Lok Sabha Question No. 1821 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Indore-Dahod Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Guman Singh Damor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1821 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2021

## INDORE-DAHOD RAILWAY LINE

† 1821.  SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the work of Indore to Dahod railway line has been put on hold in Ratlam-Jhabua; (b) if so, the reasons therefor and the time by which the said work will be
- started and completed;
- (c) whether the work of Ratlam to Banswara is stopped since the last two years  and the time by which the said work will be started and completed; (d) whether the survey for laying Dahod to Khadwa railway line has been completed but the approval for the said construction work is pending; and (e)  if  so,  the  time  by  which  the  approval  for  the  construction  of  the  said railway line will be taken?

## 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. *****

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1821 BY SHRI  GUMAN SINGH DAMOR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 08.12.2021 REGARDING INDORE-DAHOD RAILWAY LINE

(a)  &  (b)  :    Dahod-Indore  via  Sardarpur, Jhabua & Dhar (204.76 km)  new line  project  was  included  in  Budget  2007-08.  Subsequently,  a  change  in alignment  via  Amjhera  (4.82  km)  as  a  material  modification  to  the  main work was also sanctioned. The anticipated cost of the project is ` 1640.04 crore. An expenditure of ` 867.38 crore has been incurred upto March 2021. An outlay of ` 20 crore has been provided for this project in Budget 202122.  In addition, ` 50 crore has also been provided to this project.

Indore-Rau-Tihi section (21 km) has been commissioned. Further, TihiPithampur (8.9 km) including 3 km tunnel work and Katwara-Dahod (11.40 km) sections are taken up.

The completion of any Railway project(s) depends on various factors like  quick  land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forest  clearance  by officials of forest department, deposition of cost share by State Government  in  cost  sharing  projects,  priority  of  projects,  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 site due to climatic conditions etc. and all these factors affect the completion time of the project(s). As such, a confirm time frame for completion of this project cannot be given.

(c)  Ratlam-Dungarpur via Banswara new line (188.85 km) project was

sanctioned  in  2011  with  a  cost  sharing  arrangement  of  50:50  between Government of Rajasthan and Ministry of Railways and land to be provided free of cost by Government of Rajasthan. However, Rajasthan Government later  on  expressed  inability  to  share  the  cost  of  the  project  .Bankability Study for the project was carried out and as per the bankability report, cost of the project (excluding cost of land) has been assessed as ` 4262 crores with  Rate  of  Return  (RoR)  of  only  2.4%  without  the  cost  of  land,  and  a negative RoR with the cost of land. Rajasthan Government was requested for  exploring  the  possibility  of  implementing  the  project  either  through Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) or State Joint Venture (JV), and providing the  land  free  of  cost,  to  make  the  project  viable.  No  response  has  been received so far from the State Government in this regard.

(d) & (e) :  Dahod will be connected to Khandwa on completion of DahodIndore new line project and Mhow-Khandwa gauge conversion project. On the suggested alignment one survey for Khandwa-Dhar via Khargone and Barwani has also been taken up.

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