Lok Sabha Question No. 2681 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-07
Subject: Tanakpur-Ghat-Bageshwar Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Ajay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2681 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2024

## TANAKPUR-GHAT-BAGESHWAR RAILWAY LINE

†2681. SHRI AJAY BHATT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the names of railway lines in the country on which construction  work  has  been  stopped  forever  after  conducting survey;
- (b) whether the Government has stopped the construction of strategically  important  Tanakpur-Ghat-Bageshwar  railway  line  in the border district of Uttarakhand forever;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if  not, the reasons therefor along with the time period  by which the said construction work has been stopped?

## 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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O.I.H

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2681  BY  SHRI  AJAY  BHATT  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  07.08.2024  REGARDING  TANAKPURGHAT-BAGESHWAR RAILWAY LINE

(a) to (d): The  survey  of  New  Line,  Gauge  Conversion  and  Doubling projects are taken up under PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP) for  the  development  of  multimodal  connectivity  infrastructure  to various Economic Zones with an objective to have integrated planning, enhanced logistics efficiency and remove gaps for seamless movement  of  people,  goods  and  services  including  connectivity  to places of strategic importance, border areas, industrial clusters, ports, mines, power plants, villages etc.

Railway Infrastructure Projects are taken up on the basis of remunerativeness, last mile connectivity, missing links and alternate routes,  augmentation  of  congested/saturated  lines,  socio-economic considerations including connectivity to places of strategic importance,  border  areas  etc.  depending  upon  liabilities  of  ongoing projects, overall availability of funds and competing demands.

Construction of the railway lines commences after the sanctioning of the project.

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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.

Zone-wise/year-wise  details  of  all  Railway  Projects  including  cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railways website.

The Average Annual Budget allocation for New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling Projects across Indian Railways is given below:

| Period   | Average Outlay    | Increase w.r.t. average allocation of 2009-14   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 11,527 crore/year | -                                               |
| 2024-25  | 68,634 crore      | Nearly 6 times                                  |

The  details  of  commissioning  of  New  Lines,  Gauge  Conversion  and Doubling sections across Indian Railways is given below:-

| Period   | Total Length Commissioned   | Average Length Commissioned   | Increase w.r.t. average commissioning during 2009-14   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 7,599 km                    | 4.2 km/day                    | -                                                      |
| 2014-24  | 31,180 km                   | 8.54 km/day                   | More than 2 times                                      |

In 2023-24, 5,309 km sections have been commissioned across Indian Railways.

The survey of Tanakpur-Bageshwar New Broad Gauge Line (170 km) has been sanctioned for preparing Detailed Project Report (DPR) and the survey work has been taken up.

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