Lok Sabha Question No. 2643 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-07
Subject: New Railway Line in Karnataka
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Km. Priyanka Satish Jarkiholi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2643 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2024

## NEW RAILWAY LINE IN KARNATAKA

- 2643     KM. PRIYANKA SATISH JARKIHOLI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of new railway-line projects sanctioned to Karnataka State; and
- (b) the target fixed for completion of work on the said new railway lines?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) and (b): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2643 BY KM. PRIYANKA SATISH JARKIHOLI TO BE ANSWERED  IN LOK  SABHA ON 07.08.2024 REGARDING NEW RAILWAY LINE IN KARNATAKA

(a) and (b):  As  on  01.04.2024,  total  31  Railway  Infrastructure Projects (21  New  Line  and  10  Doubling),  of  total  length  of  3,840  Km,  costing ₹47,016  crore  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Karnataka  are  in planning/ approval/ construction stages, out of which 1,302 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹17,382 crore has been incurred upto March, 2024. These include:

- (i) 21 New Line projects of total length of 2,556 Km costing ₹33,125 crore, out of which 395 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹7,592 crore has been incurred upto March, 2024.
- (ii) 10 Doubling projects of total length of 1,284 Km costing ₹13,891 crore, out of which 907 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹9,791 crore has been incurred upto March, 2024.

The completion of any Railway project depends on various factors like quick  land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forestry  clearance  by officials of forest department, shifting of infringing utilities, statutory clearances  from  various  authorities,  geological  and  topographical conditions of area, law and order situation in the area of project site, number of working months in a year for particular project site due to climatic conditions etc.  All these factors affect the completion time of the  project.  With  above  constraints,  every  effort  is  being  made  to execute the project(s) expeditiously.

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in fund allocation and commensurate  commissioning  of  projects  in  State  of  Karnataka  as under:-

| Period   | Average Outlay   | Increase w.r.t. average allocation of 2009-14   |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 835 crore/year   | -                                               |
| 2023-24  | 7,561 crore      | 9 times                                         |
| 2024-25  | 7,559 crore      | 9 times                                         |

Commissioning of infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Karnataka is as under:

| Period   | Total Track Commissioned   | Average Track Commissioned   | Increase w.r.t. average commissioning during 2009-14   |
|----------|----------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 565 Km                     | 113 Km/year                  | -                                                      |
| 2014-24  | 1,633 Km                   | 163 Km/year                  | 1.44 times                                             |

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