Lok Sabha Question No. 5622 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Railway Line Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5622 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2022

## RAILWAY LINE PROJECTS

5622. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  laying  of  new/ongoing  railway  line  projects  in  the country, zone and division-wise;
- (b) the details of new railway lines laid during the last three years till date, zone and division-wise; and
- (c) the details of railway lines doubled during the last three years and the current financial year, so far, zone and division-wise?

## 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. 5622 BY SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  06.04.2022  REGARDING RAILWAY LINE PROJECTS

(a): The Railway projects are sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway wise, not division wise.

As  on  01.04.2021  across  Indian  Railway,  484  Railway  projects  of 51,165  Km  length,  costing approx. ` 7.53  lakh  crore  are  in  different stages of planning/sanction/execution, out of which 10,638 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of approx. ` 2.14 lakh crore has been incurred upto March, 2021. These include:-

- (i) 187 New line projects of 21,037 Km length, costing approx. ` 4.06 lakh  crore,  out  of  which  commissioning  of  2,621  Km  length  has been  achieved  and  expenditure  of  approx. ` 1.06  lakh  crore  has been incurred upto March, 2021.
- (ii) 46 Gauge Conversion projects of 6,213 Km length, costing ` 53,171 crore,  out  of  which  commissioning  of  3,587  Km  length  has  been achieved and expenditure of ` 22,184 crore has been incurred upto March, 2021.
- (iii) 251 Doubling projects of 23,915 Km length, costing approx. ` 2.93 lakh  crore,  out  of  which  commissioning  of  4,430  Km  length  has been achieved and expenditure of ` 86,041 crore has been incurred upto March, 2021.

Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects including cost, expenditure and 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) >Rail Budget/Pink Book (Year)> Railway wise Works Machinery and Rolling Stock Programme.

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in fund allocation and commensurate commissioning of Projects. The Average Annual Budget allocation in the Indian Railways for New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling  works  in  Indian  Railways  during  2014-19  has  increased  to ` 26,026  crore  per  year  from ` 11,527  crore  per  year  during  2009-14, which  is  126%  more  than  average  annual  budget  outlay  of  2009-14. The  Annual  budget  allocation  for  these  Projects  for  Financial  Year 2019-20  was ` 39,836  crore  (246%  more  than  average  annual  budget allocation during 2009-14) and ` 43,626 crore in Financial Year 2020-21 (278% more than the Average Annual Budget allocation during 200914). For Financial year 2021-22, highest-ever budget outlay of ` 52,398 crore has been provided for these works, which  is  355%  more  than average annual budget outlay of 2009-14.

(b) and (c): Zonal Railway wise list of works of New Line and Doubling completed during the last three years i.e. 2019-20, 2020-21 and 202122 are as under:-

| Zonal Railway              | 2019-20           | 2019-20          | 2020-21          | 2020-21          | 2021-22          | 2021-22          |
|----------------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|                            | New Line (in Km.) | Doubling (in Km) | New Line (in km) | Doubling (in km) | New Line (in km) | Doubling (in km) |
| Central Railway            | 0                 | 154.98           | 0                | 103.45           | 31               | 147.04           |
| Eastern Railway            | 15.3              | 64.41            | 16.5             | 21.44            | 0                | 39.77            |
| East Central Railway       | 63.5              | 152              | 13               | 64               | 0                | 121.4            |
| East Coast Railway         | 75                | 108.97           | 39.54            | 126.96           | 13               | 69.65            |
| Northern Railway           | 5.7               | 123.13           | 4.85             | 109.34           | 0                | 132.92           |
| North Central Railway      | 0                 | 36.69            | 0                | 38.22            | 0                | 167.74           |
| North Eastern Railway      | 0                 | 38.78            | 0                | 81.47            | 0                | 102.98           |
| Northeast Frontier Railway | 39                | 33.6             | 0                | 59.84            | 107.5            | 134.53           |
| North Western Railway      | 58                | 102.28           | 24.72            | 45.09            | 0                | 128              |
| Southern Railway           | 0                 | 18               | 0                | 155.11           | 18               | 55.69            |
| South Central Railway      | 60.71             | 204.62           | 42.5             | 214.32           | 83.05            | 263.11           |
| South Eastern Railway      | 0                 | 24.71            | 0                | 103.3            | 0                | 81.3             |
| South East Central Railway | 42.5              | 64.8             | 61.88            | 71.95            | 14               | 93.77            |
| South Western Railway      | 0                 | 135.5            | 28               | 198.55           | 22               | 184.2            |
| Western Railway            | 0                 | 88.33            | 41.62            | 138.30           | 0                | 80.06            |
| West Central Railway       | 0                 | 107.42           | 13.7             | 82.84            | 0                | 180.92           |
| Total                      | 359.71            | 1458.22          | 286.31           | 1614.18          | 288.55           | 1983.08          |

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