Lok Sabha Question No. 2968 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Railway Crossings/ROBs/RUBs in Etah-Kasganj Lok Sabha Constituency
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Devesh Shakya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2968 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

## RAILWAY CROSSINGS/ROBs/RUBs IN ETAH-KASGANJ LOK SABHA CONSTITUENCY

## †2968. SHRI DEVESH SHAKYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the fact that due to heavy traffic on the railway lines in Ganjdunbara, Sahawar and Soron under EtahKasganj Lok Sabha Constituency, there is an urgent need for a new Gated  Railway  crossing/Rail  Over  Bridge  (ROB)/Rail  Under  Bridge (RUB) for safe movement of citizens, students and farmers;
- (b) if  so,  whether  any  survey,  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR),  approval process  have  been  initiated  by  the  Government  for  construction  of necessary structures at these sites;
- (c) if so, the present status of progress thereof; and
- (d) if not, the steps proposed to be taken by the Government in the near future  to  construct  such  new  gated  railway  crossing  ROBs/RUBs  at these important places keeping in view the increasing population and accident proneness of the area?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to  (d)  :  Sanctioning  and  execution  of  works  of  Road  Over  Bridges/ Road Under Bridges (ROBs/RUBs) is a continuous and ongoing process on Indian Railways. Such works are prioritized and taken up on the basis of their impact on safety and mobility in train operations and impact on road users.

Nos.  of  ROBs/  RUBs  constructed  on  Indian  Railways  during  the  period 2004-14 vis a vis 2014-25 (Oct'25) is as under:

| Period           | ROBs/ RUBs constructed   |
|------------------|--------------------------|
| 2004-14          | 4,148 Nos.               |
| 2014-25 (Oct'25) | 13,653 Nos.              |

As  on  01.11.2025,  4689  Nos.  ROBs/  RUBs  are  sanctioned  at  the  cost  of ₹1,11,583 Cr on Indian Railways  including 764  Nos. Road  Over  Bridge (ROB)/Road Under Bridge (RUB) at a cost of ₹ 15,280 crore in the State of Uttar Pradesh, which are at various stages of planning and execution.

The details of ROBs/RUBs works at the mentioned locations are as under:-

|   S.No. | LC No.                       | Location                                          | Remarks                                                                                                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | LC No. 221/B (Ganj Dundwara) | At Km 213/23-24 on Ganj Dundwara- Sahawar section | The work of preparation of Technical Feasibility Report/ Detailed Project Report (TFR/DPR) for the construction of ROB at these LCs has been taken up.   |
|       2 | LC No. 232/C (Sahawar)       | At Km 226/21-22 on Ganjdundwara- Sahawar section  | The work of preparation of Technical Feasibility Report/ Detailed Project Report (TFR/DPR) for the construction of ROB at these LCs has been taken up.   |
|       3 | LC NO. 300/C (Soron)         | At Km 407/12-13 at Soron Yard                     | The work of preparation of Technical Feasibility Report/ Detailed Project Report (TFR/DPR) for the construction of ROB/RUB at this LC has been taken up. |

Further,  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.

Completion of any ROB/RUB work depends on various factors like, 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, number of working months in a year for particular project / work sites due to climatic conditions etc. All these factors affect the completion time of the projects / works.

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