Lok Sabha Question No. 221 (STARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Stalled Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 221 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2021

## STALLED RAILWAY PROJECTS

†*221.  SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has prepared any scheme to complete the railway  projects  stalled  by  the  State  Governments  due  to  lack  of budget, at the earliest;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the State/project-wise details of the railway projects stalled by the States/UTs including Loharu-Bhiwani railway line in Haryana due to lack of budget?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS AND 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 STARRED QUESTION NO. 221 BY SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2021 REGARDING STALLED RAILWAY PROJECTS

(a) & (b):  As on 01.04.2021 across Indian Railways, 484 Railway projects (187  New  Line,  46  gauge  Conversion  and  251  Doubling)  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 ` 2.14 lakh crore has been incurred upto March, 2021.

Out of these projects, 52 projects (43 New Line, 01 Gauge Conversion and 08 Doubling) of 6,560 km length, costing ` 1 lakh crore approximately have been taken up on cost sharing with different State Governments.

Execution of cost sharing projects are sometimes delayed on account of delay  in  receipt  of  Cost  sharing  amounts  from  State  Governments. Railways is regularly following up with the concerned State Governments for deposition of their outstanding cost share and handing over of land for expeditious  completion of these projects. Upon request made  by  Ministry  of  Railways,  the  Reserve  Bank  of  India  (RBI)  has agreed  for  a  Payment  Security  Mechanism  (PSM)  to  ensure  State's contribution towards Railway Infrastructure projects being implemented on cost sharing basis. For this purpose, Railways have requested State Governments for a tripartite agreement between Ministry of  Railways, State  Governments  and  RBI  under  which  State  Governments  would execute  Direct  Debit  mandate  which  will  be  registered  with  RBI.  The Direct  Debit  under  this  mandate  shall  be  honored  by  RBI  subject  to availability  of  clear  and  sufficient  balance  in  the  account  of  State Government.

The  average  annual  Budget  allocation  in  the  Indian  Railways  for  New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling works 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 200914.  The  Annual  budget  allocation  for  these  projects  for  Financial  Year 2020-21  was ` 43,626  crore  which  is  278%  more  than  average  annual budget  outlay  of  2009-14.  For  Financial  year  2021-22,  highest-ever budget  outlay  of ` 52,498  crore  { ` 45,465  crore  (Budget  Estimate)  and additional allocation of ` 7,033 crore} has been provided for these works, which  is  355%  more  with  respect  to  average  annual  budget  outlay  of 2009-14.

(c):  The list of cost sharing projects whose execution has been affected due to non-deposition of cost share by the State Governments/ non handing over of free land by the State is appended.

Feasibility study for Bhiwani-Loharu New Rail line (58 Km) has been done by Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (HRIDC) a Joint Venture Company of Government of Haryana (51%) and Ministry of Railways (49%) in March 2019. As per the feasibility report, the cost of the project is ` 519.69 Crore and the project is non-remunerative.

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## APPENDIX REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (c)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO. 221 BY SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2021 REGARDING STALLED RAILWAY PROJECTS

|   SN | PH   | Name of Project                                                                                                                  | Cost sharing by State        | Condition of Cost Sharing                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|------|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | NL   | Kotipalli - Narsapur                                                                                                             | Andhra Pradesh               | 25% cost by State Government                                                                                                                                                                               |
|    2 | NL   | Kadapa-Bangalore (Kadapa- Madagatta)                                                                                             | Andhra Pradesh               | 50% cost Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|    3 | NL   | Nadikudi- SriKalahasti                                                                                                           | Andhra Pradesh               | 50% cost of construction and Land free of cost by State Government                                                                                                                                         |
|    4 | NL   | Bhadrachalam - Kovvur                                                                                                            | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana   | 50% cost by State Government of Andhra Pradesh for portion in Andhra Pradesh. 50% cost by Govt. of Telengana for Telengana portion after adjusting M/s SCCL share in Bhadrachalam Road-Sattupalli project. |
|    5 | NL   | Rayadurga - Tumkur via Kalyandurga (93.17 km)                                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka | 50% cost by State Governments                                                                                                                                                                              |
|    6 | DL   | Vijaywada- Gudivada- Bhimavaram- Narasapur, Gudivada- Machlipatnam and Bhimavaram- Nidadavolu (221 km) - DL with electrification | Andhra Pradesh               | 50% cost by State Government                                                                                                                                                                               |
|    7 | DL   | Yelhanka - Penukonda (120 km)                                                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh               | 50% cost by State Government for Andhra Pradesh Portion                                                                                                                                                    |
|    8 | DL   | Penukonda- Dharmavaram (42 km)                                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh               | 50% cost of construction by State Government                                                                                                                                                               |
|    9 | NL   | Chandigarh - Baddi                                                                                                               | Himachal Pradesh             | 50% cost by State Government                                                                                                                                                                               |

|   SN | PH   | Name of Project                         | Cost sharing by State   | Condition of Cost Sharing                                                                                                                                                |
|------|------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   10 | NL   | Bhanupalli- Bilaspur- Beri              | Himachal Pradesh        | 25% cost by State Government (This will include cost of land acquisition assessed as ` 70 crore. Any increase in the land cost will have to funded by State Government). |
|   11 | NL   | Munirabad- Mahabubnagar                 | Karnataka               | 50% cost for 165 Km length in Karnataka                                                                                                                                  |
|   12 | NL   | Bangalore (Hejjala) - Satyamangalam     | Karnataka               | 50% cost of construction and Land free of cost by State Government for Bangalore (Hejjala) - Chamrajnagar (142 km length)                                                |
|   13 | NL   | Kadur - Chikmagalur - Sakleshpur        | Karnataka               | 50% cost of construction and Land free of cost by State Government for Chikmagalur- Sakleshpur section                                                                   |
|   14 | NL   | Bagalkot - Kudachi (142 km)             | Karnataka               | 50% cost of construction and Land free of cost by State Government                                                                                                       |
|   15 | NL   | Tumkur- Chitradurga- Davangere (191 km) | Karnataka               | 50% cost of construction and Land free of cost by State Government                                                                                                       |
|   16 | NL   | Shimoga - Harihar (79 km)               | Karnataka               | 50% cost of construction and Land free of cost by State Government                                                                                                       |
|   17 | NL   | Whitefield - Kolar (53 km)              | Karnataka               | 50% cost of construction and Land free of cost by State Government                                                                                                       |
|   18 | NL   | Gadag - Wadi (257 km)                   | Karnataka               | 50% cost of construction and Land free of cost by State Government                                                                                                       |
|   19 | NL   | Angamali-Sabrimala                      | Kerala                  | 50% cost by State Government                                                                                                                                             |
|   20 | NL   | Ahmednagar-Beed- Parali                 | Maharashtra             | 50% cost by State Government                                                                                                                                             |
|   21 | NL   | Wardha- Nanded                          | Maharashtra             | 40% cost by State Government                                                                                                                                             |
|   22 | NL   | Wadsa-Gadchiroli                        | Maharashtra             | 50% cost by State Government                                                                                                                                             |
|   23 | NL   | Ferozpur-Patti                          | Punjab                  | Land free of cost by State Government                                                                                                                                    |

|   SN | PH   | Name of Project                                                                                 | Cost sharing by State   | Condition of Cost Sharing                                                                                                      |
|------|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   24 | DL   | Mansa - Bhatinda including MM Rama Mandi (Raman)- Maur Mandi(Maur) via Talwandi Sabo (29.11 km) | Punjab                  | Land free of cost for Rama Mandi-Maur Mandi (29 Km) New Line by State Government                                               |
|   25 | NL   | Ratlam -Dungarpur via Banswara                                                                  | Rajasthan               | 50% cost of construction and Land free of cost by State Government                                                             |
|   26 | NL   | Ajmer (Nasirabad)- Sawai Madhopur (Chauth Ka Banwara) via Tonk                                  | Rajasthan               | 50% cost of construction and Land free of cost by State Government                                                             |
|   27 | NL   | Manoharabad- Kothapalli                                                                         | Telangana               | 33% cost of construction and land free of cost by State Government and free annuity for first 5 years by Telangana Government. |
|   28 | NL   | Akanapet-Medak                                                                                  | Telangana               | 50% cost of construction and Land free of cost by State Government                                                             |
|   29 | NL   | Deoband (Muzzafar Nagar)- Roorkee                                                               | Uttarakhand             | 50% cost by State Government                                                                                                   |
|   30 | NL   | Kichha - Khatima                                                                                | Uttarakhand             | Land free of cost by State Government                                                                                          |

NL- New Lines,  DL- Doubling,  PH- Plan Head

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