Lok Sabha Question No. 1413 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Rail Service in the Areas of Tourists and Cultural Importance
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Satpal Brahamchari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1413 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024

## RAIL SERVICE IN THE AREAS OF TOURISTS AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE

† 1413. SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any project has been approved to connect the areas of tourists and cultural importance in the country with rail services during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  any  project  has  been  approved  in  this  regard  for  the areas  of  tourists  and  cultural  importance  in  Giridih  Lok  Sabha Constituency of Jharkhand and Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituency of Haryana; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1413 BY SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI TO BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  04.12.2024  REGARDING  RAIL SERVICE IN THE AREAS OF TOURISTS AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE

(a) to (d) Railway  projects  are  surveyed/  sanctioned/executed  Zonal Railway wise and not State-wise/ Parliamentary constituency-wise as the Railway projects may span across State boundaries/ Parliamentary constituency 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, socioeconomic considerations, tourist potential etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

During  the  last  03  years  i.e.  FY  2021-22,  2022-23,  2023-24  and  in current FY 2024-25, 192 projects (New Line,   Gauge Conversion and Doubling)  of  total  length  7,697  Km  costing  approx.  ₹1,44,039  Crore have  been  sanctioned  across  the  country  will  inter-alia  enhance connectivity to tourist and cultural places.

## JHARKHAND

Railway  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Jharkhand are covered by East Central Railway (ECR), Eastern Railway (ER) and  South  Eastern Railway (SER) Zone 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, 32 projects (11 New Lines, 01 Gauge Conversions and 20 Doubling), of total length of 3,070 Km, costing ₹52,885 crore, falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Jharkhand  including  Giridih  are  in planning/approval/construction stage, out of which 744 Km length has been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of  ₹15,986  crore  has  been incurred upto March'24. The summary is as under:-

| Category                |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned (Km) |   Exp upto March 2024 (₹ in Cr) |
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| New Lines               |                11 |                   1069 |                        156 |                            3549 |
| Gauge Conversion        |                 1 |                    159 |                         90 |                             184 |
| Doubling/ Multitracking |                20 |                   1842 |                        497 |                           12254 |
| Total                   |                32 |                   3070 |                        744 |                           15986 |

These  include  Multitracking  of  Son  Nagar-Andal  (374  Km),  Byepass line  at  Madhupur  (7.40  Km)  and  Parasnath  -  Madhuban-  Giridih  New line (49 Km) falling fully/partly in Giridih.

Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/ partly in the State of Jharkhand is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                        |
|----------|-------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹457 crore/year               |
| 2024-25  | ₹7,302 crore (About 16 times) |

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

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 287 Km                   | 57.4 Km/year                          |
| 2014-24  | 1,218 Km                 | 121.8 Km/year (More than 2 times)     |

## HARYANA

Railway  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly in  the  State  of Haryana  are  covered  under  Northern  Railway(NR),  North Central Railway(NCR),  and  North  Western  (NWR)  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, 14 Railway projects (05 New Line and 09 Doubling), covering  a  total  length  of  1,195  Km,  costing  ₹15,875  crore,  falling fully/partly in the State of Haryana, are in planning/approval/construction stage and an expenditure of ₹710 crore has been incurred upto March' 2024.

Recently, Survey for 3 rd  and 4 th   line between Delhi - Ambala (198 Km) passing through Sonipat, Panipat has been sanctioned.

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