been  allotted  to  the  project  and execution of the project has been speeded up ( ` 239 crore was provided for the  project  during  2010-11  to  2013-14.  Now, ` 1121.08  crore  has  been provided for this project from 2014-15 to 2017-18 and ` 1538 crore has been provided from 2018-19 to 2021-22).

Under Lalitpur Singrauli new line project, 1581 candidates those fulfill all the eligibility conditions have been provided employment in lieu of land acquisition.

Further,  Rewa-Satna  (50  Km)  doubling  project  was  included  in  the Budget 2015-16. The latest anticipated cost of the project is ` 497.45 crore. An  expenditure  of ` 234.45  crore  has  been  incurred  upto  March,  2021.  An outlay of ` 184 crore has been provided for this project for the year 2021-22.

Doubling  of  Rewa-Satna  is  also  held  up  on  account  of  stopping  the work  forcefully  by  land  losers  of  Bagahalo  Kothar  village  demanding  for permanent  railway  jobs.  However,  railway  has  withdrawn  its  policy  of providing job to land loser from 11.11.2019.

(b):  For  a  Railway project, Railway acquires land through concerned State District  Authorities.  All  the  activities  in  connection  with  land  acquisition like assessment of land area, amount of compensation to land losers, etc. are under purview of them.

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