Lok Sabha Question No. 4258 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-26
Subject: New Railway Lines in Jharkhand
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4258 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2025

## NEW RAILWAY LINES IN JHARKHAND

## 4258. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the ongoing new railway line projects in Jharkhand;
- (b) the details of the funds allocated/sanctioned for development of these new lines;
- (c)    the  details  of  the  current  status  of  new  rail  line  connecting between Parasnath to Giridih via Madhuban;
- (d)      the  details of the funds allocated/sanctioned to above said new rail  line  and  reason  for  non-implementation  of  the  above  said project  along  with  the  expected  timeline  for  completion  of  the same;
- (e)    whether the Government has received any proposal regarding a new  rail  line  from  Howrah  to  Gaya  via  Giridih  by  Vande  Bharat Train; and
- (f)      whether  the  Government  is  working  on  connecting  direct  train access to Kolkata from Giridih, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (f) :  Railway projects are sanctioned and  executed  Zonal    Railway wise and  not  State  wise as  Railway  projects  may  span  across  State

Contd…2/-

boundaries. Railway Infrastructure Projects falling fully/partly in the State of  Jharkhand  are  covered  under  East  Central  Railway  (ECR),  Eastern Railway (ER) and South Eastern Railway (SER) 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, 32 projects (11 New Lines, 01 Gauge Conversions and 20  Doubling),  of  total  length  of  3070  Km,  costing  ₹52,885  crore  falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand are in planning/approval/construction  stage,  out  of  which,  744  km  length  has been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of  ₹15,986  crore  has  been incurred upto March, 2024. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No. projects |   of Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissione d till March, 2024(in Km) |   Total Exp. upto March, 2024 (Rs. in Cr.) |
|--------------------------|----------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |             11 |                      1069 |                                            156 |                                       3549 |
| Gauge Conversion         |              1 |                       159 |                                             90 |                                        184 |
| Doubling/Multi -tracking |             20 |                      1842 |                                            497 |                                      12254 |
| Total                    |             32 |                      3070 |                                            744 |                                      15986 |

The details of outlay for infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand is as under:-

| Period   | Outlay                       |
|----------|------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹457 Cr./Yr                  |
| 2025-26  | ₹7306 Cr. (approx. 16 times) |

The details of commissioning/ laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand is as under:-

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 287 Km                   | 57.4 Km                               |
| 2014-24  | 1218 Km                  | 121.8 Km (More than 2 times)          |

Parasnath-Madhuban-Giridih (49 Km) New Line was sanctioned in 201819 at an estimated cost of Rs. 971.52 crore on 50:50  cost sharing basis with State Government of Jharkhand. However, execution of this project could not be taken up as consent of Government of Jharkhand to share the cost of the project has not been received.

Howrah  is  already  connected  to  Gaya  via  Madhupur,  New  Giridih, Koderma.

To facilitate the passengers of Giridih/New Giridih, 13513/13514 AsansolHatia Express and 14049/14050 Delhi-Godda Express have been introduced  w.e.f  12.03.2024  and    w.e.f  09.10.2024  respectively.  These are providing connections for the Kolkata area from Madhupur. Passengers  may  also  avail  the  services  of  22303/22304  Howrah-Gaya Vande Bharat Express from Koderma. Besides, introduction of new train services,  including  Vande  Bharat  services,  is  an  ongoing  process  on Indian  Railways  subject  to  traffic  justification,  operational  feasibility, etc.

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