Lok Sabha Question No. 2123 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-12
Subject: Number of Manned Level Crossings
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti, Shri Tangella Uday Srinivas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2123

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2025

## NUMBER OF MANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS

## 2123.  SHRI TANGELLA UDAY SRINIVAS: SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Manned Level Crossings (MLCs), along with the number  of  MLCs  eliminated  each  year  during  the  last  five  years (2019-24), State and railway zone-wise;
- (b) the proposals received from Andhra Pradesh, for the construction of Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and Road Under Bridges (RUBs) during the last five years, district-wise;
- (c) the current status of each ROB and RUB proposal from Andhra Pradesh;
- (d) the details of funds allocated, sanctioned and utilized for the construction  of  ROBs  and  RUBs,  during  the  last  five  years,  State and year-wise;
- (e) the details of completed ROBs and RUBs in Andhra Pradesh, including their location, project cost and completion date; and
- (f) the reasons  for any delays in elimination  of  MLCs  and construction  of  ROBs/RUBs,  and  the  steps  being  taken  by  the Government to expedite these projects?

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (f) : State wise and Zone wise Nos. of Manned Level Crossings (MLCs) and  MLCs eliminated during last five years (2019-24) is as under-

|   S N | State            |   MLCs as on 01.04. 2024 (BG) |   No. of LCs Eliminat ed 2019- 2024 | SN   | Railway                    | MLCs as on 01.04.20 24 (BG)   | No. of LCs Eliminat ed 2019- 2024   |
|-------|------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|     1 | Andhra Pradesh   |                           885 |                                 309 | 1    | Central Railway            | 385                           | 321                                 |
|     2 | Assam            |                           860 |                                  36 | 2    | Eastern Railway            | 986                           | 90                                  |
|     3 | Bihar            |                          1786 |                                 310 | 3    | East Central Railway       | 1515                          | 330                                 |
|     4 | Chandigarh       |                             3 |                                   1 | 4    | East Coast Railway         | 668                           | 147                                 |
|     5 | Chhattisgarh     |                           183 |                                  66 | 5    | Northern Railway           | 2628                          | 577                                 |
|     6 | Delhi            |                            24 |                                   4 | 6    | North Central Railway      | 624                           | 291                                 |
|     7 | Goa              |                             7 |                                   3 | 7    | North Eastern Railway      | 1372                          | 387                                 |
|     8 | Gujarat          |                          1432 |                                 579 | 8    | North Frontier Railway     | 1442                          | 82                                  |
|     9 | Haryana          |                           440 |                                 166 | 9    | North Western Railway      | 876                           | 406                                 |
|    10 | Himachal Pradesh |                            13 |                                   1 | 10   | Southern Railway           | 1682                          | 279                                 |
|    11 | Jammu & Kashmir  |                            28 |                                   7 | 11   | South Central Railway      | 1095                          | 445                                 |
|    12 | Jharkhand        |                           365 |                                 154 | 12   | South Eastern Railway      | 781                           | 217                                 |
|    13 | Karnataka        |                           629 |                                 186 | 13   | South East Central Railway | 345                           | 105                                 |
|    14 | Kerala           |                           381 |                                  32 | 14   | South Western Railway      | 670                           | 211                                 |
|    15 | Madhya Pradesh   |                           611 |                                 279 | 15   | Western Railway            | 1630                          | 667                                 |
|    16 | Maharashtra      |                           650 |                                 433 | 16   | West Central Railway       | 384                           | 210                                 |
|    17 | Manipur          |                             0 |                                   0 |      | Total                      | 17083                         | 4765                                |
|    18 | Mizoram          |                             1 |                                   0 |      |                            |                               |                                     |
|    19 | Nagaland         |                             1 |                                   0 |      |                            |                               |                                     |
|    20 | Odisha           |                           675 |                                 144 |      |                            |                               |                                     |
|    21 | Pondicherry      |                            21 |                                   0 |      |                            |                               |                                     |
|    22 | Punjab           |                           976 |                                 175 |      |                            |                               |                                     |
|    23 | Rajasthan        |                           876 |                                 453 |      |                            |                               |                                     |

| 24   | Tamilnadu   | 1285   | 222   |
|------|-------------|--------|-------|
| 25   | Telangana   | 263    | 152   |
| 26   | Tripura     | 15     | 0     |
| 27   | Uttar       | 2889   | 858   |
|      | Pradesh     |        |       |
| 28   | Uttarakhand | 149    | 16    |
| 29   | West Bengal | 1635   | 179   |
|      | Total       | 17083  | 4765  |

Sanctioning  of  works  of  Road  over  Bridge  (ROB)/Road  under Bridge  (RUB)  in  lieu  of  Level  crossings  (LCs)  is  a  continuous  and dynamic process of Indian Railway. Such works are prioritised and taken  up  on  the  basis  of  its  impact  on  safety  in  train  operations, mobility of trains & impact for road users and feasibility etc.

Nos.  of  ROBs/RUBs  constructed  on  Indian  Railways  during  the period 2004-14 vis a vis 2014-24 is as under:

| Period   | ROBs/RUBs constructed           |
|----------|---------------------------------|
| 2004-14  | 4,148 Nos.                      |
| 2014-24  | 11,945 Nos. (about three times) |

Proposals/requests/suggestions/representations, both formal and informal for Road over Bridges/Road Under Bridges (ROBs/RUBs)  are  received  from  State  Governments,  Members  of Parliament,  elected  representatives,  Railways'  own  requirements, organizations/rail  users  etc.  at  various  levels  including  Railway Board,  Zonal  Railways,  Division  Office  etc.  As  receipt  of  such proposals/complaints/suggestions is a continuous  and  dynamic process, centralized compendium of such requests is not maintained.  However,  these  are  examined  and  action  as  found feasible and justified is taken from time to time.

As on 01.02. 2025, 4344 Nos. ongoing ROBs/RUBs works are sanctioned  at  the  cost  of  ₹  97,422  crore  on  Indian  Railways including  282  Nos.  of  Road  Over  Bridge  (ROB)/Road  Under  Bridge (RUB) works at cost of ₹ 9455 crore in the state of Andhra Pradesh. 320 Nos. of ROBs/RUBs have been completed during year 2019-24 in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Year wise expenditure over Indian Railways during 2019-24 is as under:-

| S.No.   | Financial year   | Total Expenditure in crores   |
|---------|------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1       | 2019-20          | 3,520                         |
| 2       | 2020-21          | 4,140                         |
| 3       | 2021-22          | 4,225                         |
| 4       | 2022-23          | 4,827                         |
| 5       | 2023-24          | 6,097                         |
|         | Total            | 22,809                        |

Completion  &  commissioning  of  ROB/RUB  works  depends  on various  factors  like  cooperation  of   State  Governments  in  giving consent for closure of LC,  fixing of approach alignment, approval of General  Arrangement  Drawing  (GAD),  land  acquisition,  removal  of encroachment,  shifting  of  infringing  utilities,  statutory  clearances from  various  authorities,   law  and  order  situation  in  the  area  of project /  work sites,   duration of  working season in a year for the particular project / area  due to climatic conditions etc.  All these factors affect the completion time of the projects / works.

Railways  have  taken  following  measures  to  expedite  the progress of work:

- (i) Joint survey with concerned State Govt./Road Owning Authority  is  done  before  finalizing  the  General  Arrangement Drawing  (GAD) to ensure smooth execution. (ii) Periodic meetings of Railway & State Government officials are done to resolve various issues related to ROB/RUB works. (iii) Standardization of superstructure drawings for various combinations of span, skewness and width of road on Railway portion  has  been  done  to  avoid  delays  during  the  design approval.  This  has  been  issued  in  the  form  of  compendium, which  can  be  directly  adopted  for  Road  Over  Bridge  across Railway lines for expeditious planning. (iv) ROB/RUB works are planned to be executed on a single entity basis by Railway wherever possible. In case any Road Owning authority/State Govt. wants then Railway may permit them to execute the work on a single entity basis.

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