Lok Sabha Question No. 662 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-23
Subject: Doubling and Electrification of Railway Tracks in Chhattisgarh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Vijay Baghel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.662 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2025

## DOUBLING AND ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY TRACKS IN CHHATTISGARH

†662. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a)  the  number  of  places  where  the  work  related  to  doubling  and electrification  of  railway  tracks  is  being  undertaken  under  the Raipur Railway division of Chhattisgarh at present;
- (b) whether a proposal doubling and electrification of railway track between Durg to Raoghat via Dallirajhara under the Raipur division of south eastern railway division is pending with the Railway Board;
- (c) if so, the time by when the work is likely to be started and if not, the time by when it is likely to be approved; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## 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/Division-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.

Zone-wise/year-wise  details  of  all  Railway  projects  including  cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website. However, the details of doubling and electrification in Raipur Division are as under:

In  last  5  years  i.e.  2019-20,  2020-21,  2021-22,  2022-23,  2023-24  and current financial year 2024-25, 14 projects covering a length of 206 kms costing ₹2683 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Chhattisgarh have been sanctioned.

As on 01.04.2025, 26 projects(06 New Lines and 20 Doubling), covering total length of 1,931 Km  length, costing ₹31,619 crore, falling fully/partly  in  the  state  of  Chhattisgarh,  are  at  various  stages  of planning  and  implementation,  out  of  which  1023  Km  length  has  been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹16,325 crore has been incurred upto March' 2025. The status of the work is summarized as:

| Category                 |   No. of projects |   Total Length NL/GC/DL (in Km) |   Length Commissioned till March'25 (Km) |   Total Expupto Mar'25 (₹ in Cr) |
|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                 6 |                             609 |                                      184 |                             6154 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                20 |                            1323 |                                      839 |                            10171 |
| Total                    |                26 |                            1931 |                                     1023 |                            16325 |

## Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works falling fully/partly in the State of Chhattisgarh is as under:

| Period    | Outlay                         |
|-----------|--------------------------------|
| 2009-2014 | ₹311 Cr/year                   |
| 2025-2026 | ₹6925 Cr ( More than 22 times) |

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

| Period   | Total Length Commissioned   | Average Length Commissioned          |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 32 Km                       | 6.4 Km/Year                          |
| 2014-25  | 1189 Km                     | 108.1 Km/Year ( more than 15 times ) |

Dallirajhara-Rowghat  New  Line  (95  kms)  -    Dallirajhara  to  Taroki  (77 kms) including electrification has been completed. Balance work from Taroki  to  Rowghat   (18  kms)  has  been  taken  up.  In  continuation, Rowghat-Jagdalpur New Line (140 kms) has also been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.3513 crore.

The  doubling  projects  are taken  up  based  on  the  line capacity utilisation  and  traffic  potential.  Sanctioning  of  Railway  projects  is  a continuous and dynamic process of Indian Railway and railway infrastructure projects are taken up on the basis of remunerativeness, traffic  projections,  last  mile  connectivity,  missing  links  and  alternate routes,  augmentation  of  congested/saturated  lines,  socio-economic considerations  etc.  depending  upon  liabilities  of  ongoing  projects, overall availability of funds and competing demands.

Following  projects  have  been  taken  for  multi-tracking  along  with electrification in Raipur Division:

|   Sl. No. | Section                                             |    Kms | Cost (₹ in Cr)   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------|
|         1 | Kharsia - Naya Raipur - Parmalkasa 5th and 6th line | 278    | 8,741.38         |
|         2 | Raipur - Titlagarh Doubling                         | 203    | 1477.65          |
|         3 | 4th line between Durg - Rajnandgaon                 |  31    | 463.83           |
|         4 | 4th line - Dadhapara-Belha                          |   9.2  | 169.06           |
|         5 | 4th line - Belha-Dagori                             |   6.5  | 86.59            |
|         6 | Nipania-Bhatapra                                    |  14.4  | 170.49           |
|         7 | 4th line - Bhatapara-Hathband                       |   8.8  | 177.03           |
|         8 | 4th line - Bhilai-Durg link cabin                   |   2.8  | 55.51            |
|         9 | 4th line - Bhilai-Bhilainagar                       |   8.8  | 177.34           |
|        10 | ROR/Fly over between Dagori- Belha                  |   8.18 | 156.03           |
|        11 | Urkura-Raipur Store Depot (RSD) Doubling            |   3    | 35.98            |
|        12 | 4th line between Sarona-Bhilai                      |  17.3  | 290.47           |
|        13 | 4th line between Durg Link Cabin - Durg             |   3    | 143.17           |

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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