Lok Sabha Question No. 1606 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: New Railway Lines Constructed/under construction in Telangana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Godam Nagesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1606 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024

## NEW RAILWAY LINES CONSTRUCTED /UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN TELANGANA

1606   SHRI GODAM NAGESH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of various ongoing railway projects in Telangana;
- (b) the number of new railway lines constructed/under construction in Telangana;
- (c) the status of the said project;
- (d) the number of unmanned level crossings in the country;
- (e)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  eliminate  level crossings in the country especially in Telangana;
- (f)  the details of works fund allocated and measures taken to expedite the progress of the said work; and
- (g)  the  measures  taken  to  mitigate  the  problem  of  water logging in subways?

## ANSWER

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

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (g) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1606 BY SHRI GODAM NAGESH TO BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  04.12.2024  REGARDING NEW RAILWAY LINES CONSTRUCTED /UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN TELANGANA

(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 Telangana are  covered  under  South  Central  Railway  and  South Western  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 Railways website.

As  on  01.04.2024,  20  projects(07  New  Lines  and  13  Doubling), covering  total  length  of  2,298  Km  length,  costing  Rs.32,946 crore, falling fully/partly in the state of Telangana, are at various stages  of    planning  and  implementation,  out  of  which  474  Km length  has  been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of  Rs.9,958 crore has been incurred upto March' 2024. The status of the work is summarized as:

| Plan Head   |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned (Km) |   Expupto March 2024 (Rs. in cr.) |
|-------------|-------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| New Line    |                 7 |                    997 |                        245 |                              4433 |
| Double Line |                13 |                   1301 |                        230 |                              5526 |
| Total       |                20 |                   2298 |                        474 |                              9958 |

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

| Year      | Budget outlay   |
|-----------|-----------------|
| 2023-2024 | Rs.4,418 cr     |
| 2024-2025 | Rs.5,336 cr     |

The  details  of  commissioning  /  laying  of    new  track  falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana during 2009-14 and 201424 is as under :-

| Period   | Total Length Commissioned   | Average Length Commissioned   | increase w.r.t. average commissioning during 2009-14   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 87 Km                       | 17.4 Km/year                  | -                                                      |
| 2014-24  | 650 Km                      | 65 Km/year                    | Nearly 4 times                                         |

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.

(d) to (g): All Unmanned level crossings (UMLCs) on runninglines of Broad Gauge (BG) network of Indian Railway including in the State of Telangana have been eliminated by 31.01.2019.

Presently there are 263 Nos. of manned Level Crossing (LCs) in the  State  of  Telangana.  Sanctioning  of  works  of  Road  over Bridge  (ROB)/Road  under  Bridge  (RUB)  for  elimination  of  Level crossings (LCs) is a continuous and dynamic process of Indian Railway. Such works are prioritised and taken up on the basis of its  impact  on  safety  in  train  operations,  mobility  of  trains  & impact for road users and feasibility etc.

During 2014-24, 437 nos. ROBs/RUBs have been constructed in the  State  of  Telangana.  As  on  01.04.24,  there  are  136  Nos. sanctioned works of Road Over Bridge (ROB)/Road Under Bridge (RUB) at cost of Rs 4705 Cr in the state of Telangana. Funds of 168 crore for construction of ROBs/RUBs has been allocated in the State of Telangana for the year 2024-25.

Railways have taken following measures to expedite the progress of ROB/RUB works:

- (i) Joint survey with concerned State Govt./Road Owning Authority  is  done  before  finalizing  the  General  Arrangement Drawing (GAD) to ensure smooth execution.
- (ii)  Periodic  meetings  of  Railway  &  State  Government  officials are done to resolve various issues related to ROB/RUB works.
- (iii) Standardization of superstructure drawings for various combinations of span, skewness and width of road on Railway portion has  been  done  to  avoid delays during the design approval.  This  has  been  issued  in  the  form  of  compendium, which  can  be  directly  adopted  for  Road  Over  Bridge  across Railway lines for expeditious planning.
- (iv)  ROB/RUB  works  are  planned  to  be  executed  on  a  single entity  basis  by  Railway  wherever  possible.  In  case  any  Road Owning  authority/State  Govt.  wants  then  Railway  may  permit them to execute the work on a single entity basis.

Further,  Railways  have  taken  several  remedial  measures  to mitigate  the  problem  of  water  logging  in  subways.  Adequate drainage arrangement  has been  made  as  integral part of planning of new Road Under Bridge (RUB)/Subways. In existing RUBs/subways  remedial  measures  like  water  flow  diversion  to nearby  bridge  and  nallahs/drains,  provision  of  cover  shed  on approach roads, provision of hump at entry to Road under Bridge (RUB), provision of cross drains, sealing of joints etc. have been made  as  per  feasibility,  suitability  and  site  requirements.  In addition, pumping arrangement has also been made for identified RUBs, to drain out water expeditiously in case of emergency and provision  to  stop  road  traffic  in  exceptional/unusual  rainfall situation for safety of road users.

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