Lok Sabha Question No. 346 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-03
Subject: Unmanned Level Crossings in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ravindra Kushawaha, Subrata Pathak, Ravi Kishan Shukla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.346 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2021

## UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS IN UTTAR PRADESH

† 346. SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of unmanned railway crossings in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the number of unmanned railway crossings likely to be converted into manned level crossing in the next five years;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  construct  under  passes  and overbridges on various railway crossings in Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and 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) & (b):  There is no unmanned level crossing (UMLC) on Broad Gauge (BG) routes on Indian Railway. However, as on 01.04.2020, total 948 UMLCs on Meter Gauge (MG)  and  Narrow  Gauge  (NG)  are  existing,  which  will  be  eliminated  alongwith gauge conversion works in future. State-wise list of UMLCs is appended.

(c) & (d): As on 01.04.2020, Road over Bridges (ROBs) at 265 Level Crossings (LCs) &  Road  under  Bridges  (RUBs)  at  995  LCs  are  sanctioned  out  of  3545  Level Crossings (LCs) in Uttar Pradesh. These are in different stages of implementation. However,  the  construction  of  ROB/RUBs  depends  upon  the  consent  of  State Government for closure of LCs & cost sharing, wherever applicable, availability of encroachment  free  land  for  approach  roads,  technical  feasibility,  shifting  of utilities,    allocation  of  adequate  funds  by  State  agencies,  public  support  etc. Railways  have  taken  pro-active  measures  in  close  coordination  with  various stakeholders to improve the progress of construction of ROBs/RUBs/Subways as under: (i)  Joint  survey  with  State  Government  to  finalize  the  alignment  &  General Arrangement Drawing (GAD). (ii)  Standardization of design & drawings for various spans. (iii)  Regular  coordination  meeting  with  State  Government  officials  to  sort  out various issues. (iv) Construction of ROB on single entity basis. (v) Monitoring of progress at different levels.

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APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 346 BY SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA, SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK AND  SHRI RAVI KISHAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.02.2021 REGARDING UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS IN UTTAR PRADESH.

## STATEWISE UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS AS ON 01.04.2020

|   SN | STATES           |   MG |   NG |   Total |
|------|------------------|------|------|---------|
|    1 | Andhra Pradesh   |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    2 | Assam            |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    3 | Bihar            |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    4 | Chandigarh       |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    5 | Chattisgarh      |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    6 | Delhi            |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    7 | Goa              |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|    8 | Gujarat          |  160 |  169 |     329 |
|    9 | Haryana          |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|   10 | Himachal Pradesh |    0 |    4 |       4 |
|   11 | Jammu & Kashmir  |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|   12 | Jharkhand        |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|   13 | Karnataka        |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|   14 | Kerala           |    0 |    0 |       0 |
|   15 | Madhya Pradesh   |    0 |  137 |     137 |
|   16 | Maharashtra      |    0 |  109 |     109 |
|   17 | Manipur          |    0 |    0 |       0 |

| 18   | Mizoram       |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|------|---------------|-----|-----|-----|
| 19   | Nagaland      |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 20   | Odisha        |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 21   | Puducherry    |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 22   | Punjab        |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 23   | Rajasthan     |  97 |  52 | 149 |
| 24   | Tamilnadu     |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 25   | Telangana     |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 26   | Tripura       |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh |  51 |   2 |  53 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand   |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 29   | West Bengal   |   0 | 167 | 167 |
|      | Total         | 308 | 640 | 948 |

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