Lok Sabha Question No. 1188 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-09
Subject: Survey of Belagavi Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1188 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2022

## SURVEY OF BELAGAVI RAILWAY LINE

1188.   SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the surveyed route of Shedbal-Athani-Bijapur (112 kms) railway line in Belagavi and Bijapur district has been taken up for further action;
- (b) if  so,  the current status of the project and if not, the reasons for the same;
- (c) the project status of Kudachi-Bagalkot railway line;
- (d) the  details  of  amount  sanctioned  so  far  and  the  utilization status of the sanctioned funds; and
- (e) the  time  by  when  the  Railways  intends  to  finish  the  projects mentioned above?

## 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. 1188 BY SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 09.02.2022 REGARDING SURVEY OF BELAGAVI RAILWAY LINE

(a)  and  (b):  Survey  for  new  Broad  Gauge  line  between  Shedbal-Athani  Bijapur (112.6 Km) was completed in 2012-13. The project could not be taken forward being financially unviable.

(c)  and  (d):  Bagalkot-Kudachi  new  line  project  (142  Km)  has  been sanctioned  in  2010-11.  Anticipated  cost  of  the  project  is ` 1530  crore. Project  is  on  cost  sharing  basis,  Government  of  Karnataka  is  providing land free of cost and sharing 50% construction cost of project. So far, an expenditure of ` 326 crore including State share of ` 194.84 crore has been incurred. 30 Km length from Bagalkot to Khajjidhani has been commissioned.    451  Ha  of  land  out  of  789  Ha  in  Bagalkot  district  and 94 Ha land out of 190 Ha land in Belagavi district has been handed over so far by State Government of Karnataka and further land acquisition is in various stages of acquisition. Stage-I clearance for diversion of 16.82 Ha forest land has been received and stage-II clearance has been taken up. Work has been taken up in remaining section in available land.

Infrastructure  projects  in  Karnataka  are  covered  under  South Western Railway (SWR) zone of Indian Railways. Zone-wise details of all ongoing 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.

(e): 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, priority of project, shifting of infringing utilities,  statutory  clearances  from  various  authorities,  geological  and topographical conditions of area, law and order situation in the area of project  site,  number  of  working  months  in  a  year  for  particular  project site due  to climatic conditions etc. All these  factors affect the completion time of the project(s). As such, confirmed completion time of project(s) cannot be ascertained at this stage. Nevertheless, every effort is being made to execute the project(s) expeditiously.

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