Lok Sabha Question No. 2497 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Survey of New Railway Lines in Sirsa, Haryana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sunita Duggal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2497 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2023

## SURVEY OF NEW RAILWAY LINES IN SIRSA, HARYANA

2497. SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposals  for  survey  and construction of new rail lines and allocation of new trains/train stoppages in the  Parliamentary  constituency  of  Sirsa,  Haryana  for  various  inter-state  or intra-state  routes/connectivity  since  2019  till  2022  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; (b) whether the Government has current status report on the above proposals for this constituency; and (c) if so, the details thereof?

## 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. 2497 BY SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 15.03.2023 REGARDING SURVEY OF NEW RAILWAY LINES IN SIRSA, HARYANA (a) to (c)  Proposals/demands for new railway lines, both formal as well as  informal,  are  received  from  State  Governments,  Ministries  of Central Government, elected representatives, organizations/Rail users etc. by Railways at various levels i.e. Railway Board, Zonal Railways and Divisional Headquarters, etc. As receipt of such proposal/demands is a continuous and dynamic process, centralized compendium of such requests is not maintained. Further, railway projects are not surveyed/sanctioned State wise as the projects may span across State boundaries. The Railway projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway-wise and not Statewise/constituency-  wise  as  the  projects  may  spans  across  State boundaries. However, since 2018-19 to 2021-22 and current financial year,  8  nos.  of  new  line  surveys  of  total  length  of  262  km  falling fully/partly in State of Haryana have been sanctioned. Representations, including that from the Hon'ble Member of Parliament, have been received for providing better connectivity to the passengers of Sirsa station and stoppage of train services. These have been considered and following have been given effect to 1. Extension of 12555/56 Gorakhpur-Hisar Gorakhdham Express up to Bhatinda (via Sirsa) w.e.f. 14.07.2022. 2. Stoppage of 04571 Bhiwani-Dhuri Passenger at Jamalpur Shaikhan w.e.f. 05.03.2022. 3.  Stoppage  of  04572  Dhuri-Sirsa  Passenger  at  Jamalpur  Shaikhan w.e.f. 05.03.2022. 4.  Stoppage  of  04575/045765  Ludhiana-Hisar  Passenger  at  Jamalpur Shaikhan w.e.f. 05.03.2022.

5.  Stoppage  of  19225/26  Jammu  Tawi-Jodhpur  Express  at  Mandi Dabwali w.e.f. 22.05.2022. 6.  Stoppage  of  12421/22  Huzur  Sahib  Nanded-Amritsar  Express  at Narwana w.e.f. 23.05.2022. 7.    Stoppage  of    20409/10  Delhi-Bhatinda  Express  at  Narwana  w.e.f. 19.09.2022. Besides,  introduction  of  new  trains,  extension  of  existing  trains  and provision  of  stoppages  in  existing  trains  is  an  ongoing  process  on Indian Railways, subject to traffic justification, operational feasibility, commercial viability, availability of resources, etc.

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