Lok Sabha Question No. 1601 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: New Railway Projects for Bharatpur, Rajasthan
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Sanjna Jatav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1601 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024

## NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS FOR BHARATPUR, RAJASTHAN

†1601. SMT SANJNA JATAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of new railway tracks laid in the country particularly in Bharatpur of Rajasthan since 2014 till date, year-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  railway  tracks  operationalised  and  the  amount spent thereon;
- (c) the number of new projects announced in the country particularly for Bharatpur since 2014 till date; and
- (d) whether the Kamdig Hill Railway project has been approved with these projects, if so, the details thereof, along with the amount of budget allocated in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1601  BY  SMT  SANJNA  JATAV  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 04.12.2024 REGARDING NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS FOR BHARATPUR, RAJASTHAN

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

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:-

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| Category                 |   No of Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (in Km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'24 (in Km)   | Total Exp upto Mar'24 ( in Cr)   |
|--------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 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                         |

Zone-wise/year-wise  details  of  all  Railway  projects  including  cost, expenditure and outlay 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                            |
| 2014-24  | 31,180 Km                | 8.54 Km/day (more than 2 times)       |

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## RAJASTHAN

Railway  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Rajasthan  are  covered  under  North  Western  Railway  (NWR),  North Central Railway (NCR), Northern Railway (NR), Western Railway (WR) zones  of  Indian  Railways.  Zonal  Railway  wise  details  of  Railway projects including cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

As  on  01.04.2024,  32  Railway  Projects  (15  New  Lines,  5  Gauge Conversion  and  12  Doubling)  of  a  total  length  of  4,191  Km,  costing 51,814  crore,  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Rajasthan  are  at various stages of planning and implementation, out of which 1,183 Km length  has  been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of 14,786  crore has been incurred upto March, 2024. The status of work is summarized as under:-

| Plan Head                |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned (Km) |   Expenditure upto March 2024 ( in cr.) |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                15 |                   1230 |                        134 |                                    3593 |
| Gauge Conversion         |                 5 |                   1252 |                        759 |                                    5398 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                12 |                   1709 |                        290 |                                    5794 |
| Total                    |                32 |                   4191 |                       1183 |                                   14786 |

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

| Period   | Outlay                           |
|----------|----------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 682 crore/year                   |
| 2024-25  | 9,959 Crore (More than 14 times) |

The details of commissioning / laying of  new track falling fully/partly in the State of Rajasthan during 2009-14 and 2014-24 is as under is given below:-

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 798 Km                   | 159.6 Km/year                         |
| 2014-24  | 3,742 Km                 | 374.2 Km/year (More than 2 times)     |

In last 3 years (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and current Financial Year i.e.  2024-25), 55 Surveys (New line and Doubling) of length 4,944 Km falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Rajasthan  have  been  sanctioned which include survey for Bharatpur Jn - Bayana Jn. 3 rd  & 4 th  Line (42 Km)  and  Bharatpur  Jn-  Mathura  Jn  3 rd   &  4 th Line  (34  Km)  falling fully/partly in Bharatpur.

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