Lok Sabha Question No. 88 (STARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Bholanath (B.P. Saroj)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 88

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2023

## RAILWAY PROJECTS

- *88.  SHRI BHOLANATH (B. P. SAROJ):

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of all the approved rail projects in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar  Pradesh  along  with  the  progress,  date  of  approval  of  the  said projects  by  the  Railway  Board  and  funds  allocated  and  utilized thereunder during the last five years;
- (b) the status of land acquisition for all these ongoing projects;
- (c) the time  by  which  all  ongoing  projects  are  targeted  to  be completed in case of delay in Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) whether the Government of Uttar Pradesh has submitted any fresh proposal for new rail projects; and
- (e) if so, the details of the said proposals including the present status thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(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 STARRED QUESTION NO. 88 BY SHRI BHOLANATH (B. P. SAROJ) TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 08.02.2023 REGARDING RAILWAY PROJECTS

(a) to (e): Railway projects are sanctioned and executed Zonal Railway wise and not State wise as Railway projects may span across State boundaries.

Bihar:  As  on  01.04.2022,  52  Railway  Infrastructure  projects  (32  new lines, 04 gauge conversions and 16 doublings), costing ₹ 66,597 crore, covering  total  length  of  5,004  Km  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Bihar  are  in  different  stages  of  planning/approval/execution,  out  of which 1,240 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 21,038 crore has been incurred upto March, 2022. These includes:-

-  32  New Line Projects,  covering  a  length  of  2,875  km  at  a  cost  of ₹ 44,692 crore, out of which 435Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 9,775 crore have been incurred upto March, 2022.
-  4 Gauge Conversion Projects, covering a length of 849 km at a cost of ₹ 5,591 crore, out of which 682Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 4,219 crore have been incurred upto March, 2022.
-  16  Doubling  Projects,  covering  a  length  of  1,280  km  at  a  cost  of ₹ 16,314 crore, out of which 122Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 7,044 crore have been incurred upto March, 2022.

However, during the last five years i.e. 2017-18 to 2021-22 and current Financial Year i.e. 2022-23, total 11 Railway projects (01 New line and 10  Doubling)  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Bihar  have  been approved. Details of these projects have been appended.

Railway Infrastructure Projects falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar are covered under East Central Railway (ECR), Eastern Railway (ER), North  Eastern  Railway  (NER)  and  Northeast  Frontier  Railway  (NFR) Zones of Indian Railways.

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in Budget allocation and commensurate commissioning of projects. Average Annual Budget allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  &  safety  works,  falling  fully/ partly in State of Bihar, during 2014-19 has been enhanced to ₹ 3,061

crore  per  year  from ₹ 1,132  crore  per  year  during  2009-14,  which  is 170%  more  than  Average  Annual  Budget  allocation  during  2009-14. These  allocations have been increased to ₹ 4,093 crore in Financial Year 2019-20 (262% more than the Average Annual Budget allocation of  2009-14), ₹ 4,489 crore in Financial Year 2020-21 (297% more than the Average Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14) and ₹ 5,560 crore in Financial Year 2021-22 (391% more than the Average Annual Budget Outlay  of  2009-14).  For  Financial  Year  2022-23,  highest  ever  Budget outlay of ₹ 6,606 crore has been provided for these projects, which is 484% more than the Average Annual Budget Outlay of 2009-14 ( ₹ 1,132 crore per year).

During 2014-22, 1096 Km length (317 Km New Lines, 425 Km Gauge Conversion  and  354  Km  Doubling)  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Bihar have been commissioned at an average rate 137 Km/year, which is 115% more than the commissioning during 2009-14 (63.6 Km/year).

Jharkhand:  As  on  01.04.2022  30  Railway  Infrastructure  Projects  (13 New Line, 1 Gauge Conversion and 16 Doubling), costing ₹ 43,211 crore for  2,733  km  length  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Jharkhand  are under  different  stages  of  planning/approval/execution,  out  of  which 693 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 15,576 crore has been incurred upto March, 2022. These includes:-

-  13  New  Line  projects  covering  a  length  of  1,430  km  at  a  cost  of ₹ 25,576 crore, out of which 398 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 7,164 crore have been incurred upto March, 2022.
-  1 Gauge Conversion project covering a length of 159 km at a cost of ₹ 1,418  crore,  out  of  which  90  Km  length  has  been  commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 192 crore have been incurred upto March, 2022.
-  16  Doubling  projects  covering  a  length  of  1,143  km  at  a  cost  of ₹ 16,216 crore, out of which 206Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 8,220 crore have been incurred upto March, 2022.

However, during the last five years i.e. 2017-18 to 2021-22 and current Financial Year i.e. 2022-23, total 07 Railway projects (02 New line and 05  Doubling)  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Jharkhand  have  been approved. Details of these projects have been appended.

Railway  Infrastructure  Projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Jharkhand  are  covered  under  East  Central  Railway  (ECR),  Eastern Railway  (ER)  South  Eastern  Railway  (SER)  and  South  East  Central Railway (SECR) Zones of Indian Railways.

Average annual Budget allocation for infrastructure and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand during 2014-19, has been enhanced  to ₹ 2,089  crore  per  year  from ₹ 457  crore  per  year  during 2009-14,  which  is  357%  more  than  average  annual  budget  outlay  of 2009-14.  Budget  outlay  for  these  projects  has  been  increased  to ₹ 2,493  crore  for  financial  year  2019-20  (446%  more  than  average annual  outlay  of  2009-14), ₹ 3,221  crore  for  financial  year  2020-21 (605% more than average annual budget outlay of 2009-14) and ₹ 4,182 crore  for  financial  year  2021-22  (815%  more  than  average  annual budget  outlay  of  2009-14).  For  financial  year  2022-23,  highest-ever budget  outlay  of ₹ 5,058  crore  has  been  provided  for  these  projects, which is 1007% more than average annual budget outlay of 2009-14.

During  2014-22,  911  Km  sections  (433  Km  New  Lines  and  478  Km Doubling)  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Jharkhand  have  been commissioned at an average rate of 113.88 Km/year, which is 98.4% more  than  the  average  annual  commissioning  during  2009-14  (57.4 Km/year).

Uttar  Pradesh:  As  on  01.04.2022,  74  Railway  Infrastructure  Projects (16 New Lines, 5 Gauge conversion and 53 Doubling), costing ₹ 98,449 crore for 6,921 km length falling fully/partly in Uttar Pradesh are under different stages of planning/approval/execution, out of which 1169 Km length  has  been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ₹ 23,209  crore has been incurred upto March, 2022. These includes:-

-  16  New  Line  projects  covering  a  length  of  1,743  km  at  a  cost  of ₹ 29,577 crore, out of which 260 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 5,361 crore have been incurred upto March, 2022.
-  5 Gauge Conversion projects covering a length of 558 km at a cost of ₹ 3,850 crore, out of which 238 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 1,473 crore have been incurred upto March, 2022.
-  53  Doubling  projects  covering  a  length  of  4,620  km  at  a  cost  of ₹ 65,023 crore, out of which 671Km length has been commissioned

and an expenditure of ₹ 16,375 crore have been incurred upto March, 2022. However, during the last five years i.e. 2017-18 to 2021-22 and current Financial Year i.e. 2022-23, total 34 Railway projects (02 New line, 04 Gauge Conversion and 28 Doubling) falling fully/partly in the  State of Uttar  Pradesh  have  been  approved.  Details  of  these  projects  have been appended. Railway Infrastructure Projects falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh  are  covered  under  Northern  Railway  (NR),  North  Central Railway  (NCR),  North  Eastern  Railway  (NER),  East  Central  Railway (ECR) and West Central Railway (WCR) Zones of Indian Railways. Average Annual Budget Allocation for infrastructure and safety works, falling  fully/partly  in  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  during  2014-19,  has increased to ₹ 5278 crore per year from ₹ 1109  crore per year during 2009-14,  which  is  376%  more  than  average  annual  budget  outlay  of 2009-14.    Budget  outlay  for  these  projects  has  been  increased  to ₹ 8403 crore in financial year 2019-20 (658% more than average annual Budget Allocation of 2009-14), ₹ 8576  crore  in financial year 2020-21 (673% more than average annual budget allocation of 2009-14) and ₹ 14128  core  in  financial  year  2021-22,  (1174%  more  than  average annual budget allocation of 2009-14).  For the financial year 2022-23, highest  ever  budget  outlay  of ₹ 14761  core  been  provided  for  these works,  which  is  1231%  more  than  average  annual  budget  outlay  of 2009-14. During  2014-22,  2450  Km  length  (204  Km  New  line,  678  Km  Gauge conversion  and  1568  Km  Doubling)  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Uttar Pradesh have been commissioned at an average rate of 306.25 Km per year, which is 53.74% more than average annual commissioning during 2009-14 (199.2 Km/Year) Zonal Railway wise details of project 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)>Railways-wise Works, Machinery & Rolling Stock Programme (RSP). Land acquisition for all the ongoing projects have been taken up and works taken up wherever land has been acquired.

Completion  of  any  Railway  project/s  depends  on  various  factors  like cooperation of  State  Governments in  quick  land acquisition,  forestry clearance  by  officials  of  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/s  site,  number  of  working  months  in  a  year  for  particular project  site  due  to  climatic  conditions,  etc.    All  these  factors  affect the completion time of the project/s. With these constraints, Railways are making all efforts to complete these projects at the earliest. Sanctioning of projects is a continuous and dynamic process. Proposals  are  received  on  the  basis  of  demands  raised  by  State Governments, Central Ministries, Members of Parliament, other public representatives and Railway's own requirements. They are taken up on the  basis  of  remunerativeness,  last  mile  connectivity,  missing  links and  alternate routes,  augmentation  of  congested/saturated  lines, socio-economic consideration etc. depending upon liabilities of ongoing projects, overall availability of funds and competing demands.

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APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF STARRED QUESTION  NO.  88  BY  SHRI  BHOLANATH  (B.  P.  SAROJ)  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  08.02.2023  REGARDING  RAILWAY PROJECTS

## New Railway Projects falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar/Jharkhand/Uttar Pradesh during last five years

| S. No.    | Rly       | PH                                                                                                                                                                                | Name of Project   | Length of project (in Km)   | Year of Sanction   |
|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
| BIHAR     | BIHAR     | BIHAR                                                                                                                                                                             | BIHAR             | BIHAR                       | BIHAR              |
| 1 ECR     | NL        | Jhajha-Batia (Umbrella Work)                                                                                                                                                      | 20                |                             | 2018-19            |
| 2 ECR     | DL        | Karota Patner - Mankatha Surface triangle                                                                                                                                         |                   | 8                           | 2017-18            |
| 3 ECR     | DL        | Sagauli-Valmikinagar                                                                                                                                                              |                   | 110                         | 2017-18            |
| 4 ECR     | DL        | Muzaffarpur-Sagauli                                                                                                                                                               |                   | 101                         | 2017-18            |
| ECR       | DL        | Darbhanga bypass line connecting Shisho Halt and Kakarghati exclusing Darbhanga Yard                                                                                              | 8                 | 2018-19                     | 5                  |
| 6 ECR     | DL        | Barauni- Bachwara 3 rd & 4 th line (Umbrella work 19-20)                                                                                                                          | 32                | 2022-23                     |                    |
| 7 ECR     | DL        | Sonenagar bye pass line from Chiralapothu to Bagha Bishunpur (Umbrella work 19-20)                                                                                                |                   | 10 2022-23                  |                    |
| 8 NFR     | DL        | Doubling of Katihar- Kumedpur and Katihar- Mukuria (Umbrella work 19-20)                                                                                                          | 64.14             | 2022-23                     |                    |
| ECR       | DL        | Construction of Surface traingle line between Bhadaura Station (Patna-DDU main line) and new crossing station Karma (Dildarnagar-Tadighat line (11.10 Km) (Umbrella work 2022-23) | 11.1              | 2022-23                     | 9                  |
| 10 ECR    | DL        | New Bye-pass LIne for avoiding engine reversal at Lalitgram (1.572 Km) (Umbrella work 2022-23)                                                                                    | 1.572             | 2022-23                     |                    |
| 11 ECR    | DL        | Byepass Line at Saraigarh between Baijnathpur-Andoli & Jhajha (5.42 Km) (Umbrella work 2022-23)                                                                                   | 5.42              |                             | 2022-23            |
| JHARKHAND | JHARKHAND | JHARKHAND                                                                                                                                                                         | JHARKHAND         | JHARKHAND                   | JHARKHAND          |

| S. No.        | Rly           | PH                                                                                                                   | Name of Project                                     | Length of project (in Km)   | Year of Sanction                                                           |
|---------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 ECR         | NL            | Parasnath-Madhuban-Giridih new line                                                                                  | 49                                                  |                             | 2018-19                                                                    |
| 2             | ER NL         | Chitra-Basukinath                                                                                                    | 38                                                  |                             | 2018-19                                                                    |
| 3 ECR         | DL            | Gomoh- Flyover for DN trains                                                                                         | 22                                                  |                             | 2017-18                                                                    |
| 4 ECR         | DL            | Doubling of Pradhan Kuntha Pathardih Bazar-                                                                          | Jn- Bhojudih (Umbrella work 19-20)                  | 17.1                        | 2022-23                                                                    |
| SER           | DL            | Talgaria - Bokaro N/ Cabin -doubling (38 Km) with two loops at Chas & Ispatnagar                                     | 32                                                  |                             | 5 2019-20                                                                  |
| 6 SER         | DL            | Lodhma - Piska - Link Line bypassing Hatia/Ranchi with Y connection                                                  | 17                                                  |                             | 2019-20                                                                    |
| SER           | DL            | Doubling between Bhojudi- Talgoria in connection with permanent diversion of fire affected Dhanbad- Chandrapura line | (Umbrella work 19-20)                               | 12.5                        | 7 2021-22                                                                  |
| UTTAR PRADESH | UTTAR PRADESH | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                        | UTTAR PRADESH                                       | UTTAR PRADESH               | UTTAR PRADESH                                                              |
| 1 NER         | NL            |                                                                                                                      | Sahjanwa-Dohrighat                                  | 81                          | 2019-20                                                                    |
| 2 NER         | NL            |                                                                                                                      | Bahraich-Shravasti-Balrampur/ Tulsipur (Khalilabad) | 240                         | 2018-19                                                                    |
| 3 NCR         |               | GC Mathura-Vrindavan                                                                                                 | 12                                                  |                             | GC 2022-23                                                                 |
| 4 NER         |               | GC                                                                                                                   | Indara-Dohrighat                                    | 34                          | 2017-18                                                                    |
| 5 NER         | GC            | Bahraich-Mailani incl byepass Mailani (230 Kms) Bahraich-Nanpara-Nepalganj Kms)                                      | at (56.15 56                                        |                             | 2020-21                                                                    |
| 6 NER         |               | GC                                                                                                                   | Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur                               | 83                          | 2017-18                                                                    |
| 7 NCR         | DL            | Byepass at Sainthia, Mughalsarai, Allahabad,                                                                         | Sitarampur, Etawah 24                               |                             | Sainthia- 15.01.20 19, MGS- 08.02.20 19 Etawah- 10.08.20 17 Sitaramp ur-NS |

| S. No.   | Rly   | PH                                                                              |   Name of Project | Length of project (in Km)   |   Year of Sanction |
|----------|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
| NCR      | DL    | Mughalsarai-Allahabad, 3rd line                                                 |               150 | 2019-20                     |                  8 |
| NCR      | DL    | Jhansi-Khairar-Manikpur & Khirar- Bhimsen                                       |               425 | 2017-18                     |                  9 |
| NCR      | DL    | Allahabad Division- Construction of Aligarh Flyover                             |                22 | 2020-21                     |                 10 |
| NCR      | DL    | Bhaupur-Panki - 4th line Connecing Dn Loop of Bhaupur to Shunting neck of Panki |                11 | 2017-18                     |                 11 |
| NCR      | DL    | Naini - Chheoki- 3rd Down line with additional Platform.                        |                 2 | 2017-18                     |                 12 |
| NCR      | DL    | Agra Fort and Bandikui                                                          |               150 | 2022-23                     |                 13 |
| NCR      | DL    | Kanpur-New Coaching Complex - Kanpur                                            |                 3 | 2019-20                     |                 14 |
| NCR      | DL    | Aligarh - Daud Khan 3rd line & construciton of flyover at Daud khan             |                 7 | 2019-20                     |                 15 |
| NCR      | DL    | Ruma Chakeri- Chandari - 3rd line                                               |                13 | 2019-20                     |                 16 |
| NCR      | DL    | Chipiyana Buzurg - Dadri 4th line                                               |                12 | 2019-20                     |                 17 |
| NCR      | DL    | Allahabad - Bumrauli 4th line (10 Km) with flying over at Subedarganj           |                10 | 2019-20                     |                 18 |
| NCR      | DL    | Dailwara - Berari - Chord Line (5.2 km)                                         |                 5 | 2019-20                     |                 19 |
| NCR      | DL    | Bhandai - Flyover for etawah bound down train (10 Km)                           |                10 | 2019-20                     |                 20 |
| NER      | DL    | Burhwal Gonda 3rd line                                                          |                62 | 2017-18                     |                 21 |
| NER      | DL    | Phephna-Indara, Mau-Shahganj doubling excluding Indara-Mau                      |               150 | 2017-18                     |                 22 |
| NER      | DL    | Bhatni-Aurnihar with electrification (125 Kms) excluding Indara- Mau(116.95 Km) |               117 | 2017-18                     |                 23 |
| NER      | DL    | Aunrihar-Jaunpur                                                                |                60 | 2017-18                     |                 24 |
| NER      | DL    | Malhaur-Daliganj doubling with electrification                                  |                13 | 2017-18                     |                 25 |
| NR       | DL    | Barabanki-Akbarpur                                                              |               161 | 2017-18                     |                 26 |
| NR       | DL    | Jaunpur- Akbarpur (Tanda)                                                       |                77 | 2017-18                     |                 27 |
| NR       | DL    | Janghai-Pratapgarh- Amethi                                                      |                87 | 2017-18                     |                 28 |
| NR       | DL    | Janghai- Phaphamau with electrification                                         |                47 | 2017-18                     |                 29 |

| S. No.   | Rly   | PH                                                     | Name of Project    | Length of project (in Km)   | Year of Sanction   |
|----------|-------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
| NR       | DL    | Jaunpur Jn. - Jaunpur city -Chord line                 | 2                  | 2018-19                     | 30                 |
| 31 NR    | DL    | Barabanki-Malhaur                                      | 4th 33             |                             | - 3rd & 2018-19    |
| ECR      | DL    | Construction of Surface                                | traingle line 11.1 | 2022-23                     |                    |
| NR       | DL    | "Provision of 4th line between Chipyana Buzurg (GZB)"  | 2.5                | 2022-23                     | 33 (CYZ)-Ghaziabad |
| 34 NCR   | DL    | 4th line between Pankidham-GMC (Umbrella work 2022-23) | 2                  | 2022-23                     |                    |

## Note:

ECR for East Central Railway,

ER  for Eastern Railway

NFR for Northeast Frontier Railway

NR for Northern Railway

NCR for North Central Railway

NER for North Eastern Railway

SER for South Eastern Railway

NL for New Line

GC for Gauge Conversion

DL for Doubling

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