Lok Sabha Question No. 1434 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Ongoing/Pending Railway Projects in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Praveen Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1434 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024

## ONGOING/PENDING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UTTAR PRADESH

1434. SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the current  status  of  ongoing  and  pending  railway  projects  in various railway zones in the country including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the details of funds allocated and released for the development of these projects particularly for the said State;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  ensure  timely completion of these projects; and
- (d) if so, the details in this regard?

## 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 UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1434  BY  SHRI  PRAVEEN  PATEL  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 04.12.2024 REGARDING ONGOING/PENDING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN UTTAR PRADESH

(a) to (d):   Railway  projects  are  surveyed/  sanctioned/executed  Zonal Railway  wise  and  not  State-wise  as  the  Railway  projects  may  span across State boundaries. Railway projects are sanctioned on the basis of remunerativeness, traffic projections, last mile connectivity, missing links and alternate routes, augmentation of congested/saturated  lines,  demands  raised  by  State  Governments, Central Ministries, Members of Parliament, other public representatives, Railway's own operational requirement, socioeconomic considerations etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

As on 01.04.2024, across Indian Railways, 488 Railway infrastructure projects  (187  New  Line,  40  Gauge  Conversion  and  261  Doubling)  of total  length  44,488  Km,  costing approx. 7.44 lakh crore  are in planning/approval/construction stage, out of which, 12,045 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of approx.  2.92 lakh crore has been incurred upto March, 2024. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No of Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (Km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'24 (Km)   | Total Exp upto Mar'24 ( in Crore)   |
|--------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |              187 | 20,199                       | 2,855                                  | 1,60,022                            |
| Gauge Conversion         |               40 | 4,719                        | 2,972                                  | 18,706                              |
| Doubling / Multitracking |              261 | 19,570                       | 6,218                                  | 1,13,742                            |
| Total                    |              488 | 44,488                       | 12,045                                 | 2,92,470                            |

Zone-wise/year-wise  details  of  all  Railway  Projects  including  cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

The details of outlay for infrastructure projects across Indian Railways is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                       |
|----------|------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 11,527 crore/year            |
| 2024-25  | 68,634 crore (about 6 times) |

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

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 7,599 Km                 | 4.2 Km/day                            |
| 2014-24  | 31,180 Km                | 8.54 Km/day ( more than 2 times)      |

## Uttar Pradesh

Railway infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh are covered under Northern Railway, North Central Railway, North Eastern Railway, East Central Railway and West Central Railway zones  of  Indian  Railways.  Zonal  Railway  wise  details  of  Railway projects including cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain.

As  on  01.04.2024,  68  Railway  projects  (16  New  Line,  03  Gauge Conversion  and  49  Doubling),  of  total  length  of  5,874  Km  costing ₹92,001 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh, are at various stages of planning and implementation, out of which 1,313 Km length  has  been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of  ₹28,366  crore has been incurred upto March' 2024. The status of work is summarized as under:-

| Plan Head                |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned (in Km) |   Expenditure upto March 2024 ( in crore) |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| New lines                |                16 |                   1740 |                           297 |                                      8672 |
| Gauge Conversion         |                 3 |                    261 |                             0 |                                        26 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                49 |                   3873 |                          1016 |                                     19668 |
| Total                    |                68 |                   5874 |                          1313 |                                     28366 |

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

| Period   | Outlay                            |
|----------|-----------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 1,109 crore/year                  |
| 2024-25  | 19,848 crore (More than 17 times) |

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

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 996 Km                   | 199.2 Km/year                         |
| 2014-24  | 4,902 Km                 | 490.2 Km/year (More than 2.4 times)   |

The completion of any Railway project(s) depends on various factors like  quick  land acquisition by State Government, forest clearance by officials  of  forest  department,  deposition  of  cost  share  by  State Government  in  cost  sharing  projects,  priority  of  projects,  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 due to climatic conditions etc.

Various  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  speedy  approval  and implementation  of  rail  projects  include  (i)  setting  up  of  Gati  Shakti units (ii) prioritisation of projects (iii) substantial increase in allocation of funds on priority projects (iv) delegation of powers at field level (v) close  monitoring  of  progress  of project at various levels, and (vi) 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.  This  has  led  to substantial increase in rate of commissioning since 2014.

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