Lok Sabha Question No. 1587 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-10
Subject: New Railway projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel, Kanakmal Katara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1587 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2021

## NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS

†1587.   SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL: SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the Zone-wise details of the new railway projects sanctioned during the  last  five  years  in  the  country  including  Uttar  Pradesh  and Rajasthan;
- (b) the details of railway projects completed before the scheduled time along with the projects delayed in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan;
- (c) the details of the delayed projects whose cost has escalated and the reasons for delay; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PARTS  (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1587  BY  SHRIMATI  KESHARI  DEVI  PATEL AND  SHRI  KANAKMAL  KATARA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 10.02.2021 REGARDING NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS

(a): The  Railway  projects  are  sanctioned  Zonal  Railway  wise  and  not State-wise  as  the  Indian  Railways'  network  spans  across  various  State boundaries.  Zone-wise  list  of  works  of    New  line,  Doubling  and  Gauge Conversion included in the Budget subject to requisite approvals during the last 5 years, including in the States of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are as under:-

| Zonal Railway              |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Central Railway            |         8 |         7 |         3 |         4 |         2 |
| Eastern Railway            |         1 |         2 |         0 |         0 |         1 |
| East Central Railway       |        11 |         7 |         1 |         4 |         5 |
| East Coast Railway         |         8 |         2 |         1 |         1 |         2 |
| Northern Railway           |         6 |         6 |         7 |         2 |         8 |
| North Central Railway      |         6 |         9 |         5 |        10 |         1 |
| North Eastern Railway      |         3 |         9 |         5 |         0 |         1 |
| Northeast Frontier Railway |         2 |         2 |         5 |         0 |         2 |
| North Western Railway      |         2 |         0 |         2 |         2 |         5 |
| Southern Railway           |         4 |         2 |         1 |         2 |         4 |
| South Central Railway      |         8 |         1 |         1 |         1 |         3 |
| South Eastern Railway      |         5 |         3 |         2 |         5 |         4 |
| South East Central Railway |         6 |         2 |         0 |         1 |         1 |
| South Western Railway      |         3 |         1 |         1 |         6 |         3 |
| Western Railway            |         4 |         3 |        20 |         3 |         2 |
| West Central Railway       |         5 |         3 |         0 |         0 |         2 |
| Total                      |        82 |        59 |        54 |        41 |        46 |

As on 01.04.2020, 83 projects (16 New Line, 06 Gauge Conversion & 61 Doubling)  costing ` 96,697  crore  of  a  total  length of  7143  km,  falling fully/partially  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh are  in  different  stages  of planning/sanction/execution,  out  of  which  883  km  length  has  been commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ` 14,496  crore  has  been  incurred upto March 2020.

Similarly, there are 30 projects (11 new lines, 05 gauge conversions and 14 doublings), costing ` 57,247 crore, covering a length of 5173 Km, falling fully/partly in the State of Rajasthan are in different stages of planning/approval/execution,  out  of  which  715  Km  length  has  been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 7,688 crore has been incurred upto March 2020.

- (b) & (c): Completion of a Railway project(s) depends on various factors like 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  site,  number  of  working months  in  a  year  available  for  particular  project  site  due  to  climatic conditions,  etc.  and  all  these  factors  differ  from  project  to  project  and affect the completion time and cost of the project(s).
- (d): Various  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  for  effective  and speedy  implementation of rail projects include (i) prioritisation of projects, (ii) substantial increase in allocation of funds, (iii) delegation of powers  at  field  level,  (iv)  close  monitoring  of  progress  of  project  at various levels (v) regular follow up with State Governments  and concerned  authorities  for  expeditious  land  acquisition,  forestry  and Wildlife clearances and for resolving other issues pertaining to projects.

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