Lok Sabha Question No. 454 (STARRED), answered on 2025-04-02
Subject: Pending Railway Proposals
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri K C Venugopal, Shri Vamsi Krishna Gaddam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.454 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2025

## PENDING RAILWAY PROPOSALS

- *454. SHRI VAMSI KRISHNA GADDAM: SHRI K C VENUGOPAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of railway project proposals for laying of new lines, doubling  and  electrification  received  from  the  various  State Governments and also pending with the Railways for the last five years, State/UT and project-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  funds  allocated  for  implementation  of  approved projects, State and project-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  cost  escalation  due  to  non-completion  of  these railway projects and  the  timeline  for  completion  of  such railway projects;
- (d) whether the Government has received proposals from the State Government  of  Telangana  regarding  the  stoppage  of  Express and Superfast trains at Mancherial, Mandamarri and Bellampalli stations in Telangana; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the timeline for processing the request and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  454  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 02.04.2025

(a) to (e): Railway projects are surveyed/ sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway  wise  and  not  State-wise/UT  wise/District  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,  socio-economic  considerations  etc.  depending  upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

Proposals/requests/suggestions/  representations,  both  formal  and informal for Railway projects/Works across the country are received on the basis of demands raised by State Governments, Members of Parliament, Ministries of Central Government, elected representatives, Railways' own requirements, organizations/rail users etc. at various levels including Railway Board, Zonal Railways, Division Office etc. As receipt of such proposals/complaints/suggestions is a continuous and dynamic process, centralized compendium of such requests is not maintained.  However,  these  are  examined  and  action  as  found feasible and justified is taken from time to time.

During FY 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and in FY 2024-25, 245  projects  (46  New  Line,  18  Gauge  Conversion  and  181  Doubling)  of total   length   9,605  Km  costing   approx.   1,75,000  Crore    have    been ..P/2

sanctioned  across Indian Railways. Furthermore, during this period 1033 surveys (313 New Line, 13 Gauge Conversion & 707 Doubling) of total length 72,818 Km have been sanctioned.

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 (in Km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'24 (in Km)   | Total Exp. upto Mar'24 ( in Crore)   |
|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |               187 | 20199                           | 2855                                      | 160022                               |
| Gauge Conversion         |                40 | 4719                            | 2972                                      | 18706                                |
| Doubling / Multitracking |               261 | 19570                           | 6218                                      | 113742                               |
| Total                    |               488 | 44,488                          | 12,045                                    | 2,92,470                             |

For Railway Electrification, an allocation of 6,150 crore has been made during FY 2025-26.

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)       |

Zonal  Railway  wise  details  of  Railway  projects  including  cost, expenditure  and  outlay  are  made  available  in  public  domain  on Indian Railway's website.

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.

## TELANGANA

Railway  projects  in  Telangana  are  covered  by  South  Central Railway and South Western Railway Zones of Indian Railways.

As  on  01.04.2024,  20  projects  (07  New  Lines  and  13  Doubling), covering  total  length  of  2,298  km  length,  costing 32,946  crore, falling fully/partly in Telangana, are in planning/approval/ construction stage, out of which 474 km length has been commissioned  and  an expenditure of 9,958 crore has  been incurred upto March 2024. The summary is as under:

| Plan Head   |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in km) |   Length Commissioned (Km) |   Exp. upto March 2024 ( in crore) |
|-------------|-------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
| New Line    |                 7 |                    997 |                        244 |                               4432 |
| Double Line |                13 |                   1301 |                        230 |                               5526 |
| TOTAL       |                20 |                   2298 |                        474 |                               9958 |

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in Budget allocation  and  commensurate  commissioning  of  projects.  Annual Budget allocation for infrastructure and other works falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana is as under:

| Year      | Budget outlay                                           | Increase w.r.t. average annual allocation during 2009-14   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-2014 | 886 cr/year (Combined for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) | -                                                          |
| 2025-2026 | 5,337 crore                                             | More than 6 times                                          |

## The  details  of  commissioning/laying  of  new  track  in  the  State  of Telangana is given below:

| Period   | Total Length Commissioned                         | Average Length Commissioned    |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 87 km (Combined for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) | 17.4 km/Year                   |
| 2014-24  | 650 km                                            | 65 km/Year (More than 3 times) |

During FY 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and in FY 2024-25, 13 projects (02  New  Line  and  11  Doubling)  of  total  length  1088  Km  costing 16,625  Crore  have  been  sanctioned  in  the  State  of  Telangana. Further, 62 Surveys (19 New Line and 43 Doubling) covering a total length  of  6,075  kms  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Telangana have been sanctioned during this period.

Receipt of requests/representations inter alia for stoppage of train services is a continuous and dynamic process. The Requests/Representations so received are examined and action as found feasible and justified is taken from time to time.

Presently, Mancherial, Mandamarri & Bellampalli stations are served by following train services:-

|   S. No. | Station     | Train services   |
|----------|-------------|------------------|
|        1 | Mancherial  | 73 services      |
|        2 | Mandamarri  | 08 services      |
|        3 | Bellampalli | 52 services      |

Besides,  provision  of  stoppage  of  train  services  is  an  ongoing process on Indian Railways subject to traffic justification, operational feasibility etc.

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