Lok Sabha Question No. 1543 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-10
Subject: Upcoming Projects in South Western Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1543 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2021

## UPCOMING PROJECTS IN SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAYS

1543. SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of the ongoing developmental, doubling, electrification and other works in South Western Railway along with the estimated cost, funds spent and the expected timeline for the completion of works;
- (b) whether  there  has  been  any  delay  in  the  completion  of  the  abovementioned  developmental  works,  if  so,  the  reasons  therefor  and  the estimated cost escalation of the projects due to the delay;
- (c) whether  there  are  any  upcoming  projects  in  the  South  Western Railway region, if so, the estimated cost and the status of the approval for the same;
- (d) whether  any  work  has  begun  with  respect  to  the  suburban  railway project in Bengaluru and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  expected  timeline  for  the  completion  of  the  project  and  the reasons for the delay, if any, in the start of the project?

## 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. 1543 BY SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2021 REGARDING UPCOMING PROJECTS IN SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAYS

- (a):    As  on  01.04.2020,  total  34  ongoing  projects  (20  new  lines  and  14 doublings) of total length 4,307 Km, costing ` 47,376 crore, in South Western Railway  are  in  different  stages  of  planning/sanctioning/execution,  out  of which, commissioning of 778 Km length has been achieved. This includes:-
- (i) 20 new line projects of total length 2,428 Km, costing ` 30,034 crore, out of which, commissioning of 245 Km length has been achieved and an expenditure of ` 4,608 crore has been incurred upto March, 2020.
- (ii)14 doubling projects of total length 1,879 Km, costing ` 17,342 crore, out of which, commissioning of 533 Km length has been achieved and an expenditure of ` 6,673 crore has been incurred upto March, 2020.

total  length  of  2,644  Route 4,054  crore  in  South  Western  Railway  are  under 905  crore  on  these

13  Railway  Electrification projects  of Kilometer (RKM),  costing ` different  stages  of  planning/execution.  Expenditure  of ` projects has been made upto March, 2020.

The details of all ongoing projects including cost, expenditure and outlay are made  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)> Rail Budget/Pink  Book  (year)>Railway-wise  Works  Machinery  &  Rolling  Stock Programme (RSP).

(b):    The completion of any Railway project depends on various factors like quick  land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forestry  clearance  by  forest department  shifting  of  infringing  utilities,  statutory  clearances  from  various authorities,  geological  and  topographical  Conditions  of  area,  law  and  order situation in the area of project site, number of working months in a year for particular project site due to climatic conditions, etc.  All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project.

(c):     Sanctioning of Railway projects is a continuous and ongoing process. New Railway projects are proposed during the Budget. At present, on South Western  Railway  there  are  34  upcoming  projects  (20  new  lines  and  14 doublings) are in different stages of planning/approval/execution.

(d) & (e):  Yes, Sir. The work of 'Bengaluru Suburban Transport Project' was approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affair (CCEA) on 07.10.2020 at completion  cost  of ` 15,767  crore  with  completion  period  of  6  years.  The project  is  being  executed  by  Rail  Infrastructure  Development  Company Karnataka (Limited) (K-RIDE), a joint Venture Company of Ministry of Railways and  Government  of  Karnataka.  Works  like  land  acquisition,  identification  of utility  shifting,  finalization  of  design  consultancy,  geotechnical  investigation and planning of station etc. have been taken up by K-RIDE.

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