Lok Sabha Question No. 254 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-27
Subject: Surveys for New Railway Lines in Telangana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Godam Nagesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.254 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2024

## SURVEYS FOR NEW RAILWAY LINES IN TELANGANA

254    SHRI GODAM NAGESH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)whether the Government is planning to launch surveys for new Railway lines in the State of Telangana; (b) If so, the details thereof and the proposed new routes that are going to be surveyed; and (c) the status of the survey of the line being undertaken after the same was announced in the Railway Budget 2023-24 and the details thereof?

## 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.254  BY  SHRI  GODAM  NAGESH  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  27.11.2024  REGARDING  SURVEYS FOR NEW RAILWAY LINES IN TELANGANA

(a)  to  (c):      Railway  projects/surveys  are  not  sanctioned  Statewise/District-wise/Region-wise/Constituency-wise, but sanctioned Zone  wise  as  Indian  Railways'  projects  may  span  across  State boundaries/Parliamentary Constituencies. Railway projects are taken up Zonal Railway-wise on the  basis of remunerativeness, last mile connectivity, missing links and alternate routes, augumentation  of  congested/saturated  lines,  demands  raised  by State Governments, Central Minstries, Member 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 projects in Telangana are covered by South Central Railway and  South  Western  Railway  Zones  of  Indian  Railways.  Zone  wise details  of  Railway  projects,  including  cost,  expenditure  and  outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railways website.

62 Surveys (19 New Line and 43 Doubling)  covering a total length of 6066  kms  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Telangana  have  been sanctioned  in  last  three  years  i.e.  2021-22,  2022-23,  2023-24  and current  year  2024-25  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 etc.

After completion of survey, 08 Projects covering a total length of 828 kms falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana costing ₹10,448 crore have been sanctioned in year 2023-24.

As on 01.04.2024, 20 projects(07 New Lines and 13 Doubling), covering total length of 2,298 km  length, costing ₹32,946 crore, falling fully/partly  in  Telangana,  are  in  planning/approval/construction  stage, out of which 474  km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹9,958 crore has been incurred upto March 2024. The summary is as under:

| Plan Head   |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in km) |   Length Commissioned (Km) |   Balance to complete (in km) |   Exp upto March 2024 (₹. in cr.) |
|-------------|-------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| New Line    |                 7 |                    997 |                        245 |                           752 |                              4433 |
| Double Line |                13 |                   1301 |                        230 |                          1072 |                              5526 |
| TOTAL       |                20 |                   2298 |                        474 |                          1824 |                              9958 |

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in Budget allocation and commensurate commissioning of projects. Annual Budget allocation for infrastructure and other works falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana is as under:

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

Contd…….P/3

## The  details of commissioning/laying  of  new  track  across  Indian Railways is given below:

| Period   | Total Length Commissioned   | Average Length Commissioned    |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 87 km                       | 17.4 km/Year                   |
| 2014-24  | 650 km                      | 65 km/Year (More than 3 times) |

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 of the projects.

Various  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  effective  and  speedy implementation  of  rail  projects  include  (i)  substantial  increase  in allocation  of  funds,  (ii)  delegation  of  powers  at  field  level,  (iii)  close monitoring of progress of project at various levels (iv) regular follow up with  State  Governments  and  concerned  authorities  for  expeditious land  acquisition,  forestry  and  Wildlife  clearances  and  for  resolving other issues pertaining to projects.

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