Lok Sabha Question No. 682 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Ongoing Railway Projects in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 682 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2023

## ONGOING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN TAMIL NADU

682.  DR. T.R. PAARIVENDHAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  current  status  of  the  various  ongoing  Railways  projects  in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the total number of new railway projects including laying of new railway lines, conversion of meter-gauge to broad-guage, electrification of railway lines, introduction of new train services, etc. during the last three years; and
- (c) the  number  of  such  projects  being  financed  by  the  Union Government,  State  Governments,  loan  borrowed  from  world bank/international financial institutions, PPP scheme, etc., project-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS 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. 682 BY DR. T.R. PAARIVENDHAR TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  06.12.2023  REGARDING  ONGOING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN TAMIL NADU

(a) to (c): Railway projects are sanctioned and taken up Zonal Railway-wise and not State-wise as the Indian Railway's projects may span  across  various  State  boundaries.  However,  as  on  01.04.23,  23 projects (09 new line, 03 Gauge conversion and 11 doubling) of total length 2,848 Km costing ` 35,580 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Tamil Nadu are in planning/approval/construction stage, out of which, 839 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 9,078 crore has been incurred upto March, 2023.

- (i) 9 New Line projects covering total length of 871 km at a cost of ` 14,682  crore,  out  of  which  18  km  length  has  been commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ` 1,109  crore  has  been incurred upto March 2023.
- (ii) 3 Gauge Conversion projects covering total length of 748 km at a cost of ` 5,224 crore, out of which 583 km length has been commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ` 3,024  crore  has  been incurred upto March 2023.
- (iii) 11  Doubling  projects  covering  total  length  of  1,229  km  at  a cost  of ` 15,674  crore,  out  of  which  238  km  length  has  been commissioned and an expenditure of ` 4,945  crore  has  been incurred upto March 2023.

As on 01.04.2023, total 03 new line projects falling fully/partly in the State of Tamil Nadu have been sanctioned during last three years.

As on 01.11.2023, one Railway electrification project of 161 Km, length  costing ` 277  crore  falling  in  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  is  in construction stage. An expenditure of ` 124 crore has been incurred on this project upto March, 2023.

05  electrification  projects  costing  of ` 1321  crore  have  been sanctioned  during  last  three  years  over  Indian  Railway  (2020-21  to 2022-23).

As  the  Railway  network  straddle  across  State  boundaries, trains  are  introduced,  as  per  network  requirement,  across  such (on originating/terminating basis) have been introduced during the period 2020-2023 (till Oct- 2023), serving various stations located in the State boundaries. However, 10 pairs of train services of Tamil Nadu.

For two projects in the State of Tamil Nadu State Government is sharing cost of project.

Railway infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Tamil  Nadu  are  covered  under  Southern  Railway  (SR),  South  Central Railway  (SCR)  and  South  Western  Railway  (SWR)  zone  of  Indian Railways.

Since  2014,  there  has  been  substantial  increase  in  Budget allocation  and  commensurate  commissioning  of  projects.  Budget allocation  for  infrastructure  and  safety  projects  in  Tamil  Nadu  has been  enhanced  to  highest  at ` 6,080  crore  this  year  which  is  nearly seven times of the budget allocation of ` 922 crore in 2013-14.

Average  annual  Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  and  safety works, falling fully/ partly in State of Tamil Nadu, during 2014-19 has been  enhanced  to ` 1,979  crore  per  year  which  is  125%  more  than average annual budget outlay of ` 879 crore per year during 2009-14. These  allocations have been increased   to ` 2,410  crore  for  Financial Year 2019-20 (174% more than average annual allocation of 2009-14), ` 2,812  crore  for  Financial  Year  2020-21  (220%  more  than  average annual  budget  allocation  of  2009-14)  and ` 3,730  crore  for  Financial Year 2021-22 (324% more than average annual allocation of 2009-14) and ` 3,865 in FY 2022-23 (340% more than average annual allocation of 2009-14). For FY 2023-24, highest ever Budget Outlay ` 6,080 crore has  been  provided  for  these  works,  which  is  559%  more  than allocation of 2013-14 ( ` 922 crore).

During 2014-23, 1227 km sections (18 km New Line, 456 Km of Gauge  Conversion  and  753  km  of  Doubling)  falling  fully/partly  in  the State  of  Tamil  Nadu  have  been  commissioned  at  an  average  rate 136.33 km per year.

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