Lok Sabha Question No. 1603 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Broad Gauge Railway Line from Kailaras to Sheopur via Sabalgarh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Bharat Singh Kushwah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1603 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024

## BROAD GAUGE RAILWAY LINE FROM KAILARAS TO SHEOPUR VIA SABALGARH

†1603    SHRI BHARAT SINGH KUSHWAH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  railway  lines  constructed/under  construction  in Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) the  status  of  the  approval  for  works  of  new  railway  lines  from Jhansi  to  Karera,  Shivpuri  to  Pohari,  Sheopur  to  Sawai  Madhopur (Rajasthan); and
- (c) the  target  set  to  complete  the  work  of  broad  gauge  railway  line from Kailaras to Sheopur via Sabalgarh?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1603 BY SHRI BHARAT SINGH KUSHWAH TO  BE  ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  04.12.2024  REGARDING BROAD GAUGE RAILWAY LINE FROM KAILARAS TO SHEOPUR VIA SABALGARH

(a)  to  (c):  Railway  projects  are  surveyed/  sanctioned/executed  Zonal Railway  wise  and  not  State-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 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, socio-economic considerations etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

Railway  infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh are covered under North Central Railway, West Central Railway, East Central Railway, Western Railway, Central Railway, South Central  Railway  and  South  East  Central  Railway  zones  of  Indian Railways.  Zonal  Railway  wise  details  of  Railway  projects  including cost,  expenditure  and  outlay  are  made  available  in  public  domain  on Indian Railway's website.

As  on  01.04.2024,  28  Railway  projects  (08  New  Lines,  02  Gauge Conversion  and  18  Doubling),  of  total  length  of  5,345  Km  costing ₹81,797 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh, are at various stages of planning and  implementation,  out of which 1,952 Km

length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹36,898 crore has been incurred upto March 2024. The status of work is summarized as under:-

| Plan Head                |   No. of projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned (in Km)   | Expenditure upto March 2024 (₹ in Cr)   |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                 8 | 1962                   | 468                           | 11091                                   |
| Gauge Conversion         |                 2 | 809                    | 380                           | 5220                                    |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                18 | 2574                   | 1104                          | 20587                                   |
| Total                    |                28 | 5,345                  | 1,952                         | 36,898                                  |

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

| Period   | Outlay                             |
|----------|------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹632 crore/year                    |
| 2024-25  | ₹14,738 crore (More than 23 times) |

The details of commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh during 2009-14 and 2014-24 is as under:-

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 145 Km                   | 29 Km/year                            |
| 2014-24  | 2249 Km                  | 224.9 Km/year (Nearly 8 times)        |

Survey  for  Jhansi  -  Shivpuri  -  Sheopur  -  Sawai  Madhopur  new  line (375.41 Km) was completed but the project could not be taken forward due to low traffic projections.

Kailaras to Sheopur via Sabalgarh is part of Gwalior to Sheopurkalan Gauge  Conversion  project  (187.53  Km).  Gwalior  to  Kailaras  section (63 Km) has been commissioned and a provision of ₹630 crore has been made in current financial year i.e. 2024-25 for the project.

The completion of any Railway project depends on various factors like quick  land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forest  clearance  by officials  of  forest  department,  deposition  of  cost  share  by  State Government  in  cost  sharing  projects,  priority  of  projects,  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.

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