Lok Sabha Question No. 1690 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-30
Subject: Projects under Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ms Iqra Choudhary, Shri Pushpendra Saroj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1690 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2025

## PROJECTS UNDER RASHTRIYA RAIL SANRAKSHA KOSH

1690. MS IQRA CHOUDHARY:

SHRI PUSHPENDRA SAROJ:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  status  of  all  the  railway  projects  related  to new railway lines, gauge conversions, doubling and electrification of existing railway lines for the Northern, North Central & North Eastern Railway Zones;
- (b) the details of the status of all the projects under Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) in the above mentioned three zones;
- (c) the details of the number of stations in Uttar Pradesh that have been provided Electronic Interlocking System, district-wise;
- (d) the  details  of  funds  allocated,  sanctioned  and  spent  for  the projects, year-wise; and
- (e) whether any delays and cost-overruns have been witnessed in the  above  projects,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the estimated increase in costs and timeline for completion?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e): 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, ..P/2

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.

Zonal Railway wise details of projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railways website.

Entire Broad Gauge Railway lines of Northern Railway, North Central Railway and North Eastern Railway have been electrified.

Details  of  sanctioned  Railway  infrastructure  projects  (New  Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling) being executed in  North  Eastern Railway,  North  Central  Railway  and  Northern  Railway  are  given below:

North Eastern Railway

North  Eastern  Railway  zone  span  across  the  States  of  Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand.

As  on 01.04.2025,  across North Eastern Railway, 17  Railway infrastructure projects (08 New Line, 01 Gauge Conversion and 08 Doubling) of total length 1252 Km, costing approx.  20,466 crore are sanctioned,  out  of  which,  354  Km  length  has  been  commissioned and an expenditure of approx. 10,485 lakh crore has been incurred upto March, 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No of Projects |   Total Length NL/GC/DL (km) |   Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (Km) |   Total Exp upto Mar'25 ( in crore) |
|--------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                8 |                          656 |                                     48 |                                4042 |
| Gauge                    |                1 |                           56 |                                      0 |                                 260 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                8 |                          541 |                                    306 |                                6184 |
| Total                    |               17 |                         1252 |                                    354 |                               10485 |

## North Central Railway

North Central Railway zone span across the States of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana.

As on 01.04.2025, across North Central Railway, 18 Railway infrastructure  projects  (03  Gauge  Conversion  and  15  Doubling)  of total length 1874 Km, costing approx. 25,829 crore are sanctioned, out  of  which,  565  Km  length  has  been  commissioned  and  an expenditure  of  approx. 14,057  lakh  crore  has  been  incurred  upto March, 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No of Projects |   Total Length NL/GC/DL (km) |   Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (Km) |   Total Exp upto Mar'25 ( in crore) |
|--------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Gauge Conversion         |                3 |                          440 |                                     97 |                                2903 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |               15 |                         1433 |                                    468 |                               11155 |
| Total                    |               18 |                         1874 |                                    565 |                               14057 |

## Northern Railway

Northern Railway zone span across the States of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,  Delhi,  Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

As on 01.04.2025, across Northern Railway, 29 Railway infrastructure projects (08 New Line and 21 Doubling) of total length 1169  Km,  costing approx. 69,731  crore  are  sanctioned,  out  of which, 344 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of approx. 31,625 lakh crore has been incurred upto March, 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No of Projects |   Total Length NL/GC/DL (km) |   Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (Km) |   Total Exp upto Mar'25 ( in crore) |
|--------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                8 |                          499 |                                     80 |                               28288 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |               21 |                          670 |                                    264 |                                3337 |
| Total                    |               29 |                         1169 |                                    344 |                               31625 |

Safety  is  accorded  the  highest  priority  on  Indian  Railways.  As  a consequence of various safety measures taken over the years, there has been a steep decline in the number of accidents. Consequential Train Accidents have reduced from 135 in 2014-15 to 31 in 2024-25 as shown in the graph below.

It  may  be  noted  that  the  Consequential  Train  Accidents  during  the period  2004-14  was  1711  (average  171  per  annum),  which  has declined to 31 in 2024-25 and further to 3 in 2025-26 (upto June).

Another important index showing improved safety in train operations is Accidents Per Million Train Kilometer (APMTKM) which has reduced from 0.11 in 2014-15 to 0.03 in 2024-25, indicating an improvement of approx. 73% during the said period.

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The  various  safety  measures  taken  to  enhance  safety  in  train operations are as under:-

## 1. On Indian Railways, the expenditure on Safety related activities has increased over the years as under:-

| Expenditure on Safety related activities ( in Cr.)   | Expenditure on Safety related activities ( in Cr.)   | Expenditure on Safety related activities ( in Cr.)   | Expenditure on Safety related activities ( in Cr.)   | Expenditure on Safety related activities ( in Cr.)   | Expenditure on Safety related activities ( in Cr.)   |
|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                      | 2013-14 (Act.)                                       | 2022-23 (Act.)                                       | 2023-24 (Act.)                                       | RE 2024-25                                           | BE 2025-26                                           |
| Maintenance of Permanent Way & Works                 | 9,172                                                | 18,115                                               | 20,322                                               | 21,800                                               | 23,316                                               |
| Maintenance of Motive Power and Rolling Stock        | 14,796                                               | 27,086                                               | 30,864                                               | 31,540                                               | 30,666                                               |

| Maintenance of Machines                             | 5,406   | 9,828   | 10,772   | 12,112   | 12,880   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|----------|----------|----------|
| Road Safety LCs and ROBs/ RUBs                      | 1,986   | 5,347   | 6,662    | 8,184    | 7,706    |
| Track Renewals                                      | 4,985   | 16,326  | 17,850   | 22,669   | 22,800   |
| Bridge Works                                        | 390     | 1,050   | 1,907    | 2,130    | 2,169    |
| Signal & Telecom Works                              | 905     | 2,456   | 3,751    | 6,006    | 6,800    |
| Workshops Incl. PUs and Misc. expenditure on Safety | 1,823   | 7,119   | 9,523    | 9,581    | 10,134   |
| Total                                               | 39,463  | 87,327  | 1,01,651 | 1,14,022 | 1,16,470 |

2. Electrical/Electronic Interlocking Systems with centralized operation  of  points  and  signals  have  been  provided  at  6,635 stations  up  to  30.06.2025  to  reduce  accident  due  to  human failure.
3. Interlocking of Level Crossing (LC) Gates has been provided at 11,096  level  Crossing  Gates  up  to  30.06.2025  for  enhancing safety at LC gates.
4. Complete  Track  Circuiting  of  stations  to  enhance  safety  by verification  of  track  occupancy  by  electrical  means  has  been provided at 6,640 stations up to 30.06.2025.
5. Kavach is a highly technology intensive system, which requires safety certification of highest order. Kavach was adopted as a National   ATP   system   in   July   2020.   Kavach   is   provided

progressively  in  phased  manner.  Kavach  has  already  been deployed  on  1548  RKm  on  South  Central  Railway  and North Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah corridors (approximately 3000 RKm). Track  side  works  on  these  routes  have  been  completed  on about 2200 RKm as on 30.06.2025. Regular trials are being done

Central  Railway.  Presently,  the  work  is  in  progress  on  Delhion these sections.

6. Detailed instructions on issues related with safety of Signalling, e.g. mandatory correspondence check, alteration work protocol, preparation of completion drawing, etc. have been issued.
7. System of disconnection and reconnection for  S&T  equipment as per protocol has been re-emphasized.
8. All  locomotives  are  equipped  with  Vigilance  Control  Devices (VCD) to improve alertness of Loco Pilots.
9. Retro-reflective sigma boards are provided on the mast which is located  two  OHE  masts  prior  to  the  signals  in  electrified territories  to  alert  the  crew  about  the  signal  ahead  when visibility is low due to foggy weather.
10. A GPS based Fog Safety Device (FSD) is provided to loco pilots in  fog  affected  areas  which  enables  loco  pilots  to  know  the distance of the approaching  landmarks  like signals, level crossing gates, etc.

11. Modern track structure consisting of 60kg, 90 Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) rails, Prestressed Concrete Sleeper (PSC) Normal/Wide  base  sleepers  with  elastic  fastening,  fan  shaped layout turnout on PSC sleepers, Steel Channel/H-beam Sleepers on  girder  bridges  is  used  while  carrying  out  primary  track renewals.
12. Mechanisation  of  track  laying  activity  through  use  of  track machines like PQRS, TRT, T-28 etc. to reduce human errors.
13. Maximizing supply of 130m/260m long rail panels for increasing progress of rail renewal and avoiding welding of joints, thereby improving safety.
14. Ultrasonic Flaw Detection (USFD) testing of rails to detect flaws and timely removal of defective rails.
15. Laying  of  longer  rails,  minimizing  the  use  of  Alumino  Thermic Welding and adoption of better welding technology for rails i.e., Flash Butt Welding.
16. Monitoring  of  track  geometry  by  OMS  (Oscillation  Monitoring System) and TRC (Track Recording Cars).
17. Patrolling of railway tracks to look out for weld/rail fractures.
18. The use of Thick Web Switches and Weldable CMS Crossing in
9. turnout renewal works.

19. Inspections at regular intervals are carried out to monitor and educate staff for observance of safe practices.
20. Web based online monitoring system of track assets viz. Track database  and  decision  support  system  has  been  adopted  to decide rationalized maintenance requirement and optimize inputs.
21. Detailed instructions on issues related with safety of Track, e.g. integrated  block,  corridor  block,  worksite  safety,  monsoon precautions, etc. have been issued.
22. Preventive maintenance of railway assets (Coaches & Wagons) is undertaken to ensure safe train operations.
23. Replacement  of  conventional  ICF  design  coaches  with  LHB design coaches is being done.
24. All  unmanned  level  crossings  (UMLCs)  on  Broad  Gauge  (BG) route have been eliminated by January 2019.
25. Safety of Railway Bridges is ensured through regular inspection of Bridges. The requirement of repair/rehabilitation of Bridges is taken  up  based  upon  the  conditions  assessed  during  these inspections.
26. Indian  Railways  has  displayed  Statutory  'Fire  Notices'  for widespread  passenger  information in all coaches.  Fire posters

are   provided   in  every  coach   so  as  to   educate   and   alert passengers  regarding  various  Do's  and  Don'ts  to  prevent  fire. These include messages regarding not carrying any inflammable material, explosives, prohibition of smoking inside the coaches, penalties etc.

27. Production  Units  are  providing  Fire  detection  and  suppression system in newly manufactured Power Cars and Pantry Cars, Fire and Smoke detection system in newly manufactured coaches. Progressive  fitment  of  the  same  in  existing  coaches  is  also underway by Zonal Railways in a phased manner.
2. 28.
3. Regular counseling and training of staff is undertaken.
29. Concept  of  Rolling  Block  introduced  in  Indian  Railways  (Open Lines) General Rules vide Gazette notification dated 30.11.2023, wherein work of integrated maintenance/ repair/replacement  of  assets  is  planned  up  to  52  weeks  in advance on rolling basis and executed as per plan.

The details of the Safety related works related to better maintenance practices, Technological improvements, better infrastructure  and  rolling  stock  etc.  undertaken  by  Railways  are tabulated below:-

| SN                                                           | Item                                    | 2004-05 to 2013-14                      | 2014-15 to 2024-25                               | 2014-25 Vs. 2004-14                     |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Technological improvements                                   | Technological improvements              | Technological improvements              | Technological improvements                       | Technological improvements              |
| 1. Use of rails (60                                          | high-quality Kg) (Km) 57,450            | Km                                      | 1.43 Lakh Km                                     | More than 2 times                       |
| 2.                                                           | Longer Rail Panels (260m) (Km)          | 9,917 Km                                | 77,522 Km                                        | Nearly 8 times                          |
| 3.                                                           | Electronic Interlocking (Stations)      | 837 Stations                            | 3,691 Stations                                   | More than 4 times                       |
| 4. Fog Pass Safety Devices (Nos.)                            | As on 90 Nos.                           | 31.03.14:                               | As on 31.03.25: 25,939                           | 288 times                               |
| 5. Thick Web Switches (Nos.)                                 |                                         | Nil                                     | 28,301 Nos.                                      |                                         |
| Better maintenance practices                                 | Better maintenance practices            | Better maintenance practices            | Better maintenance practices                     | Better maintenance practices            |
| 1. Primary Rail Renewal (Track Km)                           | 32,260 Km                               |                                         | 49,941 Km                                        | 1.5 times                               |
| 2. USFD (Ultra Sonic Flaw detection) Testing of Welds (Nos.) | 79.43                                   | Lakh                                    | 2 Crore                                          | More than 2 times                       |
| 3. Weld failures (Nos.)                                      | In 2013-14: 3699 Nos.                   |                                         | In 2024-25: 370 Nos.                             | 90 % reduction                          |
| Rail fractures (Nos.)                                        | In 2548                                 | 2013-14: Nos.                           | In 2024-25: 289 Nos.                             | 4. More than 88% reduction              |
| Better infrastructure and Rolling stock                      | Better infrastructure and Rolling stock | Better infrastructure and Rolling stock | Better infrastructure and Rolling stock          | Better infrastructure and Rolling stock |
| 1. New Track KM added (Track km)                             | 14,985 Nos.                             | 34,428                                  | Km                                               | More than 2 times                       |
| 2. Flyovers (RoBs)/ Underpasses (RUBs) (Nos.)                | 4,148                                   | Nos.                                    | 13,808 Nos.                                      | More than 3 times                       |
| 3. Unmanned Level crossings (nos.) on BG                     | As on 8948                              | 31.03.14:                               | As on 31.03.24: Nil (All eliminated by 31.01.19) | Removed                                 |
| 4. LHB                                                       | Manufacture of Coaches (Nos.)           | 2,337 Nos.                              | 42,677                                           | More than 18 times                      |

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535  stations  in  Uttar  Pradesh  have  been  provided  with  Electronic Interlocking System.

## 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 are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

As  on  01.04.2025,  49  Railway  projects  (10  New  Line,  02  Gauge Conversion  and  37  Doubling),  of  total  length  of  3,808  Km  costing ₹62,360  crore  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  are sanctioned, out of which 1,323 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹30,611 crore has been incurred upto March 2025.

The status of work is summarized as under:-

| Plan Head                |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned (in Km) |   Expenditure upto March 2025 (₹in Cr) |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                10 |                   1227 |                           340 |                                  10517 |
| Gauge Conversion         |                 2 |                     67 |                             0 |                                    281 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                37 |                   2513 |                           983 |                                  19813 |
| Total                    |                49 |                   3808 |                          1323 |                                  30611 |

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Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  and  safety  works, falling fully/ partly in Uttar Pradesh is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                         |
|----------|--------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 1,109 crore/year               |
| 2025-26  | 19,858 Crore (nearly 18 times) |

The  details of commissioning  / laying of new  track falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under :-

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 996 Km                   | 199.2 Km/year                         |
| 2014-25  | 5272 Km                  | 479.3 km per year (More than 2 times) |

## Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in Uttar Pradesh are as under:

|   S.No. | Project                                                                 |   Estimated Cost (₹ in Crores) |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|       1 | Agra-Etawah New Line(110 km)                                            |                            427 |
|       2 | Guna-Gwalior-Bhind-Etawah New Line (348 km)                             |                            683 |
|       3 | Lalitpur Khajuraho/Tikamgarh(Mawai)- Khajuraho sectionNew Line (165 km) |                            800 |
|       4 | Etawah-Mainpuri New Line (58 km)                                        |                            313 |
|       5 | Ghazipur city-Tarighat New Line (17 km)                                 |                           1766 |
|       6 | Gonda-Gorakhpur Loop Gauge Conversion(260 km)                           |                            863 |

|   7 | Kanpur-Kasganj-Mathura &Kasgan-Bareilly Gauge Conversion (545 km)   |   1790 |
|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|   8 | Kaptanganj-Thawe-Chhapra Gauge Conversion (234 km)                  |    819 |
|   9 | Bareilly-Pilibhit-Tanakpur Gauge Conversion (102 km)                |    313 |
|  10 | Gonda-Bahraich Gauge Conversion (60 km)                             |    318 |
|  11 | Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur Gauge Conversion (83 km)                      |    589 |
|  12 | Indara-Dohrighat Gauge Conversion (34 km)                           |    213 |
|  13 | Lucknow-Pilibhit Gauge Conversion (263 km)                          |   1634 |
|  14 | Utretia-Zafrabad - Doubling(148 km)                                 |    890 |
|  15 | Bhadoi-Janghai Doubling(31 km)                                      |    168 |
|  16 | Banupur-Panki Doubling (11 km)                                      |     55 |
|  17 | Lahota-Bhadoi Doubling (39 km)                                      |    184 |
|  18 | Aurnihar-Manduadih Doubling (39 km)                                 |    200 |
|  19 | Meerut-Muzaffarnagar Doubling (55 km)                               |    430 |
|  20 | Ghazipur-Aunrihar Doubling (40 km)                                  |    371 |
|  21 | Phaphamau-PrayagrajDoubling (14 km)                                 |    212 |
|  22 | Muzaffarnagar - Tapri Doubling (52 km)                              |    525 |
|  23 | Mathura-Palwal Doubling (80 km)                                     |    669 |
|  24 | Utretia-Raibareilly Doubling (66 km)                                |    662 |
|  25 | Raibareilly-Amethi Doubling (60 km)                                 |    668 |
|  26 | Alamnagar-Utretia Doubling (20 km)                                  |    358 |
|  27 | Bhimsen-Jhansi Doubling (206 km)                                    |   2620 |
|  28 | Bhaupur-Panki Doubling (11 km)                                      |     97 |
|  29 | Ballia-Gazipur city Doubling (65 km)                                |    650 |
|  30 | Aunrihar-Jaunpur Doubling (60 km)                                   |    405 |
|  31 | Malhaur-Daliganj Doubling (13 km)                                   |    183 |
|  32 | Ruma Chakeri- Chandari Doubling (13 km)                             |    177 |
|  33 | ChipiyanaBuzurg - Dadri Doubling (12 km)                            |    129 |
|  34 | Barabanki-Akbarpur Doubling (161 km)                                |   1700 |

|   35 | Rosa-Sitapur Cantt-Burhwal Doubling (181 km)   |   2094 |
|------|------------------------------------------------|--------|
|   36 | Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (1756 km)   |  51219 |
|   37 | Jaunpur- Akbarpur (Tanda) Doubling (77 km)     |    676 |
|   38 | Dailwara-BiraiDoubling (7.55 km)               |     77 |
|   39 | Ramna-Singrauli Doubling (160 km)              |   2436 |
|   40 | Janghai- PhaphamauDoubling (47 km)             |    414 |
|   41 | Varanasi-Madhosingh-PrayagrajDoubling (120 km) |   2018 |
|   42 | Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling (32 km)     |    763 |
|   43 | Deoband -Roorkee New Line ( 29 km)             |   1289 |

## Some of the projects falling fully/partly in Uttar Pradesh which have been taken up are as under:

|   S.No. | Project                                                               |   Estimated Cost (₹ in Crores) |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|       1 | Chhitauni-Tumkuhi Road New Line( 59 km)                               |                           1731 |
|       2 | Anandnagar-Ghugli New Line ( 53 km)                                   |                            958 |
|       3 | Sahjanwa-Dohrighat New Line ( 81 km)                                  |                           1320 |
|       4 | Bahraich- Khalilabad New Line ( 240 km)                               |                           4940 |
|       5 | Etah-Kasganj New Line ( 29 km)                                        |                            389 |
|       6 | Unchhar-Amethi New Line ( 66 km)                                      |                           1229 |
|       7 | Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli & Mahoba- Khajuraho New Line ( 541 km) |                           8914 |
|       8 | Bahraich-Nanpara-Nepal Ganj Gauge Conversion( 56 km)                  |                            342 |
|       9 | Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay -Prayagraj 3 rd Line( 150 km)              |                           2649 |
|      10 | Jhansi-Bina 3 rd Line( 153 km)                                        |                           2002 |
|      11 | Mathura-Jhansi 3 rd Line ( 274 km)                                    |                           5924 |
|      12 | Jhansi-Khairar-Manikpur & Khirar-Bhimsen Doubling ( 431 km)           |                           4330 |

|   13 | Aligarh Flyover ( 22 km)                                          |   1179 |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|   14 | Agra Fort -Bandikui Doubling ( 150 km)                            |    988 |
|   15 | Aligarh - Daud Khan 3 rd Line ( 18 km)                            |    452 |
|   16 | Billi- Chunar Doubling( 102 km)                                   |   1424 |
|   17 | Chhapra-Ballia Patch Doubling (65 km)                             |   1046 |
|   18 | Domingarh-Gorakhpur-Gorakhpur Cantt.- Kusumhi - 3 rd Line (21 km) |    508 |
|   19 | Burhwal Gonda 3 rd Line( 62 km)                                   |   1118 |
|   20 | Phephna-Indara, Mau-Shahganj Doubling ( 150 km)                   |   1778 |
|   21 | Bhatni-Aurnihar Doubling (117 Km)                                 |   2529 |
|   22 | Gorakhpur- Valmikinagar Doubling ( 96 km)                         |   1120 |
|   23 | Utretia-Zafrabad Doubling( 263 km)                                |   1582 |
|   24 | Janghai-Pratapgarh- Amethi Doubling ( 87 km)                      |   1197 |
|   25 | Barabanki-Malhaur 3 rd and 4 th Line (33 km)                      |    407 |
|   26 | Phaphamau-Unchahahar Doubling (72 km)                             |    971 |
|   27 | Barabanki-Burhwal 3 rd Line (27 Km)                               |    426 |
|   28 | Prayagraj (Iradatganj)-Manikpur 3 rd Line (84 km)                 |   1508 |

Completion  of  Railway  project/s  depends  on  various  factors  like quick  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  etc.  All  these  factors  affect  the  completion  time  and cost of the project/s.

Various  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  speedy  approval  and implementation  of  Railway  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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