Lok Sabha Question No. 128 (STARRED), answered on 2024-07-31
Subject: Survey on Laying of Railway Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.128 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2024

## SURVEY ON LAYING OF RAILWAY LINES

†*128 SMT. ROOPKUMARI CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any survey has been conducted for laying of railway lines between Mahasamund to Tumgaon, Pithora, Basna, Saraipali, Sohela and Bargarh route in Chhattisgarh;
- (b)  if  so,  the  decision  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  on  the basis of the said survey;
- (c) if not, whether the survey has been planned during the year 202425; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 128 BY SMT. ROOPKUMARI CHOUDHARY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2024 REGARDING SURVEY ON LAYING OF RAILWAY LINES

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

Feasibility  study  for  construction  of  a  new  line  from  Mahasamund to Bargarh  (180  kms)  via  Tumgaon,  Patewa,  Pithora,  Saraipali  was carried out. There were low traffic projections in feasibility study.

Now a new final location survey from Raipur to Sambalpur (270 kms) has  been  sanctioned  for  preparation  of  Detailed  Project  Report.  The alignment of this route passes through Mahasmund District.

However, Mahasamund is already connected with Bargarh via Titlagarh and  doubling of  both  Raipur-Mahasamund-Titlagarh  and Titlagarh-Bargarh-Sambalpur has been completed in last 2 years.

59 Surveys (25 New Line, 34 Doubling) of total length 5223 kms falling fully/partly  in  Chhattisgarh have been taken up under PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP)  for the development  of multimodal connectivity infrastructure to various Economic Zones with an objective  to  have  integrated  planning,  enhanced  logistics  efficiency and  remove  gaps  for  seamless  movement  of  people,  goods  and services,  connectivity to  industrial  clusters,  ports,  mines,  power plants, agricultural zones including tourist and cultural places.

Sanctioning of Railway projects is a continuous and dynamic process of Indian Railway. Railway Infrastructure Projects are taken up on the basis of remunerativeness, last mile connectivity, missing links and

alternate  routes,  augmentation  of  congested/saturated  lines  socioeconomic  considerations  etc.  depending  upon  liabilities  of  ongoing projects, overall availability of funds and competing demands.

As on 01.04.2024, 25 Projects (08 New Line and 17 Doubling) of a total length 2,731 km, costing ₹37,018 crore, falling fully/partly in Chhattisgarh are in planning/approval/construction stage, out of which 882 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹14,919 crore has been incurred upto March, 2024.

- (i) 08  New  Line  projects  covering  total  length  of  1,358  km  at  a cost of ₹20,414 crore, out of which 184 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 6,154 crore has been incurred upto March 2024.
- (ii) 17  Doubling  projects  covering  total  length  of  1,373km  at  a cost of  ₹ 16,604 crore, out of which 698 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of  ₹ 8,765 crore has been incurred upto March 2024.

Average Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/ partly in Chhattisgarh is as under:

| Period   | Average outlay   | Increase as compared to average allocation during 2009-14   |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹ 311 Cr./year   | -                                                           |
| 2023-24  | ₹ 6008 Crore     | More than 19 times                                          |
| 2024-25  | ₹ 6922 Crore     | More than 22 times                                          |

Contd……3/-

Commissioning of infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Chhattisgarh is as under:

| Period   | Total Length Commissioned   | Average Length Commissioned   | change w.r.t. average commissioning during 2009-14   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 32 km                       | 6.4 km/Year                   | -                                                    |
| 2014-24  | 999 km                      | 99.9 km/Year                  | Nearly 15.6%                                         |

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