Lok Sabha Question No. 1328 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: Pending Railway Projects in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Pocha Brahmananda Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1328 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2022

## PENDING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

1328.   SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to State  :

- (a) the details of the pending railway projects in Andhra Pradesh;
- (b)  the  sanctioned cost and the funds released so far for these pending railway projects;
- (c)  the  estimated  timeline  for  completion  of  these  pending railway projects ;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  received  proposals  for  any railway project from the Andhra Pradesh Government ; and
- (e)    if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  by  the Government in this regard?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND

ELECTRONICS &  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1328  BY  SHRI  POCHA  BRAHMANANDA REDDY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK  SABHA ON 14.12.2022  REGARDING PENDING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

(a)  to  (e)  Railway  projects  are  sanctioned  and  executed  Zonal Railway wise  not  State  wise  as  Railways'  project/s  may  span  across  state boundaries. However, As on 01.04.2022, 31 projects(16 New Lines and 15 Doubling), covering total length of 5,581 km, costing ₹ 70,594 crore, falling  fully/partly  in  Andhra  Pradesh,  are  under  different  stage  of planning/approval/execution,  out  of  which  636  km  length  has  been commissioned and an expenditure  of ₹ 19,414  crore  has  been  incurred upto March 2022. These include:

-  16 New Line Projects, covering a length of 1,917 km at a cost of ₹ 25,809Crore, out of which 130 Km length has been commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ₹ 4,201  Cr.  has  been incurred upto March 22.
-  15 Doubling Projects, covering a length of 3,664 km at a cost of ₹ 44,785 Crore, out of which 506 Km  length has been commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ₹ 15,213  Cr.  has  been incurred upto March 22.

Railway  infrastructure  projects  in  Andhra  Pradesh  are  covered  under Southern  Railway,  South  Central  Railway,  South  Western  Railway  and East  Coast  Railway  Zonal  Railway.  Zonal  Railway  wise  details  of projects including their cost, expenses future 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)  >Pink Book(Year) >Railway wise works Machinery & Rolling Stock Programme.

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in budget allocation and commensurate commissioning of infrastructure projects. Average annual budget  allocation  for  infrastructure  projects  and  safety  works,  falling fully/partly in the State of Andhra Pradesh, during 2014-19 has increased to ₹ 2830 crore  per year from ₹ 886 crore per year during 2009-14. Thus, an increase of 219% over the average annual budget allocation of 200914. Budget outlay for these projects has been increased to ₹ 3885 crore in 2019-20 (338% more than average annual budget outlay during 200914), ₹ 4910  crore  in  2020-21  (454%  more  than  average  annual  budget outlay during 2009-14) and ₹ 6223 crore in financial year 2021-22 (602% more  than  average  annual  outlay  during  2009-14).    For  financial  year 2022-23  the  highest  ever  budget  allocation  of ₹ 7,032  crore  has  been provided  for  these  projects,  which  is  694%  more  than  the  average  of 2009-14 ( ₹ 886 Cr/Yr.).

Completion  of  any  Railway  project/s  depends  on  various  factors  like quick land acquisition by State Government, forest clearance by officials of forest department, shifting of infringing utilities, statutory clearances from  various  authorities,  geological  and  topographical  conditions  of area,  law  and  order  situation  in  the  area  of  project/s  site,  number  of working  months  in  a  year  for  particular  project/s  site  etc.   All  these factors affect the completion time of the project/s. With above constraints,  Railway  is  making  all  effort  for  expeditious  completion  of project/s.

During  2014-22,  989  Km  sections  (350  km  of  New  line  and  639  km  of Doubling) falling fully/partly in Andhra Pradesh have been commissioned at  an  average  rate  of  123.63  km  per  year,  which  is  70%  more  than commissioning during 2009-14( 72.6 Km/Yr.)

Demands/suggestions/representations, both formal and informal regarding new railway line projects/extension of rail routes are received from  State  Governments,  Ministries  of  Central  Government,  elected representatives,  organizations/rail  users  etc.  by  Railways  at  various levels  including  Railway  Board,  Zonal  Railways,  Divisional  Offices  etc. As receipt of such demands/representations is a continuous and dynamic process, centralized compendium of such requests is not maintained.

Examination  of  demands  is  a  continuous  and  ongoing  process  and appropriate action is taken on the demands as per merits of the case.

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