Lok Sabha Question No. 119 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: Ongoing Railway Projects in Rajasthan
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 119 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2022

## ONGOING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN RAJASTHAN

†*119. SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of various ongoing railway projects in Rajasthan;
- (b) the details of railway track projects sanctioned in Rajasthan during the last three years;
- (c) the amount of funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized for the said projects in Rajasthan during the last three years;
- (d) whether the Government of Rajasthan has proposed to share some contribution  for  timely  completion  of  the  said  projects,  if  so,  the details thereof and the reaction of Railways in this regard; and
- (e) the details of the targets set and achievements made  thereunder till date?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  119  BY  SHRI  KANAKMAL  KATARA  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  14.12.2022  REGARDING  ONGOING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN RAJASTHAN

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

However, as on 01.04.2022, 28 Railway projects (11 New lines, 05 Gauge conversion and 12 Doubling), costing ` 59,271 crore for 5,069 km length falling fully/partly in Rajasthan are under different stages of planning/approval/execution, out of which, 1,195 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 11,207 crore has been incurred upto March 2022. These include:

-  11 New Line Projects covering total length of 1,228 km, costing ` 16,942 crore, out of which 107 km length has been commissioned and  an  expenditure  of ` 2,695  crore  has  been  incurred  upto March, 2022.
-  05 Gauge Conversion Projects covering total length of 1,319 km, costing ` 12,690  crore,  out  of  which  654  km  length  has  been commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ` 3,652  crore  has  been incurred upto March, 2022.
-  12 Doubling Projects covering total length of 2,522 km, costing of ` 29,639 crore, out of which 434 km length has been commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ` 4,860  crore  has  been incurred upto March, 2022.

The status of these projects is appended.

- (b) & (c): During the last three years, i.e. from Financial Year 2019-20

to 2021-22 and current year, 5 projects namely Taranga Hill-Abu Road via Ambaji New Line  (117 Km), Gudha-Thathana Mithri Dedicated Test Track  for  RDSO    (phase-I,  25  Km),  Dedicated  Test  Track  for  RDSO (phase-II,  34  Km),  Degana-Rai  ka  Bagh  doubling  (145  Km)  and  Agra Fort  and  Bandikui  doubling  (150  Km)  falling  fully/partly  in  Rajasthan have been sanctioned.

Railway projects in Rajasthan are covered by Northern Railway, North Central Railway, North Western Railway, West Central Railway and Western Railway Zones of Indian Railways. Zone 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 (RSP).

Since  2014,  there  has  been  substantial  increase  in  budget allocation  and  commensurate  commissioning  of  projects.  Average Annual  Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  &  safety  works, falling fully/ partly in the State of Rajasthan during 2014-19 has been enhanced to ` 2,951 crore per year from ` 682  crore  per  year  during 2009-14, which is 333% more than Average Annual Budget allocation during 2009-14. These allocations have increased to ` 4,686 crore in Financial Year 2019-20 (587% more than the Average Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14), ` 4,582 crore in Financial Year 2020-21 (572% more  than  the  Average  Annual  Budget  allocation  of  2009-14)  and ` 6,006 crore in Financial Year 2021-22 (781% more than the Average

Annual Budget outlay of 2009-14). For Financial Year 2022-23, highest ever  Budget  outlay  of ` 7,565  crore  has  been  provided  for  these projects, which is 1009% more than the Average Annual Budget outlay of 2009-14 ( ` 682 crore per year).

(d)  Railways have taken up two projects namely Ratlam  - Dungarpur via  Banswara  (188.85  Km)  new  line  project  and  Sawai  Madhopur (ChauthKa  Barwara)  via  Tonk  (165  km)  new  line  project  on  cost sharing basis with Government of Rajasthan, details of which are as under :-

Ratlam - Dungarpur via Banswara (188.85 Km) new line project was  approved  in  2011  with  a  cost  sharing  arrangement  of  50:50 between Government of Rajasthan and Ministry of Railways and land is to  be  provided  free  of  cost  by  Government  of  Rajasthan.  However, Rajasthan Government later on expressed inability to share the cost of the project.  Railways has conducted bankability study of the project. As per the bankability study report, cost of the project (excluding cost of  land)  was  assessed  as ` 4,262  crore  in  year  2020  with  Rate  of Return (RoR) of only 2.4% without the cost of land and a negative RoR with the cost of land. Chief Secretary, Government of Rajasthan was requested  by  Ministry  of  Railways  for  exploring  the  possibility  of implementing the project either through Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) or State Joint Venture (JV) and providing the land free of cost, to make the project viable. However, Government of Rajasthan has not agreed for sharing cost of the project. Execution of this project is held up on this account.

Ajmer - Sawai Madhopur (Chauth Ka Barwara) via Tonk (165 km)

new  line  project  was  approved  in  2014  on  50:50  cost  sharing  basis between Ministry of Railways and Government of Rajasthan, and land is  to  be  provided  free  of  cost  by  Rajasthan  Government.  Ministry  of Railways advised Government of Rajasthan for providing the requisite funding and land. Government of Rajasthan has refused to share the cost of  the  project.  Railway  has  conducted  bankability  study  for  the project. As per study, cost of the project was assessed as ` 2215.27 crore  (with  land)  and ` 1823.13  crore  (excluding  land  cost)  in  year 2021. RoR of project is (-) 7.85 % with land and (-) 7.08 % excluding land cost. Since Government of Rajasthan has refused sharing cost of Project, therefore project is held up on this account.

(e)  Completion  of  Railway  project/s  depends  on  various  factors  like quick  land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forest  clearance  by officials of forest department, 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. All these factors affect the completion time of the  project/s.    With  above  constraints,  every  effort  is  being  made  to execute the project/s expeditiously.

During  2014-22,  2322  Km  length  (176  km  of  New  line,  771  km Gauge  conversion  and  1,375  km  Doubling)  falling  fully/partly  in  the State of Rajasthan has been commissioned at an average rate 290.25 km per year, which is 82% more than average annual commissioning during 2009-14 (159.6 Km/Yr).

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO. 119 BY SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA TO BE ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  14.12.2022  REGARDING  ONGOING  RAILWAY PROJECTS IN RAJASTHAN

| SN            | Name of Project                | Year of inclusio n in Pink- Book   | Leng th of proje ct (Km.)   | Total Cost (Cr)   | Expendit ure upto March 2022(Cr)   | Outlay for 22-23 (Cr)   | Status of the Project                                                                                                                                   |
|---------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (A) NEW LINE: | (A) NEW LINE:                  | (A) NEW LINE:                      | (A) NEW LINE:               | (A) NEW LINE:     | (A) NEW LINE:                      | (A) NEW LINE:           | (A) NEW LINE:                                                                                                                                           |
| 1             | Dausa- Gangapur City           | 1996- 97                           | 93                          | 950               | 781.29                             | 114                     | Dausa - Deedwana section (35.44 km) and Piplai- Gangapur city (24.72 Km) has been commissioned. Work taken up in balance section.                       |
| 2             | Ramganj mandi- Bhopal          | 2000- 01                           | 277                         | 2910              | 1557.33                            | 500                     | Ramganjmandi- Jhalawar- Junakhera (47 Km) section Commissioned. Land acquisition of 382 Ha taken up in Madhya Pradesh. Work taken up in available land. |
| 3             | Ratlam- Dungarpur via Banswara | 2011- 12                           | 189                         | 4262              | 191.4                              | 0.0001                  | As per MoU, State Govt. has to provide land free of cost and 50% cost of project. Govt. of Rajasthan has been requested to take up                      |

| SN   | Name of Project                            | Year of inclusio n in Pink- Book   | Leng th of proje ct (Km.)   | Total Cost (Cr)   | Expendit ure upto March 2022(Cr)   | Outlay for 22-23 (Cr)   | Status of the Project                                                                                                                                                           |
|------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      |                                            |                                    |                             |                   |                                    |                         | project through JV. Rajasthan Govt. has refused to share the cost of project. Project is held up on this account.                                                               |
| 4    | Delhi- Sohna- Nuh- Ferozpur- Jhirka- Alwar | 2013- 14                           | 104                         | 2500              | 0.01                               | 0.0001                  | Project under development by Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.(HRIDCL). Project included in Budget, subject to obtaining requisite Government clearance. |
| 5    | Ajmer- Kota (Nasirabad -Jalindri)          | 2013- 14                           | 145                         | 822               | 0                                  | 0.0001                  | Consent of State Government not given for cost sharing. Project included in Budget, subject to obtaining requisite Government clearance.                                        |
| 6    | Pushkar- Merta                             | 2013- 14                           | 59                          | 323               | 0                                  | 0.0001                  | Consent of State Government not given for cost                                                                                                                                  |

| SN   | Name of Project                  | Year of inclusio n in Pink- Book   | Leng th of proje ct (Km.)   | Total Cost (Cr)   | Expendit ure upto March 2022(Cr)   | Outlay for 22-23 (Cr)   | Status of the Project                                                                                                                                                                          |
|------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      |                                  |                                    |                             |                   |                                    |                         | However, in order to assess the feasibility and viability of the project afresh, survey has been again taken up in January, 2022.                                                              |
| 7    | Ajmer- Sawai Madhopur            | 2015- 16                           | 165                         | 1980              | 4.61                               | 0.0001                  | Government of Rajasthan to provide land free & to share 50% cost of project. Rajasthan Govt. has refused to share the cost of project. Railway has conducted bankability study of the project. |
| 8    | Taranga Hill-Abu Road via Ambaji | 2017- 18                           | 89                          | 1879              | 0.04                               | 100                     | The project has been sanctioned in July, 2022, land acquisition & forest clearance of the project has been taken up.                                                                           |
| 9    | Nimach- Badi sadri               | 2017- 18                           | 48                          | 495               | 0.83                               | 50                      | Land acquisition taken up.                                                                                                                                                                     |

| SN                   | Name of Project                                                                                                   | Year of inclusio n in Pink- Book   | Leng th of proje ct (Km.)   | Total Cost (Cr)      | Expendit ure upto March 2022(Cr)   | Outlay for 22-23 (Cr)   | Status of the Project                                                                                                                                                              |
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 10                   | Gudha- Thathana Mithri Test Track for                                                                             | 2018- 19                           | 25                          | 353                  | 157.05                             | 50                      | Land acquisition of 195.66 Ha taken up. Work taken up in available land.                                                                                                           |
| 11                   | Dedicated Test Track for RDSO (Phase-II)                                                                          | 2019- 20                           | 34                          | 466                  | 2.56                               | 0.0001                  | Land acquisition of balance 100.25 Ha has been taken up.                                                                                                                           |
| (B) GAUGE CONVERSION | (B) GAUGE CONVERSION                                                                                              | (B) GAUGE CONVERSION               | (B) GAUGE CONVERSION        | (B) GAUGE CONVERSION | (B) GAUGE CONVERSION               | (B) GAUGE CONVERSION    | (B) GAUGE CONVERSION                                                                                                                                                               |
| 1                    | Ajmer- Chittaur garh- Udaipur (300 km), incl. Material Modificati ons for extension from Udaipur to Umra (11 km), | 1996- 97 420                       |                             | 1288                 | 936.23                             | 85                      | Ajmer- Chitturgarh- Udaipur (300 Km), Mavli- Nathwara (16 Km) and Mavli Jn-Bari Sadri(82 km) has been commissioned. Land acquisition taken up in Nathdwara-New Nathdwara(10.8 km). |

| SN   | Name of Project                                                                                        | Year of inclusio n in Pink- Book   | Leng th of proje ct (Km.)   | Total Cost (Cr)   | Expendit ure upto March 2022(Cr)   | Outlay for 22-23 (Cr)   | Status of the Project                                                                                                                                                                        |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      | (10.80 km) new line.                                                                                   |                                    |                             |                   |                                    |                         |                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 2    | Ahmeda bad- Himmat nagar- Udaipur including Modasa- Shamlaji Road new line as Material Modi- fication. | 2008- 09                           | 318                         | 2165              | 2083                               | 268                     | Ahmedabad- Himmatnagar - Udaipur Gauge conversion has been commissioned. Modasa- Shamlaji New Line: Land Acquisition of 11 Ha has been taken up.                                             |
| 3    | Gwalior- Sheopurk alan with extension to Kota                                                          | 2010- 11                           | 284                         | 4552              | 611                                | 700                     | Work taken up in GC portion (187 Km) and preparatory work of new line                                                                                                                        |
| 4    | Dholpur- Sirmuttra with extension to Gangapur City                                                     | 2010- 11                           | 145                         | 2031              | 22                                 | 110                     | Detailed Estimate of project for 69 km gauge conversion portion (Phase-I) at a cost of Rs.746.83 crore has been sanctioned. Land acquisition of 194.12 Ha taken up. Work taken up on Dholpur |

| SN   | Name of Project   | Year of inclusio n in Pink- Book   | Leng th of proje ct (Km.)   | Total Cost (Cr)   | Expendit ure upto March 2022(Cr)   | Outlay for 22-23 (Cr)   | Status of the Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      |                   |                                    |                             |                   |                                    |                         | Sirmutra GC portion in available land. Final Location Survey (FLS) for Sirmutra- Gangapur City (76 km) has been sanctioned.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 5    | Marwar- Mavli     | 2017- 18                           | 152                         | 2654              | 0.12                               | 0.0001                  | Project included in Budget, subject for obtaining requisite Government clearance. DPR for Mavli - Devgarh taken up. Remaining section from Devgarh to Marwar passes through wildlife sanctuaries and involves land acquisition, Hence could not be consider due to huge environmental impact. To provide further BG connectivity to Marwar region, survey has been sanctioned from |

| SN   | Name of Project          | Year of inclusio n in Pink- Book   | Leng th of proje ct (Km.)   | Total Cost (Cr)   | Expendit ure upto March 2022(Cr)   | Outlay for 22-23 (Cr)   | Status of the Project                                                                                                                                     |
|------|--------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      |                          |                                    |                             |                   |                                    |                         | Devgarh to Bar.                                                                                                                                           |
| (C)  | DOUBLING                 |                                    |                             |                   |                                    |                         |                                                                                                                                                           |
| 1    | Bina-Kota                | 2011- 12                           | 283                         | 2476              | 667                                | 390                     | 242 km length commissioned. Work taken up in balance section.                                                                                             |
| 2    | Mathura- Jhansi 3rd line | 2015- 16                           | 274                         | 5190              | 2774                               | 800                     | 81.6 km length commissioned. Balance Land acquisition: Private. Land: 153.20 Ha Forest Land clearance: 1.06 Ha taken up. Work taken up in available land. |
| 3    | Phulera- Digana          | 2015- 16                           | 108                         | 702               | 409                                | 279                     | Degana-Barawar (38 km) & Borawar - Kuchaman city (20 Km) section commissioned. Land acquisition of 11.18 Ha. Land taken up. Work taken up in balance      |
| 4    | Nimach- Chittaur garh    | 2015- 16                           | 56                          | 499               | 448                                | 100                     | Entire project has been commissioned.                                                                                                                     |

|   SN | Name of Project                   | Year of inclusio n in Pink- Book   |   Leng th of proje ct (Km.) |   Total Cost (Cr) |   Expendit ure upto March 2022(Cr) |   Outlay for 22-23 (Cr) | Status of the Project                                                                                                                  |
|------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    5 | Mathura- Dholpur - 4th line       | 2018- 19                           |                         107 |              2946 |                               0.02 |                  0.0001 | Project included in Budget, subject for obtaining requisite Government clearance. Detailed Project Report (DPR) taken up.              |
|    6 | Dholpur Jhansi - Bina - 4th line. | 2018- 19                           |                         322 |              4871 |                               0.32 |                 10      | Project included in Budget, subject for obtaining requisite Government clearance. Detailed Project Report (DPR)                        |
|    7 | Degana- Rai ka Bagh               | 2018- 19                           |                         146 |               809 |                             561    |                294      | 101 km length commissioned. Land acquisition of balance 3.65 Ha land taken up. Work taken up in available                              |
|    8 | Sawai madhopur -Jaipur            | 2019- 20                           |                         131 |              1121 |                               0    |                  1      | land. Project included in Budget 2019- 20 under Umbrella work, subject to obtaining requisite Govt. Clearances. Work has been deferred |

| SN   | Name of Project                                                                                               | Year of inclusio n in Pink- Book   | Leng th of proje ct (Km.)   | Total Cost (Cr)   | Expendit ure upto March 2022(Cr)   | Outlay for 22-23 (Cr)   | Status of the Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      |                                                                                                               |                                    |                             |                   |                                    |                         | presently as operationally not required.                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 9    | Doubling of Bhatinda- Bhildi via Sirsa, Hisar, Ratangarh, Degana, Luni, Samdhari excluding Degana- Rai ka Bag | 2019- 20                           | 752                         | 7522              | 0                                  | 5                       | Project included in the budget in 2019-20 under Umbrella work subject to obtaining requisite Government Clearances. Work of Doubling between Bhatinda- Degana has been deferred as operationally not required and DPR for doubling between Luni - |
| 10   | Doubling of Ajmer- Chittor garh                                                                               | 2019- 20                           | 186                         | 1860              | 0                                  | 1                       | Project included in Budget, subject for obtaining requisite Government clearance. Detailed Project Report (DPR) under                                                                                                                             |
| 11   | Byepass line at Sawai madhopur                                                                                | 2019- 20                           | 7                           | 252               | 0                                  | 1                       | Project included in Budget, subject for obtaining requisite                                                                                                                                                                                       |

| SN   | Name of Project                 | Year of inclusio n in Pink- Book   | Leng th of proje ct (Km.)   | Total Cost (Cr)   | Expendit ure upto March 2022(Cr)   | Outlay for 22-23 (Cr)   | Status of the Project                                                  |
|------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      |                                 |                                    |                             |                   |                                    |                         | Government clearance. Detailed Project Report (DPR) under examination. |
| 12   | Agra Fort and Bandikui doubling | 2018- 19                           | 150                         | 1390              | 0                                  | 30                      | Project has been sanctioned on 15.06.2022.                             |

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