Lok Sabha Question No. 294 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-03
Subject: Unmanned Level Crossings
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Shrirang Appa Barne, Sudheer Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.294

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2021

## UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS

## 294.  SHRI MAHESH SAHOO:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of unmanned railway crossings in the country, State-wise;
- (b)  the  number  of  unmanned  railway  crossings  that  are  proposed  to  be converted into manned crossings over the next five years, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is considering the construction of underpasses and  overbridges  at  various  railway  crossings  in  the  country  especially Delhi/NCR,  Odisha,  Jharkhand,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Maharashtra  to  ease vehicular traffic congestion;
- (d) if  so,  the details thereof and the time by which these constructions are likely to be completed; and
- (e)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  complete  these constructions in a time bound manner?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) & (b): There is no unmanned level crossing (UMLC) on Broad Gauge (BG) routes on Indian Railway.   However, as on 01.04.2020, total 948

UMLCs on Meter Gauge(MG) and Narrow Gauge (NG) are existing, which are planned for elimination alongwith Gauge  Conversion works  in future. Statewise list of UMLC on Meter Gauge/ Narrow Gauge (MG/NG) is appended. (c)  &  (d):  As  on  01.04.2020,  Railways  have  sanctioned  1566  Road  Over Bridges  (ROBs)  and  6219  underpasses/  Road  Under  Bridges  (RUBs)    in  the country including Delhi/NCR, Odisha,  Jharkhand,  Madhya  Pradesh  and Maharashtra.      Government  is  actively  considering  the  construction  of underpasses and overbridges at various Level Crossings (LCs). However, the construction  of  ROB/RUBs  depends  upon  the  consent  of  State  Government for  closure  of  LCs  &  cost  sharing,  wherever  applicable,    availability  of encroachment free land for approach roads, technical feasibility, shifting of utilities,  allocation of adequate funds by State agencies, public support etc. Therefore,  it is not feasible to fix timelines for  completion  of  these ROB/RUBs.

(e):  Railways  has  taken  pro-active  measures  in  close  coordination  with various stakeholders to improve the progress of construction of ROBs/RUBs/Subways as under:

-  Joint survey with State Government to finalize the alignment & General Arrangement Drawing (GAD).
-  Standardization of design & drawings for various spans.
-  Regular coordination meeting with State Government officials.
-  Construction of ROB on single entity basis.
-  Monitoring of progress at different levels.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 294 BY SHRI MAHESH SAHOO, SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU, SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK, SHRI MANOJ TIWARI, SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE AND SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  03.02.2021  REGARDING  UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS.

## STATEWISE UNMANNED LEVELCROSSINGS AS ON 01.04.2020

|   SN | STATES           |   MG |   NG |   Total |
|------|------------------|------|------|---------|
|    1 | Andhra Pradesh   |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    2 | Assam            |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    3 | Bihar            |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    4 | Chandigarh       |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    5 | Chattisgarh      |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    6 | Delhi            |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    7 | Goa              |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    8 | Gujarat          |  160 |  169 |     329 |
|    9 | Haryana          |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|   10 | Himachal Pradesh |    0 |    4 |       4 |
|   11 | Jammu & Kashmir  |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|   12 | Jharkhand        |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|   13 | Karnataka        |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|   14 | Kerala           |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|   15 | Madhya Pradesh   |    0 |  137 |     137 |
|   16 | Maharashtra      |    0 |  109 |     109 |

| 17   | Manipur       |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|------|---------------|-----|-----|-----|
| 18   | Mizoram       |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 19   | Nagaland      |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 20   | Odisha        |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 21   | Puducherry    |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 22   | Punjab        |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 23   | Rajasthan     |  97 |  52 | 149 |
| 24   | Tamilnadu     |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 25   | Telangana     |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 26   | Tripura       |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh |  51 |   2 |  53 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand   |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 29   | West Bengal   |   0 | 167 | 167 |
|      | Total         | 308 | 640 | 948 |

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