Lok Sabha Question No. 294 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: Construction of Foot Over Bridges (FoBs), Road Over Bridge (RoB) and Under Bridges
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 294 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2024

CONSTRUCTION OF FOOT OVER BRIDGES (FOBs), ROAD OVER BRIDGE (ROB) AND UNDER BRIDGES

294.  DR. HEMANT VISHNU SAVARA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of Foot Over Bridges (FoBs), Road Over Bridges  (RoBs)  and  Under  Passes  proposed  to  be  constructed  by Railways in  the  Western  Railway  and  Central  Railway,  location-wise specially in Palghar district;
- b) whether any target has been fixed for completing the construction of  all  proposed  FoBs, RoBs and  Under Passes or survey for the new construction in Palghar Districts; and
- (c) If so, 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. 294  BY DR. HEMANT VISHNU SAVARA ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.07.2024 REGARDING CONSTRUCTION  OF  FOOT  OVER  BRIDGES  (FOBs),  ROAD  OVER BRIDGE (ROB) AND UNDER BRIDGES (a) to (c):  As on 01.04.2024, works of construction of 223 Nos. Road over Bridge (ROB)/ Road under Bridge (RUB) have been sanctioned in Central Railway and works of construction of 386 Nos. of ROBs/RUBs have been sanctioned in Western Railway including 10 Nos.  ROB/RUB in  lieu  of  level  crossings  at  total  cost  of  approx.  ₹.  323  crore,  in Palghar  District.  These  works  are  at  various  stages  of  planning, tendering  and  execution.  The  details  of  ROB/RUB  works  of  Palghar District are as under:

|   S.No. | Location of RoB/RUB                              |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | LC No. 57 between Dahanu Road - Gholvad stations |
|       2 | LC No. 42 between Vaitarna -Saphale stations     |
|       3 | LC No. 46A between Kelve Road-Palghar stations   |
|       4 | LC No. 52 between Palghar-Boisar stations        |
|       5 | LC No. 55 between Boisar-Vangaon stations        |
|       6 | LC No. 41 between Virar -Vaiterna stations       |
|       7 | LC No. 49 between Palghar-Boisar stations        |
|       8 | LC No. 45 between Kelve Road-Palghar stations    |
|       9 | LC No. 44 between Saphale-Kelve stations         |
|      10 | LC No. 58 Dahanu Road - Gholvad stations         |

Provision  of  passenger  amenities  including  FOBs  at  Railway stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and on-going process and works in this regard are undertaken depending upon need, volume of passenger traffic and inter-se priority subject to availability of funds and  priority  is  accorded  to  higher  category  of  stations  over  lower category  of  stations  while  sanctioning  and  executing  the  works.  An FOB at Naigaon Railway station under Palghar district is proposed to be constructed.

Completion & commissioning of ROB/RUB/FOB works depends on various factors like cooperation of  State Governments in giving   consent  for  closure  of  LC,   fixing  of  approach  alignment, approval  of  General  Arrangement  Drawing  (GAD),  land  acquisition, removal  of  encroachment,  shifting  of  infringing  utilities,  statutory clearances  from  various  authorities,   law  and  order  situation  in  the area of project / work sites,  duration of working season in a year for the particular project / area  due to climatic conditions etc.  All these factors affect the completion time of the projects / works.  Therefore, it is not feasible to fix definite timelines for completion of ROB/RUB/FOB works.

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