Lok Sabha Question No. 612 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Pending Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 612 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## PENDING RAILWAY PROJECTS

612.  SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the zone-wise details of railway projects pending till date;
- (b) the reasons for delay in execution of projects and funds sanctioned /spent for each project; and
- (c) the time by when all these projects are likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & 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 UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  612  BY  SHRI  KOMATI  REDDY  VENKAT REDDY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 01.12.2021 REGARDING PENDING RAILWAY PROJECTS.

(a): 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.

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.

(b) & (c ):   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),  which  is finally  worked  out  at  the  completion  stage.  However,  Railways  is making all the efforts for expeditious completion of projects.

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 2009-14. 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, highestever 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.

During 2014-21, 17,720 km length (3,681 km New Line, 4,871 km Gauge Conversion  and  9,168  km  Doubling)  has  been  commissioned  at  an average  of  2,531  km/year  which  is  67%  more  than  the  average commissioning during 2009-14(1520 km/year).

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