Lok Sabha Question No. 1762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-30
Subject: Railway Projects in the Country including Rajasthan
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Manju Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1762

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2025

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN THE COUNTRY INCLUDING RAJASTHAN

†1762. SMT. MANJU SHARMA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the various rail projects in the country including Rajasthan, Zone and project-wise;
- (b) the details of the number of the projects legging behind their prescribed time limit along with the reasons therefor, projectwise;
- (c) the extent to which cost of each pending project has increased; and
- (d) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to complete  the  above  mentioned  projects  within  prescribed  or extended time limit?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d): Railway projects are surveyed/sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway wise and not State-wise/Constituency wise as the Railway projects may span across State boundaries.

Railway projects are sanctioned on the basis of remunerativeness, traffic  projections,  last  mile  connectivity,  missing  links  (including infrastructure gaps) and alternate routes, augmentation of congested/saturated  lines,  demands  raised  by  State  Governments, Central Ministries, Members of Parliament, other public representatives, Railway's own  operational requirement, socioeconomic  considerations  etc.  depending  upon  throwforward  of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

As on 01.04.2025, across Indian Railways, 431 Railway infrastructure projects (154 New Line, 33 Gauge Conversion and 244 Doubling) of total length 35,966 Km, costing approx.  6.75 lakh crore are sanctioned, out of which, 12,769  Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of approx. 2.91  lakh  crore  has been incurred upto March, 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Category                |   No of Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (Km)   | Total Exp upto Mar'25 ( in Crore)   |
|-------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| New Lines               |              154 | 16,142                       | 3,036                                  | 1,45,318                            |
| Gauge Conversion        |               33 | 4,180                        | 2,997                                  | 22,753                              |
| Doubling/ Multitracking |              244 | 15,644                       | 6,736                                  | 1,22,858                            |
| Total                   |              431 | 35,966                       | 12,769                                 | 2,90,929                            |

The Average Annual Budget allocation for New  Line, Gauge Conversion  and  Doubling  Projects  across  Indian  Railways  is  given below:

| Period   | Outlay                        |
|----------|-------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 11,527 crore/year             |
| 2025-26  | 68,785 crore (Nearly 6 times) |

The  details  of  commissioning/laying  of  new  track  across  Indian Railways is given below:-

| Period   | New track Commissioned   | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 7,599 Km                 | 4.2 Km/day                            |
| 2014-25  | 34,428 Km                | 8.57 Km/day (more than 2 times)       |

Railway  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Rajasthan  are  covered  under  North  Western  Railway,  Northern Railway, North Central Railway, West Central Railway and Western Railway  zones  of  Indian  Railways.  Zonal  Railway  wise  details  of Railway  projects  are  made  available  in  public  domain  on  Indian Railway's website.

## RAJASTHAN:-

As on 01.04.2025, 28 Projects (13 New Lines, 5 Gauge Conversion and 10 Doubling) of a total length of 3409 km, costing 43,918 crore, falling  fully/partly  in  Rajasthan  are  sanctioned,  out  of  which  1238 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of 18,954 crore  has  been  incurred  upto  March,  2025.  The  status  of  work  is summarized as under:-

| Plan Head                |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned (in Km) |   Expenditure upto March 2025 (₹ in Cr) |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                13 |                    981 |                           196 |                                    5769 |
| Gauge Conversion         |                 5 |                   1252 |                           788 |                                    6829 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                10 |                   1176 |                           254 |                                    6357 |
| Total                    |                28 |                   3409 |                          1238 |                                   18954 |

Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  and  safety  works, falling fully/ partly in the state of Rajasthan is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                         |
|----------|--------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 682 crore/year                 |
| 2025-26  | 9,960 Cr. (More than 14 times) |

The  details of commissioning  / laying of new  track falling fully/partly in the State of Rajasthan during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under :-

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 798 Km                   | 159.6 Km/year                         |
| 2014-25  | 3815 Km                  | 346.82 km per year(More than 2 times) |

## Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in Rajasthan are as under:

|   S.No. | Project                                  |   Cost ( in crore) |
|---------|------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | Ajmer-Bangurgram Doubling (48 km)        |                375 |
|       2 | Bangurgram-Guriya Patch Doubling (47 km) |                395 |
|       3 | Degana-Rai ka Bagh Doubling (146 km)     |                809 |
|       4 | Bina-Kota Doubling (283 km)              |               2476 |
|       5 | Nimach-Chittaurgarh Doubling (56 Km)     |                560 |
|       6 | Dausa-Gangapur City Doubling (93 Km)     |                950 |
|       7 | Phulera-Degana Doubling (108 km)         |                702 |
|       8 | Churu-Ratangarh Doubling (43 Km)         |                423 |

## Some  of  the  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  Rajasthan  which  have been taken up are as under:

|   S.No. | Project                                            |   Cost ( in Crore) |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | Taranga Hill - Ambaji - Abu Road new line (117 Km) |               2798 |
|       2 | Nimach - Badi Sadri New line (46 Km)               |                495 |
|       3 | Ringus - Khatushyamji New line (17Km)              |                254 |
|       4 | Pushkar - Merta (Katyasani) New line (51 Km)       |                800 |
|       5 | Ras-Merta City New line (56 Km)                    |                947 |
|       6 | Devgarh - Nathdwara Gauge Conversion (83 Km)       |                969 |
|       7 | Ajmer-Chanderiya Doubling (178 Km)                 |               1635 |
|       8 | Luni-Samdari-Bhildi Doubling (272 Km)              |               3086 |
|       9 | Churu - Sadulpur Doubling (58 Km)                  |                469 |
|      10 | Jaipur-Sawai Madhopur Doubling (131 Km)            |               1231 |

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  etc.  All  these  factors  affect  the  completion  time  and cost of the project(s).

Various  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  speedy  approval  and implementation  of  Railway  projects  include  (i)  setting  up  of  Gati Shakti units (ii) prioritisation of projects (iii) substantial increase in allocation of funds on priority projects (iv) delegation of powers at field level (v) close  monitoring  of  progress  of project at various levels,  and  (vi)  regular  follow  up  with  State  Governments  and concerned authorities for expeditious land acquisition, forestry and Wildlife  clearances  and  for  resolving  other  issues  pertaining  to projects. This has led to substantial increase in rate of commissioning since 2014.

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