Lok Sabha Question No. 2179 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-12
Subject: Rail Development in Rajasthan
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Amra Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2179

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2025

## RAIL DEVELOPMENT IN RAJASTHAN

†2179. SHRI AMRA RAM:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the rail development works sanctioned in Rajasthan along with the progress made thereon and the date by which the said works are likely to be completed; and
- (b) the details of the works sanctioned in Sikar Lok Sabha Constituency which have not been completed yet?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  &  (b):  Railway  projects  are  surveyed/sanctioned/executed  Zonal Railway  wise  and  not  State-wise/Constituency  wise  as  the  Railway projects  may  span  across  State  boundaries.  Railway  projects  are projections, last mile connectivity, missing links and alternate routes, augmentation State sanctioned  on the basis of remunerativeness,  traffic of congested/saturated lines, demands raised by Governments,  Central Ministries,  Members of Parliament,  other public …2/-

representatives, Railway's own operational requirement, socioeconomic considerations etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

Railway  infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Rajasthan are covered under North Western Railway, Northern Railway, North  Central  Railway,  West  Central  Railway  and  Western  Railway 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,  05  Gauge Conversion  and  12  Doubling),  of  total  length  of  4,191  Km  costing ₹51,814  crore  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Rajasthan  including Sikar  are  at  various  stages  of  planning  and  implementation,  out  of which 1,183 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹14,785 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 (in 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 | 4,191                  | 1,183                         | 14,785                                  |

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

| Period   | Outlay                         |
|----------|--------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹682 crore/year                |
| 2024-25  | ₹9,959 crore (Nearly 15 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:-

| 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  Sikar  region  of  Rajasthan,  work  of  Ringus-Khatu  Shyamji  new  line (17.49  Km)  has  been  sanctioned  at  a  cost  of  ₹254.06  Crore.  Further, final location survey (FLS) for Khatu Shyam Ji - Salasar Ji - Sujangarh new line (45 Km) and Ringus-Sikar-Loharu doubling (172 Km) has been sanctioned.

The completion of any Railway project depends on various factors like quick  land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forest  clearance  by officials  of  forest  department,  deposition  of  cost  share  by  State Government  in  cost  sharing  projects,  priority  of  projects,  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 due to climatic conditions etc.

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