Lok Sabha Question No. 2729 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-07
Subject: New Rail Line between Davangere and Tumkuru
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Prabha Mallikarjun, Shri Govind Makthappa Karjol

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2729 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2024

## NEW RAIL LINE BETWEEN DAVANGERE AND TUMKURU

- 2729     SHRI GOVIND MAKTHAPPA KARJOL: DR. PRABHA MALLIKARJUN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the ongoing railway new line projects in Karnataka;
- (b) the details of the funds allocated/sanctioned for development of these new lines;
- (c) the  details  of  the  current  progress  status  of  a  new  rail  line connecting between Davangere to Tumkuru via Chitradurga;
- (d) the details of the funds allocated/sanctioned to above said new rail  line  and  reason  for  non-implementation  of  the  above  said project along with the expected timeline for completion of the same; and
- (e) whether the Government is aware that completion of the said rail  line  reduce  the  travel  distance  between  Bangalore  and Davangere by 60 km. and if so , the time by which the said rail line would be operational?

## 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 UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2729  BY  SHRI  GOVIND  MAKTHAPPA KARJOL AND DR. PRABHA MALLIKARJUN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.08.2024 REGARDING NEW RAIL LINE BETWEEN DAVANGERE AND TUMKURU

(a) to (e): The Railway projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway-wise and not State-wise as the Railway projects may  span  across State boundaries. However, as on 01.04.2024, total 31 Railway Infrastructure Projects  (21  New  Line  and  10  Doubling),  of  total  length  of  3,840  Km, costing ₹47,016 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Karnataka are in planning/ approval/ construction stages, out of which 1,302 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹17,382 crore has been incurred upto March, 2024. These include:

- (i) 21 New Line projects of total length of 2,556 Km costing ₹33,125 crore, out of which 395 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹7,592 crore has been incurred upto March, 2024.
- (ii) 10  Doubling  projects  of  total  length  of  1,284  Km  costing  ₹13,891 crore, out of which 907 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹9,791 crore has been incurred upto March, 2024.

New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling projects falling fully/partly in the  State  of  Karnataka  are  covered  by  South  Western  Railway  (SWR), Central Railway (CR), Southern Railway (SR) and South Central Railway (SCR)  Zones  of  Indian  Railways.  Zone-wise  details  of  all  Railway Projects  including  cost,  expenditure  and  outlay  are  made  available  in public domain on Indian Railways website.

Tumkur - Chitradurga - Davangere new line (191 Km) project has been taken up on cost sharing basis with State Government of Karnataka, in which State Government of Karnataka is providing land free of cost and sharing 50% construction cost of the project. Latest cost of the project is  2142.35 crore. An expenditure of  359.32 crore has been incurred on the  project  upto  March,  2024.    An  outlay  of 150  crore  has  been provided  for  Financial  Year  2024-25.  Work  has  been  taken  up  in  the available land.

The completion of any Railway project depends on various factors like quick  land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forestry  clearance  by officials  of  forest  department,  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 due to climatic conditions etc.  All these factors affect the completion time of the  project.  With  above  constraints,  every  effort  is  being  made  to execute the project(s) expeditiously.

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in fund allocation and commensurate  commissioning  of  projects  in  State  of  Karnataka  as under:-

| Period   | Average Outlay   | Increase w.r.t. average allocation of 2009-14   |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 835 crore/year   | -                                               |
| 2024-25  | 7,559 crore      | 9 times                                         |

## Commissioning of infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Karnataka is as under:

| Period   | Total Track Commissioned   | Average Track Commissioned   | Increase w.r.t. average commissioning during 2009-14   |
|----------|----------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 565 km                     | 113 km/year                  | -                                                      |
| 2014-24  | 1,633 km                   | 163 km/year                  | 1.44 times                                             |

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