Lok Sabha Question No. 1645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Ongoing Construction Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Soni, Arun Sao, Vijay Baghel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1645 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2021

## ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

†1645.   SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI:

SHRI ARUN SAO: SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of ongoing major construction projects of Railways at present; State-wise/Zone-wise;
- (b) the  percentage  of the  railway  development  work  that  got obstructed throughout the country during corona period;
- (c) the names of important schemes throughout the country including in Chhattisgarh postponed by the Government permanently  due  to  corona  crisis  and  the  names  of  important schemes which have been discontinued for a long time; and
- (d) the  names  of  works  of  the  Railways  that  got  affected  in  the country including Chhattisgarh during the Corona period?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(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. 1645 BY SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI, SHRI ARUN  SAO  AND  SHRI  VIJAY  BAGHEL  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA ON 08.12.2021 REGARDING ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

- (a):  The Railway projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway wise and not State-wise as the Railways' projects may spans 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.

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) to (d):    As on 01.04.2021, 17 Projects (8 New Lines, 9 Doubling) of 2,748 Km length costing ` 38,216 crore falling fully/partly in Chhattisgarh are under different stages of planning/approval/execution,  out  of  which  566  Km  length  has  been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 10,239 crore has been incurred upto March 21.

None of the New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling projects in the country including those in Chattisgarh have been postponed permanently or discontinued for a long time due to Corona crisis.

Due to the imposition of nationwide lockdown from 25 th  March, 2020 on account of COVID-19 pandemic, initially, there was a slowdown in the  execution  of  Railway  projects.  However,  after  the  initial  phase, with the gradual easing of lockdown  restrictions, the pace  of construction  and  other  infrastructure  development  activities  gained momentum.  Moreover,  due  to  meticulous  planning,  prioritization  of projects and focused approach of execution, infrastructure works are now in full swing. Despite COVID pandemic, during 2020-21, 2,370 km length  (286  Km  New  Line,  470  Km  Gauge  Conversion  and  1614  Km Doubling)  has  been  commissioned  which  is  56%  more  than  average annual commissioning during 2009-14 (1,520 Km/year).

During 2014-21, 637 Km sections (132 Km of New Line and 505 Km of Doubling)  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh  have  been commissioned  at  an  average  rate  91  Km  per  year,  which  is  1322% more than commissioning during 2009-14 (6.40 Km/yr).

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