Lok Sabha Question No. 278 (STARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Suburban Railway Network in Bengaluru
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 278 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2025

## SUBURBAN RAILWAY NETWORK IN BENGALURU

- *278.  SHRI TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government proposes to execute and operate the suburban  railway  network  in  Bengaluru  on  its  own  considering  the slow progress of the Bengaluru Suburban Railway Project;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number  of  PPP  and  Centre-State  partnership  models  of  Railway projects, companies or SPVs running in the country;
- (d) the details of number of profitable ventures of such models; and
- (e) the reasons for non-achievement of success in such models, if any?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 278 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2025.

(a) to (e): Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Limited (KRIDE),  a  Company  controlled  by  State  Government  of  Karnataka  (51% equity)  is  executing  the  Bengaluru  Suburban  Rail  Project  (BSRP).    BSRP (148.17 Km) has been sanctioned at a cost of ₹ 15767 Cr. with 20% funding each  by  Government  of  India  and  Government  of  Karnataka  and  60% through debt.

BSRP has four Corridors, viz.,

Corridor-1: KSR Bengaluru City - Devanahalli (41.4 Km)

Corridor-2: Baiyyapanahalli - Chikkabanawara (25.01 Km)

Corridor-3: Kengeri - Whitefield (35.52 Km)

Corridor-4: Heelalige - Rajankunte (46.25 Km)

Work is in progress on Corridor-2 & 4. Preliminary work for Corridor 1 & 3 has been taken up by K-RIDE.  Indian Railway has transferred the railway land  to  K-RIDE  for  the  project  however  progress  of  transferring  of  State Government land is very slow.

Further,  presently  a  part  -  time  Managing  Director  (MD)  appointed  by Government of Karnataka is looking after the work of the project.  There is a  need  for  appointing  a  full  time  MD  who  is  conversant  with  railway technology.

Completion  of  Railway  project/s  depends  on  various  factors  like  land acquisition  by  State  Government,  forest  clearance  by  officials  of  forest from department, shifting of infringing utilities, statutory clearances various authorities, geological and topographical conditions of area, law

and order situation in the area of project/s 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/s.

So  far  there  are  9  State  Joint  Venture  Companies  with  Centre-  State Partnership.    There  are  many  PPP  models  including  Non-Governmental Railways  (NGR),  Joint  Venture  (JV),  Customer-Funded  (CF),  Build-OwnTransfer  (BOT)  and  Annuity.  Till  date  in  these  models,  19  projects  have been completed, and 12 are ongoing.

Of these Joint Venture/SPV railway projects, 6 SPV projects are profitable as  on  March  31,  2024  and  remaining  projects  are  in  various  phases  of construction/ operation.

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