Lok Sabha Question No. 447 (STARRED), answered on 2025-04-02
Subject: Railway Projects in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Prabhakar Reddy Vemireddy, Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.447 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2025

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

*447.    SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR: SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY VEMIREDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the railway projects proposed, under-construction and their status at present in Andhra Pradesh particularly in Eluru district;
- (b)  the  details  of total  amount of funds allocated, sanctioned and utilised, project-wise in Andhra  Pradesh  particularly in Eluru district;
- (c) the details of the timeline, if any, fixed for completion of railway projects  in  Andhra  Pradesh  especially  in  Eluru  district,  projectwise;
- (d) whether the Government has any plans for establishing any new railway lines in Andhra Pradesh particularly in Eluru district and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)whether the Government has undertaken any awareness/ promotional campaigns regarding new  railway  projects  in  Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e)  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. ****

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.447 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2025

(a) to (e):   Railway projects are sanctioned and executed Zonal Railway  wise  not  State  wise/District  wise  as  Railway  project/s may span across state boundaries. Railway projects are taken up on the  basis of remunerativeness, last mile connectivity, missing links and alternate routes, augmentation  of congested/saturated lines, demands raised by State Governments, Central Ministries, 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 falling fully/partly in Andhra Pradesh are covered  under  Southern  Railway,  South  Central  Railway,  South Western Railway and East Coast Railway zones of Indian Railways. Zonal Railway wise details of projects including their cost, expenditure,  outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railways website.

As on 01.04.2024, total 41 Railway projects (17 New Lines and 24 Doubling),  covering  total  length  of  5,329  km,  costing  ₹73,743 crore,  falling  fully/partly  in  Andhra  Pradesh  are  in  the  stage  of planning/approval/execution,  out  of  which  1006  km  length  has been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of  ₹24,150  crore  has been incurred upto March 2024.

| Category   |   No. of projects |   Total Length NL/GC/DL (in km) |   Length Commissioned till (Km) |   Total Exp upto March 2024 (Rs. in cr.) |
|------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| New Lines  |                17 |                            1935 |                             184 |                                     5530 |
| Doubling   |                24 |                            3394 |                             822 |                                    18620 |
| TOTAL      |                41 |                            5329 |                            1006 |                                    24150 |

65 Surveys (13 New Line and 52 Doubling)  covering a total length of 6764  kms  falling fully/partly in the State  of  Andhra  Pradesh including Eluru District have been sanctioned in last three years i.e. 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and current year 2024-25.

Survey of Vijayawada-Duvvada 3 rd line (335 km) has been sanctioned which passes through Eluru District.

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in fund allocation and commensurate commissioning of projects across Indian Railways.  Budget  allocation  for  infrastructure  projects  and  safety works falling fully/partly in the State of Andhra Pradesh is as under:

| Year      | Budget outlay                      | Increase average allocation 2009-14   | w.r.t. annual during   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 2009-2014 | ₹886 cr/year (including Telangana) | -                                     |                        |
| 2025-2026 | ₹9,417 cr                          | More than 10 times                    | More than 10 times     |

Commissioning of infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Andhra Pradesh is as under:

| Period   | Total Length Commissioned   | Average Length Commissioned        | change w.r.t. average commissioning during 2009-14   |
|----------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 363 km                      | 72.6 km/Year (including Telangana) | -                                                    |
| 2014-24  | 1,510 km                    | 151 km/Year                        | More than 2 times                                    |

Completion / Execution of Railway project/s depends on various factors like 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 due to climatic conditions etc.

Informative Creatives on various Railway Projects are posted on social media handles of Zonal Railways and Indian Railways from time to time.

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