Lok Sabha Question No. 1753 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Eliminating Unmanned Crossings
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1753 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2022

## ELIMINATING UNMANNED CROSSINGS

†1753. SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is working on road over bridges and road  under  bridges  by  completely  eliminating  unmanned crossings  to  prevent  accidents  and  to  facilitate  traffic  at railway crossings; and
- (b)   if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) & (b):  All Unmanned level crossing (UMLCs) on Broad Gauge (BG) have been eliminated before 31.01.2019. Only 755 UMLCs on Meter Gauge (MG) and Narrow Gauge (NG) sections are existing which  are  planned  for  elimination  during  Gauge  conversion. State-wise details of UMLCs on MG and NG is appended.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1753  BY  SHRI  HARISH  DWIVEDI  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA ON 27.07.2022 REGARDING ELIMINATING UNMANNED CROSSINGS

## STATE-WISE UNMANNED LEVELCROSSINGS AS ON 01.04.2022

| 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            |      |  102 |     262 |
| 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    |    6 |       6 |
| 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 32     |      |    2 |      34 |
| 28            | Uttarakhand    | 0    |    0 |       0 |
| 29            | West Bengal    | 0    |  163 |     163 |
|               | Total          | 289  |  466 |     755 |

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