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Lok Sabha Question No. 232 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Digitization of MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 232 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2022

## DIGITIZATION OF MSMEs

## 232. SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  schemes  for  digitization  of  MSMEs  to  boost  business  potential  and  to compete with other e-commerce large business have positively benefitted MSMEs;
- (b) if so, the details for the reported number of MSMEs that have been digitized through the existing schemes for digitization of MSMEs;
- (c) the data that indicates status of revenue and profitability of MSMEs after introduction of schemes to digitize MSMEs;
- (d) whether  the  Government  plans  to  introduce  schemes  that  alleviate  digital  security concerns of MSMEs to incentivize more number of MSMEs to build an online presence and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government is promoting any unified technology to ease digitization of MSMEs and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA)

- (a) & (b): The Government  runs various programmers/schemes  to boost business potential  and  to  compete  with  other  e-commerce  large  business  entities  through  various digitalization  initiatives  for  MSMEs  such  as  Udyam  portal,  MSME  Champions  Portal, Government  e-Marketplace (GeM),  Trade Receivables Discounting System  (TReDS), msmemart.com. In addition, MSME SAMBANDH for monitoring of procurement by Central Public  Sector  Enterprises  (CPSEs)  from  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises  (MSEs)  and  MSME SAMADHAAN portals for filling applications regarding delayed payments. As on date 1.24 crore  MSMEs  are  registered  in  Udyam  Registration  portal  and  further  benefitted  through various  programmes.  Procurement  from  Central  Ministries  /  Departments  /  CPSEs  made purchases about Rs. 95576 Cr. from MSEs under Public Procurement Policy (PPP) for MSEs and 21,360 applications filed by MSMEs have been disposed by MSEFC council.
- (c): The information with respect to the status of revenue and profitability of MSMEs is not centrally maintained by Ministry of MSME.
- (d) & (e): Under the MSME Champions Schemes 'Digital MSME' component has been included for digital empowerment of MSMEs in the country. The Ministry of MSME propose to  support MSMEs through 'Digital MSME' a component of MSME Champions Scheme to bring  in  digitization  and  digitalization  and  to  make  MSMEs  digitally  empowered  and motivate  them  to  adopt  digital  tools,  applications  and  technologies  in  their  production  & business processes with a view to improve their competitiveness.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 17 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Coal Production
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Satyadev Pachauri, Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION No. 17

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## Coal Production

- *17.   SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI: SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the quantum of coal production target aimed to be achieved by the Government by the year 2024-25; and
- (b) the State-wise details thereof for the next three years including the quantum increase targeted for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar?

## Answer

MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a)to(b): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 17 for answer on 07/12/2022 regarding Coal Production.

(a):    During  the  current  financial  year  of  2022-23,  the  domestic  coal  production  is estimated to increase by 17% to reach 911 MT from 778 MT achieved in the previous year. With different measures being initiated to ramp up domestic coal production, it is expected to increase the coal production in next three years substantially. The details are given below:

:-

|                  | (In Million Tonne)   | (In Million Tonne)   | (In Million Tonne)   | (In Million Tonne)   |
|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Company          | 2022- 23             | 2023-24              | 2024- 25             | 2025- 26             |
| CIL              | 700.00               | 760.00               | 850.00               | 1000.00              |
| SCCL             | 70.00                | 75.00                | 80.00                | 85.00                |
| Captive & Others | 141.00               | 162.14               | 181.60               | 203.39               |
| Total            | 911.00               | 997.14               | 1111.60              | 1288.39              |

(b): The details of State-wise production plan of coal for next three years are given below:

| State              |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |   2025-26 |
|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| (1) Chhattisgarh   |    201.32 |    224.11 |    250.7  |    287.71 |
| (2) Jharkhand      |    165.38 |    184.27 |    217.52 |    263.34 |
| (3) Madhya Pradesh |    130.92 |    142.63 |    151.59 |    158.59 |
| (4) Maharashtra    |     62.39 |     64.98 |     67.97 |     69.53 |
| (5) Odisha         |    211.5  |    238.2  |    273.04 |    350.41 |
| (6) West Bengal    |     36.68 |     37.95 |     42.96 |     47.17 |
| (7) Telangana      |     69.82 |     72.5  |     75.3  |     78.14 |
| (8)Uttar Pradesh   |     33    |     32.5  |     32.5  |     33.5  |
| Grand Total        |    911    |    997.14 |   1111.6  |   1288.39 |

It may be noted that there is no production plan of coal in Bihar in the coming years upto 202526. Proposed Production plan of coal in UP is as given at Sl. No. 8 in the above table

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Lok Sabha Question No. 13 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Setting up of Textile Park
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *13 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## SETTING UP OF TEXTILE PARK

## *13. SHRI DULAL CHANDRA GOSWAMI:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state :

(a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  any  textile  park  based  on  Jute  and  Natural  Fibers  in Bihar;

(b) if so, the time by which any Mega or Mini park is likely to be set up in Katihar and Purnia districts of Bihar where Jute and Natural Fibers are in abundance; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री पीयूष गोयल )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c): At present, no proposal for setting up of any  textile park under Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP), based on Jute and Natural Fibers in Bihar is pending in the Ministry.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 12 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Shortage of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Chinta Anuradha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*12 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## Shortage of Coal

## *12. SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA:

## Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the country is facing any shortage in terms of coal availability;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the availability of coal in the country;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  taking  measures  to  move  to  alternate sources of energy other than coal; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- (a) to (e) :- A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question no. 12 for answer on 07.12.2022 asked by Shrimati Chinta Anuradha:

(a) & (b): There is no shortage of Coal in the Country. The all India coal production  in  the  year  2021-2022  was  778.19  Million  Tonne  (MT)  in comparison to 716.083 MT in the year 2020-2021. Further, in the current financial year upto November'22), the country has produced about 524.2 MT of coal as compared to about 448.1 MT during the same period of last year with a growth of about 17%.

(c): Measures taken by the Government to improve the availability of coal in the country:

- (i) Enhanced coal production from mines of Coal India Ltd (CIL) - both in capacity of existing mines  as  well as operationalization of  new mines/projects.
- (ii) Enhanced production from commercial coal mines.
- (iii) Enactment  of  Mines  and  Minerals  (Development  and  Regulation) Amendment Act, 2021  for enabling captive mines owners (other than atomic minerals) to sell up to 50% of their annual mineral (including coal) production in the open market after meeting the requirement of the end use plant.
- (iv) Overall improvement of coal logistics by way of First Mile Connectivity, Rail Projects and integrated logistics movement of coal.
- (v) Induction of enhanced Mass Production Technologies and enhancing efficiency  of  mines  with  introduction  of  Digitization  of  operation  and introduction of ERP.
- (vi) Regular monitoring by Ministry of Coal.
- (vii) Single Window Clearance system for facilitation of clearances for early operationalization of coal mines.

(d) & (e) :  Ministry of New and Renewable Energy plans to achieve about 50 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuelbased energy resources by 2030.  So far, a total of 172.72 GW of capacity from  non-fossil  fuel  sources  has  been  installed  in  the  country  as  on 31.10.2022. This includes 119.09 GW RE (includes Solar 61.63 GW, Wind 41.84 GW, SHP 4.92 GW and Bio-Power 10.70 GW), 46.85 GW Large Hydro and 6.78 GW Nuclear Power capacity.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 11 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Land License Policy
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Karti P. Chidambaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 11

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## LAND LICENSE POLICY

- *11. SHRI KARTI P. CHIDAMBARAM:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has prepared a comprehensive policy document  for  the  revised  land  license  policy  of  the  Railways,  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  investor  feedback  on  the  revised land license policy, and if so, the comments and suggestions made by the investors thereof;
- (c) the timeline for strategic disinvestment of the Container Corporation of India  (CONCOR),  including  the  time  by  which  the  Government  is  likely  to invite Expression of Interest from potential buyers;
- (d) the revenue that the Government expects to generate from the sale of 30.8%  Government  shareholding  in  CONCOR  out  of  the  presently  held 54.8%;
- (e)  whether the strategic stake sale of CONCOR is likely to be completed before the end of financial year 2022-23; and
- (f) if not, the reasons for delay in this regard despite Cabinet approval since 2019?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND

ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (f): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO. 11 BY SHRI KARTI P. CHIDAMBARAM TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.12.2022 REGARDING LAND LICENCSE POLICY (a):Yes,  Sir.  The  extant  policies  for  leasing,  licensing  and  Right  of  Way (ROW) of railway land have been simplified to enable integrated development of infrastructure aligned with PM Gati Shakti framework and to attract  more  cargo  to  rail.  Accordingly,  a  Master  Circular  on  'Policy  for Management of Railway land' has been issued on 04.10.2022. (b):  No Sir. (c) to (f): Revised land policy is for developing more infrastructure. CONCOR disinvestment is an independent activity. Government has recently conducted  meetings  with  potential  investors.  Any  further  steps  in  this matter will be taken up on the basis of the evaluation of interest. Quantum of receipts and timing thereof are contingent upon successful completion of process under the prevailing market conditions. *****
Lok Sabha Question No. 8 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Helpline for Passengers
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel, Ratansinh Magansinh Rathod

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 8 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## HELPLINE FOR PASSENGERS

- *8. SHRI PATEL HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI: SHRI RATANSINH MAGANSINH RATHOD:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  launched  any  helpline  number  for  the passengers  during  travel  by  train  in  the  event  when  someone  assaults them;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, whether the Ministry is considering to start any helpline number for the passengers; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND

ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 8 BY SHRI PATEL HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI AND SHRI RATANSINH MAGANSINH RATHOD TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.12.2022 REGARDING HELPLINE FOR PASSENGERS

(a)  and  (b):  Yes,  Sir.  Indian  Railways'  All  India  Railway  Helpline  -  139  is available  for  lodging  grievances  and  enquiries  including  complaints  for assault with passengers during travel by train. In addition to 139, for any emergency grievances related to security, safety, and medical assistance Ministry of Home Affairs' National Emergency Response Support System The  helpline  139  is  available  round  the  clock  in  12  languages  namely  Hindi, English, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Oriya, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil,

112 (ERSS-112) can also be accessed. Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. (c) and (d): Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Coal Royalty
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 6 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## COAL ROYALTY

## *6.       SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the rationale behind the reduction of the rate of penal interest on delayed payment of rent, royalty, fee or other sums under the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960; and
- (b) the year-wise and district-wise details of the number of instances of delay in such payments to the Government including the names of the violators and the number of days of delay in such payments?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- (a) & (b): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 6 for answer on 07.12.2022 asked by Shri Gaurav Gogoi regarding Coal Royalty. (a):  As  part  of  Central  Government  initiatives  aimed  at  Ease  of  Doing  Business  and  for achieving  reduction  in  compliance  burden,  the  Ministry  of  Coal  reviewed,  inter  alia,  after consultation with stakeholders, the provisions relating to charging interest on delayed payment on rent, royalty or fee or other sum under the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960. This reduction in interest on delayed payment is in uniformity with the provisions relating to minerals other than atomic and hydro carbons energy minerals.

(b): Payments arising out of royalty accrue to the coal bearing State Governments. Details of delays on such royalty payments are maintained by the respective State Governments.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Extending 4G Facility to Puducherry
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Vaithilingam Ve.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 04 FOR ANSWER ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## EXTENDING 4G FACILITY TO PUDUCHERRY

- *4. SHRI VE. VAITHILINGAM:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether priority will be given in extending 4G facility to Puducherry and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the time by which the 4G service is expected to be given to Puducherry?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) & (b) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE OF LOK SABHA IN RESPECT OF PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  04  FOR  7 th DECEMBER, 2022 REGARDING 'EXTENDING 4G FACILITY TO PUDUCHERRY'

- (a) & (b) 4G services have already been provided by Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) in Union Territory of Puducherry as per following details.

|   Sl No. | Telecom Service Provider      | Commencement of 4G Services   |
|----------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|        1 | Bharti Airtel Limited         | August, 2015                  |
|        2 | Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited | September, 2016               |
|        3 | Vodafone Idea Limited         | January, 2017                 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Export of Knitwear
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Gautham Sigamani Pon

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *1 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## EXPORT OF KNITWEAR

## *1. DR. PON GAUTHAM SIGAMANI:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the export shipments of knitwear from Tiruppur is shrinking gradually month after month for the last one year and if so, the details thereof, quarter-wise;
- (b) whether the average capacity utilisation of garment exporting units in Tiruppur has declined to 30% now and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether most of the units in Tiruppur have a huge inventory of finished goods due to the deferment of shipments; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to accelerate shipments of garments from Tiruppur?

उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री पीयूष गोयल )

## MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (d):A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION NO.*1  FOR  07.12.2022  REGARDING  EXPORT  OF  KNITWEAR  ASKED  BY  DR.  PON GAUTHAM SIGAMANI

- (a): Export is a function of demand and supply and varies from time to time depending on surplus manufacturing capacity, order flow, availability of shipping containers and ships, etc.

The details of quarter wise Knitwear exports (under Chapter 61) from Tiruppur are as under:

| Period                   |   Export (USD Bn.) |
|--------------------------|--------------------|
| Q3 FY 21-22 (Oct-Dec 21) |              1.107 |
| Q4 FY 21-22 (Jan-Mar 22) |              1.16  |
| Q1 FY 22-23 (Apr-Jun 22) |              1.203 |
| Q2 FY 22-23 (Jul-Sep 22) |              0.974 |

Source : DGCI&S,

- (b): At present the average capacity utilization of Tiruppur garment exporting units is about 60%.
- (c): No such data is maintained by the Ministry.
- (d): Government  is  implementing  various  schemes  for  development  of  textile  sector  and  trade promotion    which  include  inter  alia,  Rebate  of  State  and  Central  Taxes  and  Levies  (RoSCTL)  for exports  of  Apparel  /  Garments  and  made-ups,  Remission  of  Duties  and  Taxes  on  Exported  Products (RoDTEP),  Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme,  Pradhan  Mantri  Mega  Integrated  Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA), SAMARTH (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector), Silk Samagra, National Handloom Development Programme, National Handicraft Development Programme, Integrated Wool Development Programme and National Technical Textile Mission.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 229 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Extraction of Iron Ore
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Thirumaa Valavan Thol

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 229

## EXTRACTION OF IRON ORE

229.     SHRI THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOL

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plan of extracting iron ore from Salem District in Tamil Nadu to be processed in Salem Steel Plant;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any survey recently about the availability of  iron  ore  in  Salem  and  Namakkal  districts  of  Tamil  Nadu  along  with  a  viability details; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STEEL

## ANSWER

(SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a)&(b): Salem Steel Plant has no mining leases to extract iron ore and has not applied for any such lease.

(c)&(d): Recently,  following  the  notification  of  Minerals  (Evidence  of  Mineral Contents) Amendment Rules, 2021, Geological Memorandum on iron ore pertaining to Namakkal and Salem districts of Tamil Nadu were handed over to the Government of  Tamil  Nadu  by  Geological  Survey  of  India  (GSI)  for  auctioning  as  composite licenses, the details of which are as follows: -

|   Sl No. | State      | District           | Title of the report                                                                                                                                | Field Survey year   |   No. of Blocks | Commodity   |
|----------|------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|
|        1 | Tamil Nadu | Namakkal           | Investigation for Iron Ore in the Banded Magnetite Quartzite between Namagiripettai and Tammampatti, Nammkkal and Salem districts, Tamil Nadu (G4) | 2016-17             |               3 | Iron Ore    |
|        2 | Tamil Nadu | Namakkal and Salem | Investigation for Iron Ore in the Banded Magnetite Quartzite between Namagiripettai and Tammampatti, Nammkkal and Salem districts, Tamil Nadu (G4) | 2016-17             |               3 | Iron Ore    |
|        3 | Tamil Nadu | Namakkal and Salem | Investigation for Iron Ore in the Banded Magnetite Quartzite between Namagiripettai and Tammampatti, Nammkkal and Salem districts, Tamil Nadu (G4) | 2016-17             |               3 | Iron Ore    |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 227 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Construction of Overbridge/Underpass on Sandila Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.227

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## CONSTRUCTION OF OVERBRIDGE/UNDERPASS ON SANDILA RAILWAY LINE

## †227. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken or proposes to take any steps to construct an Overbridge/ Underpass on Sandila Railway Line of the scheduled  caste  dominant  Parliamentary  constituency  Misrikh  of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the progress made so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to  (c):    There  are  two  level  crossings  (LC)  (i)  LC  No.  249  at  Sandila bypass  and  (ii)  LC  No.  247  at  Sandila  yard  exists  near  Sandila  station. Road Over Bridge (ROB) in lieu of LC No. 249 has already been sanctioned on  cost  sharing  basis.    Tender  for  Railway  portion  has  been  awarded. Geotechnical  investigation  has  been  done  and  type  of  foundation  has been  decided.  Construction  of  Road  Over  Bridge/Road  Under  Bridge (ROB/RUB) at LC No. 247 is technically not feasible due to heavy built-up area, cross road and market in the approaches of the LC.

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