Lok Sabha Question No. 2981 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: Railway Line between Harihara-Honnalli-Shivamogga
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Prabha Mallikarjun

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2981 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2025

## RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN HARIHARA-HONNALLI-SHIVAMOGGA 2981.  DR. PRABHA MALLIKARJUN:

Will the Minister of  RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to carryout survey for railway line between  Harihara - Honnalli - Shivamogga of Karnataka State; and
- (b) if  so,  details including the benefits to the farmer and public as a result thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) and (b): Shivamogga-Harihar new line project (79 Km) has been sanctioned on 50:50 cost sharing  basis and land to be provided free of cost by Government of Karnataka (GoK) at a cost of ₹832 crore.

Railways had requested GoK to acquire entire land of 488 Ha for the project. However, GoK has shown their inability to share the cost and to provide land free of cost. The project has been held up on this account.

Railway  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of

Karnataka are covered under South Western Railway (SWR), Central

Railway  (CR),  Southern  Railway  (SR)  and  South  Central  Railway (SCR)  zones  of  Indian  Railways.  Zonal  Railway  wise  details  of Railway  projects  are  made  available  in  public  domain  on  Indian Railway's website.

As on 01.04.2025, 25 projects (15 new lines, 10 Doubling) of 3,264 km length, costing ₹42,517 crore falling fully/partly in Karnataka are sanctioned, out of which 1,394 Km length has been commissioned and  an  expenditure  of  ₹21,310  Crore    has    been    incurred    upto March' 2025.  The summary is as under:-

| Category                |   No of sanctioned Projects | Total Length (in km)   | Length Commissioned Upto Mar'25 (Km)   | Exp upto Mar'25 (₹ in cr.)   |
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| New Line                |                          15 | 2,034                  | 421                                    | 8,794                        |
| Doubling/ Multitracking |                          10 | 1,230                  | 973                                    | 12,516                       |
| Total                   |                          25 | 3,264                  | 1,394                                  | 21,310                       |

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

| Period   | Outlay                           |
|----------|----------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹835 crore/year                  |
| 2025-26  | ₹7,564 crore (more than 9 times) |

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

| Period   | Total Track Commissioned   | Average Track Commissioned   |
|----------|----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 565 Km                     | 113 Km/year                  |
| 2014-25  | 1,671 Km                   | 152 Km/year (34% more)       |

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

|   S. No | Project                                     |   Cost (₹in Crores) |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Kottur-Harihar New Line (65 km)             |                 468 |
|       2 | Hassan-Bangalore New Line (167 km)          |                1290 |
|       3 | Bidar-Gulbarga New Line (110 km)            |                1543 |
|       4 | Shivani-Hosadurga Road Doubling (10 km)     |                  50 |
|       5 | Shivani-Birur Doubling (29 km)              |                 143 |
|       6 | Hosadurga-Chikjajur Doubling (29 km)        |                 260 |
|       7 | Ramanagram-Mysore patch Doubling (94 km)    |                 998 |
|       8 | Yelahanka-Chennasadra Doubling (13 km)      |                 108 |
|       9 | Yeshwantpur-Yelahanka Doubling (12 km)      |                  95 |
|      10 | Netrawati-Mangalore Central Doubling (2 km) |                  28 |
|      11 | Kankanadi-Panambur Doubling (19 km)         |                 350 |
|      12 | Arsikere-Tumkur Doubling (96 km)            |                 758 |
|      13 | Yelahanka-Penukonda Doubling (123 km)       |                1104 |
|      14 | Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 km)            |                3182 |
|      15 | Hubli-Chikjajur Doubling (190 km)           |                1850 |

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

|   S No. | Project                                    |   Cost (₹ in Crores) |
|---------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Hospet-Hubli-Londa-Vasco-de-Gama Doubling  |                 4153 |
|       2 | Toranagallu-Ranjithpura Doubling (23 Km)   |                  147 |
|       3 | Hotgi-Gadag Doubling (284 Km)              |                 2459 |
|       4 | Ginigera - Raichur New line (165 Km)       |                 3401 |
|       5 | Gadag - Wadi New line (257 Km)             |                 2842 |
|       6 | Bagalkot - Kudachi New line (142 Km)       |                 1649 |
|       7 | Tumkur - Rayadurga New line (207 Km)       |                 2496 |
|       8 | Tumkur - Davangere New line (182 Km)       |                 2142 |
|       9 | Chikmagalur - Belur New line (22 Km)       |                  290 |
|      10 | Kadur - Chikmagalur New line (46 Km)       |                  535 |
|      11 | Baiyyapanahalli - Hosur Doubling (48 Km)   |                  336 |
|      12 | Yeshwanthpur-Channasandra Doubling (22 Km) |                  314 |

Despite  the  fact  that  Government  of  India  has  been  progressively allocating  record  funds  for  railway  projects,  many  projects  in Karnataka  are  still  delayed  due  to  slow  pace  of  land  acquisition. Some of the projects delayed due to land acquisition are given as under:-

|   S No. | Project                                |   Total Land required (in Ha) |   Land acquired (in Ha) |   Balance Land to be acquired (in Ha) |
|---------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|       1 | Shimoga - Rannebennur New line (96 Km) |                           559 |                     226 |                                   333 |
|       2 | Belgaum - Dharwad New line (73 Km)     |                           531 |                       0 |                                   531 |
|       3 | Shimoga - Harihar New line (79 Km)     |                           488 |                       0 |                                   488 |
|       4 | Whitefield-Kolar New line (53 km)      |                           337 |                       0 |                                   337 |
|       5 | Hassan-Belur New Line (27 km)          |                           206 |                       0 |                                   206 |

Summary of the status of land acquisition in Karnataka is as under:-

| Total Land required for Projects in Karnataka   | 8969 Ha       |
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| Land Acquired                                   | 5657 Ha (63%) |
| Balance Land to be acquired                     | 3312 Ha (37%) |

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.

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