Lok Sabha Question No. 5248 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-02
Subject: Establishment of Kazipet Railway Division
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Kadiyam Kavya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5248

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2025

## ESTABLISHMENT OF KAZIPET RAILWAY DIVISION

## 5248. DR. KADIYAM KAVYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  has  considered  the  proposal  of  long pending public demand for establishing Kazipet Railway Division on the  lines of the  existing  division  at  Visakhapatnam,  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b) the current status of the proposal for setting up a Periodical Over Hauling (POH) unit in Warangal, as announced earlier;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  identified  any  new  locations  in Telangana for setting up railway workshops or maintenance facilities, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  expedite  the completion  of  ongoing  railway  projects  in  Telangana  including  the Kazipet railway wagon manufacturing unit?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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- (a)  to  (d):  Division  on  Indian  Railways  is  set  up  keeping  in  view factors  like  size,  workload,  accessibility,  traffic  pattern  and  other operational  /  administrative  requirements  etc.  consistent  with  the needs of economy and efficiency. Secunderabad division is serving the  needs  of  lines  within  its  jurisdiction,  including  Kazipet,  and present arrangement is working satisfactorily.

Creation/upgradation of Rolling Stock manufacturing / maintenance infrastructure  is  a  continuous  process  in  Indian  Railways  and  is based  on  the  operational,  traffic  requirements  etc.  Indian  Railway has  planned  to  develop  a  Railway  Manufacturing  Unit  at  Kazipet, Telangana  at  a  cost  of  ₹  521.36  crore  which  will  be  capable  of manufacturing and maintaining a variety of modern Rolling Stocks. Till  February,  2025,  expenditure  amounting  to  ₹  282.1  crore  has already been made on this work.

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.

As on 01.04.2024, 20 projects(07 new line and 13 doubling), covering total  length  of  2,298  Km  length,  costing  ₹  32,946  crore,  falling fully/partly  in  the  state  of  Telangana,  are  at  various  stages  of planning and implementation, out of which 474 Km length has been commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of  ₹  9,958  crore  has  been incurred upto March' 2024. The status of the work is summarized as under:

| Plan Head   |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned (in Km) |   Expenditure up to March 2024 (₹ in crore) |
|-------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| New Line    |                 7 |                    997 |                           245 |                                        4433 |
| Double Line |                13 |                   1301 |                           230 |                                        5526 |
| Total       |                20 |                   2298 |                           474 |                                        9958 |

## Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works falling fully/partly in the state of Telangana is as under:

| Year    | Budget outlay   |
|---------|-----------------|
| 2024-25 | ₹ 5,336 crore   |
| 2025-26 | ₹ 5,337 crore   |

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

| Period   | Total Length Commissioned   | Average Length Commissioned   | Increase with respect to average commissioning during 2009-14   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 87 Km                       | 17.4 Km/year                  | -                                                               |
| 2014-24  | 650 Km                      | 65 Km/year                    | Nearly 4 times                                                  |

Various  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  speedy  approval  and implementation  of  Railway  projects  include  (i)  setting  up  of  Gati Shakti units (ii) prioritization of projects (iii) substantial increase in allocation of funds on priority projects (iv) delegation of powers at field  level  (v)  close  monitoring  of  progress  of  project  at  various levels  and  (vi)  regular  follow  up  with  State  Governments  and concerned authorities for expeditious land acquisition, forestry and wildlife  clearances  and  for  resolving  other  issues  pertaining  to projects. This has led to substantial increase in rate of commissioning since 2014.

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