Lok Sabha Question No. 2645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-11
Subject: Sakaleshpur-Subhramanya Ghat Section
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2645 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2024

## SAKALESHPUR-SUBHRAMANYA GHAT SECTION

2645. SHRI KOTA SRINIVASA POOJARY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of electrification of the Sakaleshpur-Subhramanya Ghat section, and the tentative completion date for the electrification of the Bangalore-Padeel section of South Western Railway (SWR);
- (b) whether the proposal sent by South Western Railway to the Central Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS) on train crossings at Harebetta Station  on  the  said  Ghat  section  has  been  approved,  and  if  so,  the timeline for implementation; and
- (c) the plans of the Government to augment the capacity of the said Ghat section of South Western Railway?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (c) Railway Electrification works have been completed in Padil to Subrahmanya  Road  and  Bengaluru  to  Sakleshpur  section  of  South Western Railway (SWR). Further, Electrification works have been undertaken in the balance section of Bengaluru-Padil i.e. Sakleshpur to Subrahmanya Road.

As on 01.04.2024, 31 Railways projects (21 New Line, and 10 Doubling) of total length 3,840 Km, costing Rs. 47,016 crore, falling fully/partly in the State of Karnataka, are at various stages of planning and implementation, out of which 1,302 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs. 17,383 crore has been  incurred upto March'2024. The summary is as under:-

| Plan Head               |   No. of projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned (in Km)   | Expenditure upto March 2024 (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| New Line                |                21 | 2556                   | 395                           | 7,592                                      |
| Doubling /Multitracking |                10 | 1284                   | 907                           | 9,791                                      |
| Total                   |                31 | 3,840                  | 1,302                         | 17,383                                     |

Survey of total 56 projects (19 new line and 37 doubling) of total length 6159  Km  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Karnataka  have  been sanctioned during last three year (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and current financial year 2024-25).

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

| Period   | Total Track Commissioned   | Average Track Commissioned   |
|----------|----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 565 Km                     | 113 Km/Year                  |
| 2014-24  | 1,633 Km                   | 163 Km/Year                  |

In  Sakleshpur  -  Subrahmanya  Rd.  section,  there  is  a  block  section  of about 19 km length in between Yedakumeri and Shiribagilu station. To increase  the  capacity  of  the  section,  feasibility  study  of  providing crossing  station  at  Harebetta  in  between  Yedakumeri  and  Shiribagilu station has been taken up.

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