Lok Sabha Question No. 2889 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Rail Line Extension and Budget Allocation
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Sharmila Sarkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2889

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

## RAIL LINE EXTENSION AND BUDGET ALLOCATION

2889.  DR. SHARMILA SARKAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the allocation of railway budget across States and as  a  percentage  of  the  total  budget  since  2014,  Year,  State  and zone-wise;
- (b) the details of the rail line extensions carried out since 2014, year and State-wise; and
- (c) the details of the number of Road Over Bridge (ROB) constructed since 2014, year and State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c): Railway projects are surveyed /sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway  wise   and   not  State-wise /District  wise  as  the  Railway Contd..2/-

projects may span across State/district boundaries.

Railway wise details of projects, budget, earnings and expenditure are available on website of Indian Railways.

The  details  of  commissioning/laying  of  new  track  across  Indian Railways is given below:-

| Period   | New track Commissioned   | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 7,599 Km                 | 4.2 Km/day                            |
| 2014-25  | 34,428 Km                | 8.57 Km/day (more than 2 times)       |

As on 01.04.2025, across Indian Railways, 431 Railway infrastructure projects (154 New Line, 33 Gauge Conversion and 244 Doubling) of total length 35,966 Km, costing approx.  6.75 lakh crore are sanctioned. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No of Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (Km)   | Total Exp upto Mar'25 ( in Cr)   |
|--------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| New Lines                |              154 | 16,142                       | 3,036                                  | 1,45,318                         |
| Gauge Conversion         |               33 | 4,180                        | 2,997                                  | 22,753                           |
| Doubling / Multitracking |              244 | 15,644                       | 6,736                                  | 1,22,858                         |
| Total                    |              431 | 35,966                       | 12,769                                 | 2,90,929                         |

Contd…3/-

Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:

-  Land acquisition
-  Forest clearance
-  Shifting of infringing utilities
-  Statutory clearances from various authorities
-  Geological and topographical conditions of area
-  Law and order situation in the area of project site
-  Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc.

All  these  factors  affect  the  completion  time  and  cost  of  the project/s.

## ROB/RUBs

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  its  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, 4,689 No. ROBs/RUBs are sanctioned at cost of 1,11,583 Crore on Indian Railways which are at various stages of planning and execution.

Completion & commissioning of ROB/RUB works depends on various factors like cooperation of State Governments in giving consent for closure of Level Crossing (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.

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