Lok Sabha Question No. 3905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-18
Subject: Ongoing Railway Projects/Laying New Railway Lines in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3905

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2024

## ONGOING RAILWAY PROJECTS/LAYING NEW RAILWAY LINES IN UTTAR PRADESH

†3905. DR. RAJKUMAR SANGWAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to State:

- (a) the  status  of  the  ongoing  railway  projects  and  surveys  for  laying new railway lines in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the  target  set  for  completion  of  each  of  the  said  projects  and surveys;
- (c) the details of the work of the proposed Panipat-Daraula-HastinapurBijnor railway line;
- (d) the amount of money allocated and utilised on each project so far; and
- (e) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to complete these  projects  on time?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to  (e)  :  Railway  projects  are  surveyed/  sanctioned/executed  Zonal Railway wise and not State wise/District wise/Constituency wise as the Railways' projects may span across State boundaries. Railway projects are sanctioned on the basis of remunerativeness, traffic 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  Uttar Pradesh  are  covered  under  Northern  Railway,  North  Central  Railway, North Eastern Railway, East Central Railway and West Central 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, 68 Railway projects (16 New  Line,  03  Gauge Conversion and 49 Doubling), of total length of 5,874 Km costing ₹92,001 crore  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  are  at  various stages  of  planning  and  implementation,  out  of  which  1,313  Km  length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹28,366 crore has been incurred upto March 2024. The status of work is summarized as under:-

| Plan Head                |   No. of project s |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissione d (in Km) |   Expenditure upto March 2024 (₹in Cr) |
|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                 16 |                   1740 |                            297 |                                   8672 |
| Gauge Conversion         |                  3 |                    261 |                              0 |                                     26 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                 49 |                   3873 |                           1016 |                                  19668 |
| Total                    |                 68 |                   5874 |                           1313 |                                  28366 |

Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  and  safety  works,  falling fully/ partly in Uttar Pradesh is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                             |
|----------|------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,109 crore/year                  |
| 2024-25  | ₹19,848 crore (More than 17 times) |

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

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new   |
|----------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|          |                          | tracks                         |
| 2009-14  | 996 Km                   | Km/year                        |
|          |                          | 199.2                          |
| 2014-24  | 4,902 Km                 | times)                         |

To  improve  the  rail  connectivity,  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current FY 2024-25,  33 New line surveys of total length 1819 km falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh have been sanctioned.

Panipat, Daurala and Bijnor are connected via Delhi on existing Indian Railway Network. Moreover, the surveys of Meerut-Panipat New line (104 Km)  and Meerut-Hastinapur-Bijnor (63.5 Km)  new  line have been sanctioned.

Various  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  speedy  approval  and implementation of rail projects include (i) setting up of Gati Shakti units (ii)  prioritisation  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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