Lok Sabha Question No. 1444 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-28
Subject: Laying New Railway Tracks
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sanjay Kumar Bandi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1444 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2021

## LAYING NEW RAILWAY TRACKS

1444. SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to State :

- (a)  the  year-wise  details  of  new  railway  tracks  built  and  funds sanctioned for the same in the State of Telangana during the last seven years;
- (b) whether the State Government had supported with matching grants, if any, while laying new railway tracks; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1444 BY SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 28.07.2021 REGARDING LAYING NEW RAILWAY TRACKS (a) Railway projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway wise and not State wise as Indian Railways' network span across various State boundaries. However,  as on 01.04.2021, 16 projects costing ₹ 30,351 crore for 2,495 km length falling fully / partly in the State of Telangana are under different stages of planning/ approval/ execution. These include, 09 New Line projects covering a length of 1,071 km at a cost of ₹ 17,013 crore, out of which 155 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 3,081 crore has been incurred upto March, 2021.  07 Doubling Projects  covering  a  length  of  1,424  km  at  a  cost  of ₹ 14,268  crore,  out  of which 63 km has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 3,081 crore has been incurred upto March, 2021. Telangana is covered by South Central Railway and South Western Railway. Project  wise  details  including  expenditure  and  Budget  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)  >Regular Budget/Pink  Book(year)>Railway  wise  Works  Machinery  &  Rolling  Stock Programme. During 2014-21, 321Km (177 km of New line and 144 km of Doubling projects) falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Telangana  have  been  commissioned  at  an average  rate  45.86  km  per  year,  which  is  164%  more  than  commissioning during 2009-14( 17.4 Km/Yr.)

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Total  Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  &  safety  works,  falling fully/partly in State of Telangana, during 2014-21 has been ₹ 10,206 crore and Budget outlay of ₹ 2420 crore has been provided for these works for financial year 2021-22.

(b)  and  (c)  No,  Sir.  Railways  have  taken  up  04  projects  namely  AkkanapetMedak new line, Manoharabad-Kotapalli new line, Bhadrachalam-Kovvur new line  and  Hyderabad-Secunderabad  Multi  Modal  Transport  System(MMTSPhase-II) on cost sharing basis with Government of Telangana. An amount of ₹ 703  crore  is  outstanding  towards  share  of  Government  of  Telangana  in Manoharabad-Kotapalli, Akkanapet-Medak and Hyderabad-Secunderabad Multi Modal Transport System(MMTS-Phase-II) projects.

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