Lok Sabha Question No. 1282 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: New Railway Tracks
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1282

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2022

## NEW RAILWAY TRACKS

1282.  DR. HEENA GAVIT:

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number of new trains announced and started which originate from  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Maharashtra during the last five years along with the details thereof;
- (b)  the  number  of  new  railway  tracks  laid  or  being  laid  in  Uttar Pradesh,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Maharashtra  during  the  said  period along with the details of its progress; and
- (c) the average  budget  expenditure  on  various  railway  projects undertaken in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra during the last five years?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND

ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a)  Indian  Railways do not run trains on state-wise basis as Railway network straddle across state boundaries. However, during the period 2017-18 to 2021-22, 229 train services have been introduced serving the stations (on originating/terminating basis) located in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

(b) and (c) The details relating to Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are as under: Maharashtra: As  on  01.04.2022,  16  New  Lines  of  total  length  2,017  Km,  costing ` 38,349  crore,  falling  fully/partly  in  Maharashtra  are  under  different stages of planning/approval/execution, out of which, 93 Km length has been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ` 5,084  crore  has  been incurred upto March, 2022. Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in budget allotment and commensurate commissioning of Railways infrastructure projects. Average  annual  Budget  allocation  for  infrastructure  projects  and safety  works,  falling  fully/  partly  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra,  during 2014-19  has  been  enhanced  to ` 4,801  crore  per  year  from ` 1,171 crore  per  year  during  2009-14,  which  is  310%  more  than  average annual Budget allocation during 2009-14. These allocations have been increased to ` 7,281 crore in Financial Year 2019-20  (522%  more  than  the  average  annual  Budget  allocation  of 2009-14), ` 6,700 crore in Financial Year 2020-21 (472% more than the average  annual  Budget  allocation  of  2009-14)  and ` 8,547  crore  in Financial  Year  2021-22  (630%  more  than  the  average  annual  Budget allocation of 2009-14). For Financial Year 2022-23, highest ever budget allocation  of ` 11,903  crore  has  been  provided  for  these  projects, which  is  916%  more  than  the  average  annual  Budget  allocation  of 2009-14 ( ` 1,171 crore per year). During  2014-22,  1,141  km  sections  (118  km  of  New  Line,  136  km  of Gauge  Conversion  and  887  km  of  Doubling)  falling  fully/  partly  in Maharashtra have been commissioned at an average rate of 142.63 km per  year,  which  is  144%  more  than  average  annual  commissioning during 2009-14 (58.4 km per year).

## Madhya Pradesh

As  on  01.04.2022,  08  New  Lines  of    total  length  1,979  Km,  costing ` 36,163 crore, falling fully/partly in Madhya Pradesh are under different stages  of  planning/approval/execution,  out  of  which,  355  Km  length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 6,606 crore has been incurred upto March, 2022.

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in Budget allotment for infrastructure projects. Average annual Budget allocation for  infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the state of Madhya Pradesh, during 2014-19 has been enhanced to ` 4,213 crore per year from ` 632 crore per year 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 average annual Budget allocation of 200914), ` 6,509  crore  in  Financial  Year  2020-21  (930%  more  than  the average  annual  Budget  allocation  of  2009-14)  and ` 9,041  crore  in Financial Year 2021-22 (1331% more than the average annual Budget allocation of 2009-14). For Financial Year 2022-23, highest ever Budget allocation of ` 12,110 crore has been provided for these projects, which is 1816% more than the average annual Budget allocation of 2009-14 ( ` 632 crore per year).

During  2014-22,  1515  km  sections  (293  km  New  line,  631  km  Gauge conversion  and  591  km  Doubling),  falling  fully/partly  in  the  state  of Madhya  Pradesh,  have  been  commissioned  at  an  average  rate  of 189.38  km  per  year,  which  is  5530%  more  than  average  annual commissioning achieved during 2009-14 (29 km per year).

## Uttar Pradesh

As  on  01.04.2022,  16  New  Lines  of    total  length  1,743  Km,  costing ` 29,577 crore, falling  fully/partly  in  Uttar  Pradesh  are  under  different stages  of  planning/approval/execution,  out  of  which,  260  Km  length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 5,361 crore has been incurred upto March, 2022.

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in fund allocation and commensurate  commissioning  of  projects  across  Indian  Railways. Average Annual Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects & safety works, falling fully/ partly in State of Uttar Pradesh, during 2014-19 has been  enhanced  to ` 5,278  crore  per  year  from ` 1,109  crore  per  year during  2009-14,  which  is  376%  more  than  Average  Annual  Budget allocation during 2009-14. These allocations have increased to ` 8,403 crore in Financial Year 2019-20 (658% more than the Average Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14), ` 8,576 crore in Financial Year 2020-21 (673%  more  than  the  Average  Annual  Budget  allocation  of  2009-14) and ` 14,128 crore for Financial Year 2021-22 (1,174% more than the Average Annual Budget outlay of 2009-14). For Financial Year 2022-23, highest  ever  budget  outlay  of ` 14,761  crore  has  been  provided  for these projects, which is 1231% more than the Average Annual Budget outlay of 2009-14 ( ` 1109 crore per year).

During 2014-22, 2450 Km sections (204 km New line, 678 km Gauge conversion and 1568 km Doubling ) falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh have been commissioned at an average rate 306.25 km per  year,  which  is  54%  more  than  commissioning  during  2009-14 (199.2 Km/Year.)

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