Lok Sabha Question No. 217 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Ongoing Railway Projects in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sandhya Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 217

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## ONGOING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN MADHYA PRADESH

## *217. SHRIMATI SANDHYA RAY :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  ongoing  and  pending  railway  projects  in  the country especially in Madhya  Pradesh  including Bhind-Datia Parliamentary constituency; project/area-wise;
- (b) the details of targets fixed during the current year for development  of  new  lines/gauge  conversion/doubling  projects  in Madhya Pradesh including Bhind-Datia Parliamentary constituency;
- (c) the details of the funds allocated for the development of railway projects in Madhya Pradesh in the budget during 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23;
- (d) the details of the steps taken by the Railways to speed up these pending railway projects in Madhya Pradesh;
- (e) the number of projects out of the above that are lagging behind the schedule; and
- (f) the time by which these projects are likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (f) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 217 BY SHRIMATI SANDHYA RAY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2022 REGARDING ONGOING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN MADHYA PRADESH.

(a) to (f): The Railway projects are sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway wise and not State-wise/ parliamentary constituency wise as the Railways' projects may span across State boundaries.

As on 01.04.2021, 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 ` 4,05,916 crore,  out  of  which  commissioning  of  2,621  Km  length  has  been achieved  and  expenditure  of ` 1,05,591  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 ` 2,93,471 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.

## MADHYA PRADESH

As on 01.04.2021, 35 projects (8 new lines, 3 Gauge conversion and 24 Doubling) of 6,104 km length, costing ` 81,638 crore falling fully/partly in  Madhya  Pradesh  including  Bhind-Datia  parliamentary  constituency are  under  different  stages  of  planning/approval/execution,  out  of which, 1124 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 21,305 Cr. has been incurred upto March 2021. These include:

-  8  New Line  Projects  covering  a  length  of  1,979  km  at  a  cost  of ` 35,235 crore, out of which 355 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 5,678 crore has been incurred upto March 21.
-  3 Gauge Conversion Projects covering a length of 962 km at a cost of ` 11,231 crore, out of which 407 km  length has been commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ` 3,518  crore  has  been incurred upto March 21.
-  24 Doubling Projects covering a length of 3,163 km at a cost of ` 35,172 crore, out of which 362 km length has been commissioned and  an  expenditure  of ` 12,109  crore  has  been  incurred  upto March 21.

Projects  in  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  are  covered  by  South  East Central Railway, West Central Railway, Central Railway, North Western Railway,  East  Central  Railway,  North  Central  Railway  and  Western Railway.

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.

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  and  cost  of  the  project(s), which is finally worked out at the completion stage, due to which the confirmed time frame for completion of projects cannot be ascertained at  this  stage.    However,  Railways  is  making  all  the  efforts  for expeditious completion of projects.

Since  2014,  there  has  been  a  substantial  increase  in  the  Budget allocation  and  commensurate  commissioning  of  the  projects.  The Average Annual Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects & safety works, falling fully/ partly in State of Madhya Pradesh, during 2014-19 has been enhanced to ` 4,213 crore per year  from ` 632 crore  per  year ..P/4

during  2009-14,  which  is  567%  more  than  Average  Annual  Budget allocation  during  2009-14.  These  allocations  have  been  increased  to ` 6,906 crore in Financial Year 2019-20 (993% more than the Average Annual  Budget  allocation  of  2009-14)  and ` 6,509  crore  in  Financial Year 2020-21 (930% more than the Average Annual Budget allocation of  2009-14).  For  Financial  Year    2021-22,    budget    outlay    of ` 9,041 crore    has    been  provided  for  these  Projects,  which  is  1331%  more than  the  Average  Annual  Budget  outlay  of  2009-14  ( ` 632  crore  per year).  For  Financial  Year    2022-23,    highest  ever  budget    outlay    of ` 12,110 crore  has  been proposed for these Projects, which is 1816% more than the Average Annual Budget outlay of 2009-14 ( ` 632 crore per year).

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  on  priority  projects  (iii) delegation of powers at field level (iv) close  monitoring  of  progress of  project  at  various  levels,  and  (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. This  has led  to  substantial increase  in rate of commissioning since 2014. During 2009-14, 145 km (80 km of Gauge  conversion  and  65  km  of  Doubling),  falling  fully/partly  in  the state of Madhya Pradesh, have been commissioned at an average rate of  29  km  per  year.    During  2014-21,  1327  km  sections  (293  km  New line, 579 km Gauge conversion and 455 km Doubling projects), falling fully/partly in the state of Madhya Pradesh,  have been commissioned at an average rate of 189.57 km per year,  which is 5537% more than average annual commissioning achieved during 2009-14.

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