Lok Sabha Question No. 3170 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Redevelopment of Datia Railway Station
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Sandhya Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3170 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2025

## REDEVELOPMENT OF DATIA RAILWAY STATION

†3170.   SMT. SANDHYA RAY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of various projects being developed by the Government across the country;
- (b) the details of works carried out under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme along with the cost incurred on redevelopment of Datia
- Railway Station under the said scheme; and
- (c) the status of construction of under-bridges/overbridges in Bhind
- and Datia districts under the said scheme?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (c):  Datia  railway  station  located  in  the  state  of  Madhya Pradesh  has  been  identified  for  development  under  Amrit  Bharat Station  Scheme.  The  tenders  for  development  works  at  Datia station  have  been  awarded  and  works  of  improvement  of  station building, waiting hall, toilets, circulating area, drainage arrangement, etc. have been completed and work of construction of new foot over bridge has been taken up.

Railway projects are surveyed/ sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway wise and not State-wise as the Railway projects may span across State 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  etc.  depending  upon  throwforward  of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

As on 01.04.2024, across Indian Railways, 488 Railway infrastructure projects (187 New Line, 40 Gauge Conversion and 261 Doubling) of total length 44,488 Km, costing approx.  7.44 lakh crore are  in  planning/approval/construction  stage,  out  of  which,  12,045 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of approx. 2.92 lakh crore has been incurred upto March, 2024. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No of Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (in Km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'24 (in Km)   | Total Exp upto Mar'24 ( in Cr)   |
|--------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| New Lines                |              187 | 20199                           | 2855                                      | 160022                           |
| Gauge Conversion         |               40 | 4719                            | 2972                                      | 18706                            |
| Doubling / Multitracking |              261 | 19570                           | 6218                                      | 113742                           |
| Total                    |              488 | 44,488                          | 12,045                                    | 2,92,470                         |

Zone-wise/year-wise  details  of  all  Railway  projects  including  cost, expenditure  and  outlay  are  made  available  in  public  domain  on Indian Railway's website.

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                            |
| 2014-24  | 31,180 Km                | 8.54 Km/day (more than 2 times)       |

So  far,  1337  stations  have  been  identified  for  development  under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, out of which 80 stations are located in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The names of stations identified for development  under  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  in  the  state  of Madhya Pradesh are as following:

| State          |   No. of Amrit Stations | Names of Amrit Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|----------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh |                      80 | Akodia, Amla, Anuppur, Ashoknagar, Balaghat, Banapura, Bargawan, Beohari, Berchha, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Bijuri, Bina, Biyavra Rajgarh, Chhindwara, Dabra, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Gadarwara, Ganjbasoda, Ghoradongri, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Harpalpur, Hoshangabad, Indore, Itarsi Jn., Jabalpur, Junnor Deo, Kareli, Katni Jn, Katni Murwara, Katni South, Khachrod, Khajuraho, Khandwa, Khirkiya, LaxmiBai Nagar, Maihar, Maksi, Mandlafort, Mandsaur, MCS Chhatarpur, Meghnagar, Morena, Multai, Nagda, Nainpur, Narsinghpur, Neemuch, Nepanagar, Orchha, Pandhurna, Pipariya, Ratlam, Rewa, Ruthiyai, Sanchi, Sant Hirdaram Nagar, Satna, Saugor, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Shamgarh, Sheopur Kalan, Shivpuri, Shridham, Shujalpur, Sihora Road, Singrauli, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha, Vikramgarh Alot |

Development  /  upgradation  /  modernisation  of  stations  including under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme is generally funded under Plan Head-53 'Customer Amenities'. The details of allocation and expenditure under Plan Head-53 are maintained Zonal Railway-wise. The  state  of  Madhya  Pradesh  is  covered  under  seven  zones  viz. Central Railway, East Central Railway, North Central Railway, South Central Railway, South East Central Railway, Western Railway and West Central Railway.   For  these  zones,  an  allocation   of 6,002 ..P/4

Crores  (Revised  Estimate)  has  been  made  for  the  financial  year 2024-25  under  Plan  Head-53  and  an  expenditure  of 4,961  Crores has been incurred during 2024-25 (up to February, 2025).

Development / upgradation of railway stations is complex in nature involving safety of passengers  &  trains and requires various statutory clearances such as fire clearance, heritage, tree cutting, air-port  clearance  etc.  The  progress  also  gets  affected  due  to brownfield related challenges such as shifting of utilities (involving water/sewage lines, optical fibre cables, gas pipe lines, power/signal cables, etc.), infringements, operation of trains without hindering  passenger  movement,  speed  restrictions  due  to  works carried  out  in  close  proximity  of  tracks  and  high  voltage  power lines, etc. and these factors affect the completion time. Therefore, no time frame can be indicated at this stage.

As  on  01.02.2025,  306  Nos.  of  ROBs/RUBs  are  sanctioned  at  the cost   6,336 crore in the State of Madhya Pradesh which include 04 Nos. of ROB/RUB works at the cost of 57.48 Crore in Datia district and  04  Nos.  ROBs  works  at  the  cost  of 177.53  Crore  in  Bhind district, which are at various stages of planning and execution.

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