Lok Sabha Question No. 3884 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-18
Subject: New Railway Line from Rajapatti Station in Saran District of Bihar
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Veena Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3884 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2024

## NEW RAILWAY LINE FROM RAJAPATTI STATION IN SARAN DISTRICT OF BIHAR

† 3884   SMT. VEENA DEVI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  site  survey  for  laying  a  new  railway  line  from  Rajapatti station in Saran  district of Bihar to Motipur  railway  station via Sahebganj in Muzaffarpur has been completed;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the time by which the construction of the new railway line is likely to be started; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to  (c)  :  Railway  projects  are  surveyed/  sanctioned/executed  Zonal Railway  wise  and  not  State-wise/district-wise  as  the  Railway  projects Railway projects is a continuous and dynamic process of Indian Railway. Railway traffic may  span  across State/district boundaries. Sanctioning of projects are sanctioned on the basis of remunerativeness, 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.

Railway Infrastructure Projects falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar are covered  under  East  Central  Railway,  Eastern  Railway,  North  Eastern Railway and Northeast Frontier Railway zones of Indian Railways. Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects including cost, expenditure and outlay made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

Rajapatti and Motipur are well connected with existing Railway Network via Muzaffarpur and Chhapra. Sahebganj is a proposed station on ongoing Hajipur - Sagauli New Line project. A survey for new railway line between Rajapatti  to  Motipur  via  Sahibganj  (58  Km)  was  carried  out  and  the project could not be taken forward due to poor traffic projections.

As on 01.04.2024, 55 projects (31 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversions and 22 Doubling), of total length of 5,064 Km, costing Rs. 79,356 crore falling fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Bihar  are  in  planning/approval/construction stage,  out  of  which,  1194  km  length  has  been  commissioned  and  an expenditure of Rs. 26,983 crore has been incurred upto March, 2024. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissione d till March, 2024 (in Km) |   Total Exp. upto March, 2024 (Rs. in Cr.) |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                31 |                   2712 |                                             464 |                                      13629 |
| Gauge Conversion         |                 2 |                    348 |                                             288 |                                       1520 |
| Doubling/Multi- tracking |                22 |                   2005 |                                             442 |                                      11834 |
| Total                    |                55 |                   5064 |                                            1194 |                                      26983 |

## The details of outlay for infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar is as under:-

| Period   | Outlay                          |
|----------|---------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | Rs. 1132 Cr./year               |
| 2024-25  | Rs. 10,033 Cr. (Nearly 9 times) |

## The details of commissioning/ laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar is as under:-

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 318 Km                   | 63.6 Km                               |
| 2023-24  | 361 Km                   | 361 Km (More than 5 times)            |

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