Lok Sabha Question No. 1836 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-30
Subject: Multi-Tracking Projects of Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Ujjwal Raman Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1836 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2025

## MULTI-TRACKING PROJECTS OF RAILWAYS

†1836. SHRI UJJWAL RAMAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  approved  four  important  multitracking projects of the Indian Railways;
- (b) if so, the name of States where these projects are likely to be implemented;
- (c) the prospects of employment generation for youth from these new projects;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  carried  out  any  study  from  this aspect; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e): Railway projects are surveyed/ sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway  wise  and  not  State-wise/District  wise  as  the  Railway' projects may span across State boundaries. Sanctioning of railway project is a continuous and dynamic process of Indian Railway and railway  projects  are  sanctioned  on the basis of remunerativeness, ..P/2

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.

During the last three years i.e. FY 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the current  FY,  184  Multi-tracking  projects  of  total  length  6,708  Km costing  approx. 1,15,198  Crore  have  been  sanctioned  across  the country.

These  Multi  tracking  projects  will  enhance  line  capacity,  provide additional passenger and freight traffic, enable faster movement of goods and services, reduce operational bottlenecks, improve logistics  efficiency,  increase  in  direct  and  indirect  employment opportunities  for  the  people  of  the  region,  reduces  operational bottlenecks, develop tourism industry and increase industrial activities in the region.

As on 01.04.2025, across Indian Railways, 431 Railway infrastructure projects (154 New Line, 33 Gauge Conversion and 244 Doubling) of total length 35,966 Km, costing approx.  6.75 lakh crore are sanctioned, out of which, 12,769  Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of approx. 2.91  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                |              154 | 16,142                       | 3,036                                  | 1,45,318                            |
| Gauge Conversion         |               33 | 4,180                        | 2,997                                  | 22,753                              |
| Doubling / Multitracking |              244 | 15,644                       | 6,736                                  | 1,22,858                            |
| Total                    |              431 | 35,966                       | 12,769                                 | 2,90,929                            |

Zone-wise/year-wise details of all Railway projects are  made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

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                            |
| 2014-25  | 34,428 Km                | 8.57 Km/day (more than 2 times)       |

Some of the recently sanctioned major multitracking projects in FY 2024-25 and current FY are given below:

|   SN | Name of project                                            |   Cost ( in crore) |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|    1 | Kharsia - Naya Raipur - Parmalkasa 5th & 6th line (278 Km) |               7854 |
|    2 | Gondia-Ballarshah (Chanda Fort) Doubling (240 Km)          |               4373 |

|   3 | Narkatiaganj- Raxaul- Sitamarhi- Darbhanga & Sitamarhi- Muzaffarpur sections Doubling (256 km)                     |   4080 |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|   4 | Sambalpur-Jarapada 3rd & 4th line (127 Km)                                                                         |   3574 |
|   5 | Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th line (131 Km)                                                                           |   3285 |
|   6 | Ballari-Chikjajur Doubling (185 Km)                                                                                |   3079 |
|   7 | Koderma-Barkakana (Arigada) Doubling (133 Km)                                                                      |   2887 |
|   8 | Jalgaon-Manmad 4th line (160 km)                                                                                   |   2574 |
|   9 | Varanasi- Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya multitracking (15 Km) including Rail cum Road Bridge across Ganga River (17 km) |   2464 |
|  10 | Wardha-Balharshah Quadrupling(135 Km)                                                                              |   2226 |
|  11 | Chandil-Anara-Damodar section 3rd line(121 Km)                                                                     |   1932 |
|  12 | Prayagraj (Iradatganj)- Manikpur 3rd line (84 Km)                                                                  |   1508 |
|  13 | Tirupati -Pakala- Katpadi Doubling (104 Km)                                                                        |   1216 |
|  14 | Jharsuguda-Sason 3rd & 4th line (35 Km)                                                                            |   1113 |
|  15 | Ratlam-Nagda 3rd and 4th line project (41 Km)                                                                      |    964 |
|  16 | Phaphamau-Unchahahar Doubling (72 Km)                                                                              |    899 |
|  17 | Gudur-Renigunta 3rd line (83 Km)                                                                                   |    877 |

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