Lok Sabha Question No. 2234 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-02
Subject: Ongoing/Pending Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: S. Venkatesan, S.R. Parthiban, Kamlesh  Paswan, Sanghamitra Maurya, Keshari Devi Patel, Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2234

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2023

## ONGOING/PENDING RAILWAY PROJECTS

2234. SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN:

DR. SANGHMITRA MAURYA:

SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN

RAJENIMABLKAR:

SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and the present status of ongoing railway projects in  the  country  particularly  in  Tamil  Nadu,  Madhya  Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, zone-wise;
- (b) the  project-wise  details  of  various  ongoing  and  pending  rail projects in Prayagraj and Badaun Parliamentary Constituencies of  Uttar  Pradesh,  Madurai  in  Tamil  Nadu  and  Usmanabad  and Parbhani in Maharashtra;
- (c) the details of the number of railway projects running behind the schedule;
- (d) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated/spent  along  with  the  funds lying unspent for the said projects during the last three years, year/project-wise and reasons for unspent funds;
- (e) the names of the sanctioned/ongoing projects in these States which  were  to  be  completed  during  the  years  2021-22  and 2022-23 and the time when these projects were started;
- (f) the  number  of  rail  projects  announced  by  the  Government  in Uttar  Pradesh,  Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra from 2017-18, budget-wise and reasons for delay in its commencement;

(g) the number of railway projects in these States that have been surveyed and approved but the work has not yet started; and

(h) the measures being taken by the Government for early completion of the said projects?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (h)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2234 BY SHRI S. VENKATESAN, SHRI PARTHIBAN  S.R.,  SHRI  KAMLESH  PASWAN,  DR.  SANGHMITRA MAURYA, SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL, SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR,  SHRI  OMPRAKASH  BHUPALSINH  ALIAS  PAWAN RAJENIMABLKAR AND SHRI SANJAY JADHAV TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.08.2023 REGARDING ONGOING/PENDING RAILWAY PROJECTS

(a) to (d): The Railway projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway wise and not State wise/UT wise/Parliamentary constituency wise as the Railways'  projects  may  span  across  various  state  boundaries/ Parliamentary  constituency  boundaries.  As  on  01.04.2023,  across Indian  Railways  including  Tamil  Nadu,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, 459 Railway Infrastructure projects (189 New Line, 39 Gauge Conversion and 231 Doubling) of total length 46,360 Km, costing approx. ` 7.18 lakh crore are in planning/approval/construction stage,  out  of  which,  11,872  Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of approx. ` 2.61 lakh crore has been incurred upto March, 2023.

## TAMIL NADU

As on 01.04.23, 23 projects (09 new line, 03 Gauge conversion and 11 doubling) of total length 2,848 Km costing ` 35,580 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Tamil Nadu are in planning/approval/construction  stage,  out  of  which,  839  km  length has  been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ` 9,078  crore  has been incurred upto March, 2023.

Railway  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Tamil Nadu are covered under Southern Railway (SR), South Central Railway  (SCR)  and  South  Western  Railway  (SWR)  zone  of  Indian Railways.

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in Budget allocation  and  commensurate  commissioning  of  projects.  Average annual Budget allocation for Infrastructure and safety works, falling fully/  partly  in  State  of  Tamil  Nadu,  during  2014-19  has  been enhanced to ` 1,979 crore per year which is 125% more than average annual  budget  allocation of ` 879  crore during 2009-14. The allocation has  increased to ` 2410  crore  in  Financial  Year  2019-20 (174% more than average annual allocation of 2009-14), ` 2812 crore for Financial Year 2020-21 (220% more than average annual budget allocation of 2009-14), ` 3730 crore for Financial Year 2021-22 (324% more than average annual allocation of 2009-14) and ` 3,865  in  FY 2022-23(340% more than average annual allocation of 2009-14). For FY  2023-24,  highest  ever  Budget  Outlay  Rs.6,080  crore  has  been provided for these works, which is 592% more than average annual allocation of 2009-14 ( ` 879 Crore/year).

During  2014-23,  1227  km  sections  (18  km  New  Line,  456  Km  of Gauge Conversion and 753 km of Doubling) falling fully/partly in the State  of  Tamil  Nadu  have  been  commissioned  at  an  average  rate 136.33 km per year.

## MADHYA PRADESH

As on 01.04.2023, 32 projects (08 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversions 77,797 crore in planning/approval/construction stage, out of which 1,557 Km length 31,111  crore  has and 22 Doubling), of total length of 5,539 Km, costing ` falling fully/partly in Madhya Pradesh are has  been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ` been incurred upto March, 2023.

Railway  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Madhya  Pradesh  are  covered  under  South  East  Central  Railway (SECR),  West  Central  Railway  (WCR),  Central  Railway  (CR),  North Western Railway (NWR), East Central Railway (ECR), North Central

Railway (NCR) and Western Railway (WR) zone of Indian Railways.

Since  2014,  there  has  been  a  substantial  increase  in  the  Budget allocation  and  commensurate  commissioning  of  the  projects.  The Average  Annual  Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  & safety works, falling fully/ partly in State of Madhya Pradesh, during 2014-19 has been enhanced to ` 4,213 crore per year  which is 567% more than Average Annual Budget allocation of ` 632 crore per year during 2009-14. The allocation has been increased to ` 6,906 crore in Financial Year 2019-20 (993% more than the Average Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14), ` 6,509 crore in Financial Year 2020-21 (930% more than the Average Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14), ` 9,041 crore  for  Financial  Year  2021-22  (1,331%  more  than  the  Average Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14) and ` 12,110 crore in FY 202223 (which is 1816% more than the Average Annual Budget outlay of 2009-14). For FY 2023-24, highest ever budget outlay of ` 13,607 core has been provided for these Projects, which is 2053% more than the Average Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14 ( ` 632 crore per year).

During 2014-23, 1,741 km sections (293 km New line, 636 km Gauge conversion and 812 km Doubling), falling fully/partly in the state of Madhya Pradesh,  have been  commissioned at an average rate of 193.44  km  per  year,  which  is  567%  more  than  average  annual commissioning achieved during 2009-14 (29 Km/Yr.).

## UTTAR PRADESH

As on 01.04.2023, 71 Projects (16 New Line, 04 Gauge Conversion 98,015 crore, in planning/approval/construction stage, out of which 1498 Km length 28,275  crore  has and 51 Doubling) of a total length 6,552 km, costing ` falling fully/partly in Uttar Pradesh are has  been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ` been incurred upto March, 2023.

Railway  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Uttar  Pradesh  are  covered  under  Northern  Railway  (NR),  North Central  Railway  (NCR),  North  Eastern  Railway  (NER),  East  Central Railway  (ECR)  and  West  Central  Railway  (WCR)  zone  of  Indian Railways.

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in fund allocation and commensurate commissioning of projects across Indian Railways. Average  Annual  Budget  allocation for Infrastructure projects  &  safety  works,  falling  fully/  partly  in  State  of  Uttar Pradesh, during 2014-19 has been enhanced to ` 5,278 crore per year which  is  376%  more  than  Average  Annual  Budget  allocation  of ` 1109 crore per year during 2009-14. The allocation has increased to ` 8,403 crore in Financial Year 2019-20 (658% more than the Average Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14), ` 8,576 crore in Financial Year 2020-21 (673% more than the Average Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14)  , ` 14,128  crore  for  Financial  Year  2021-22  (1,174%  more than  the  Average  Annual  Budget  outlay  of  2009-14)  and ` 14,761 crore  in  Financial  Year  2022-23  (1,231%  more  than  the  Average Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14). For FY 2023-24, highest ever budget  outlay  of ` 17,507   crore   has   been   provided  for  these ..P/5

projects, which is 1479%  more  than average annual budget allocation of 2009-14 ( ` 1109 crore per year).

During 2014-23, 3150 Km sections (204 km New line, 713 km Gauge conversion and 2233 km Doubling ) falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar  Pradesh  have  been commissioned at an average rate of 350 km per year, which is 76% more than commissioning during 2009-14 (199.2 Km/Yr).

## MAHARASHTRA

As on 01.04.2023, 34 projects (16 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversions and 16 Doubling), of total length of 5,872 Km, costing ` 80,184 crore falling fully/partly in Maharashtra are in planning/approval/construction stage, out of which 1,421 km length has  been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ` 23,964  crore  has been incurred upto March, 2023.

Railway  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Maharashtra are covered under Central Railway (CR), South Central Railway (SCR), South East Central Railway (SECR), South Western Railway (SWR) and Western Railway (WR) Zones of Indian Railways.

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in Budget allocation  and  commensurate  commissioning  of  projects  across Indian Railways. Average Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/ partly in Maharashtra, during 2014-19 has been enhanced to ` 4,801 crore per year which is 310% more than ` 1,171 crore per year during 2009-14. The allocation has increased  to ` 7,281  crore  in Financial Year 2019-20  (522%  more

than the Average Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14), ` 6,700 crore in  Financial  Year  2020-21  (472%  more  than  the  Average  Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14), ` 8,547 crore for Financial Year 202122 (630% more than the Average Annual Budget allocation of 200914) and ` 11,903 crore in FY 2022-23 (916% more than the Average Annual Budget allocation of 2009-14). For FY 2023-24, highest ever budget outlay of ` 13,539 crore has been provided for these works, which is 1056% more than the Average Annual Budget Allocation of 2009-14 ( ` 1,171 crore per year).

During 2014-23, 1,472 km sections (147 km New Line, 136 km Gauge Conversion and 1189 km Doubling) falling fully/partly in Maharashtra have  been  commissioned  at  an  average  rate  163.56  km  per  year, which  is  180%  more  than  average  commissioning  during  2009-14

(58.4 km/year).

Zone-wise details of all Railway Projects including cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railways website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in> Ministry of Railways> Railway Board> about Indian Railways> Railway Board Directorates>  Finance  (Budget)>  Rail  Budget/Pink  Book  (year)> Railway-wise Works, Machinery and Rolling Stock Programme (RSP).

The  completion  of  any  Railway  project(s)  depends  on  various factors  like  quick  land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forest clearance by officials of forest department, deposition of cost share by State Government in cost sharing projects, priority of projects, shifting of infringing  utilities,  statutory  clearances  from  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. and all these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project(s).

(e): The details of Railway Infrastructure projects (New Line, Gauge Conversion,  Doubling)  falling  fully  /partly  in  the  States  of  Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra which were sanctioned  prior  to  2021-22  and  2022-23  but  were  commissioned during 2021-22 and 2022-23 are given in Appendix-I .

(f)  and  (g):  During  the  last  six  years  i.e.  FY  2017-18,  FY  2018-19,  FY 2019-20, FY 2020-21, FY 2021-22, FY 2022-23 and current FY 2023-24, the  number  of  New  Line,  Gauge  Conversion  and  Doubling  Projects included in the Budget in the above mentioned States is as under:-

34 Projects (New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling) of a total length of 1,847 km have been included in the Budget which fall fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh;

07 Projects (New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling) of a total length of  516  km  have  been  included  in  the  Budget  falling  fully/partly  in  the State of Madhya Pradesh;

10 Projects (New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling) of a total length of  908  km  have  been  included  in  the  Budget  falling  fully/partly  in  the State of Tamil Nadu;

11 Projects (New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling) of a total length of 1,654 km have been included in the Budget falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra.

During the last six years i.e. FY 2017-18, FY 2018-19, FY 2019-20, FY 2020-21, FY 2021-22, FY 2022-23 and current FY 2023-24, 316 Surveys (New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling) of a total length of 25,141 km falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  Madhya  Pradesh, Tamil  Nadu  and  Maharashtra  have  been  sanctioned.  During  the  said period, 65 Projects (New Line Gauge Conversion and Doubling) of a total length of 4,175 Kms, costing approx. ` 50,520 Crore have been sanctioned which fall fully/partly in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.

Zone-wise details of all Railway Surveys including cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railways website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in >Ministry of Railways>Railway  Board  >About  Indian  Railways  >Railway  Board Directorates >Finance (Budget) >Budget Document (Financial Year)/ Railway wise break up of the Detailed Demands for Grants Financial Year (Part II) Demand No.85.

Sanctioning  of  Railway  projects  is  a  continuous  and  dynamic process of Indian Railway. Railway Infrastructure Projects are taken up on the basis of remunerativeness, last mile connectivity, missing links  and  alternate  routes,  augmentation  of  congested/saturated lines socio-economic considerations etc. depending upon liabilities of  ongoing  projects,  overall  availability  of  funds  and  competing demands.

(h): Various steps taken by the Government for speedy sanction and implementation of rail projects include (i) setting up of Gati Shakti units (ii) prioritisation of projects (iii) substantial increase in allocation of funds on priority projects (iv) delegation of powers at field level (v) close  monitoring  of  progress  of project at various levels,  and  (vi)  regular  follow  up  with  State  Governments  and concerned authorities for expeditious land acquisition, forestry and Wildlife  clearances  and  for  resolving  other  issues  pertaining  to projects. This has led to substantial increase in rate of commissioning since 2014.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2234 BY SHRI S. VENKATESAN, SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R., SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN, DR. SANGHMITRA MAURYA, SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL, SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR,  SHRI  OMPRAKASH  BHUPALSINH  ALIAS  PAWAN RAJENIMABLKAR AND SHRI SANJAY JADHAV TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.08.2023 REGARDING ONGOING/PENDING RAILWAY PROJECTS

## Uttar Pradesh

|   SN | Year of Commissioning of Project   | Plan Head   | Name of Project                                                                  |   Length (in km) |
|------|------------------------------------|-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|    1 | 2021-22                            | GC          | Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur                                                            |             83   |
|    2 | 2022-23                            | GC          | Indara-Dohrighat                                                                 |             34   |
|    3 | 2021-22                            | DL          | Mathura-Palwal 4 th line                                                         |             80   |
|    4 | 2021-22                            | DL          | Naini - Chheoki- 3 rd Down line with additional Platform.                        |              2   |
|    5 | 2021-22                            | DL          | Utretia-Raibareilly                                                              |             65.6 |
|    6 | 2021-22                            | DL          | Raibareilly-Amethi                                                               |             60.1 |
|    7 | 2021-22                            | DL          | Alamnagar-Utretia                                                                |             20   |
|    8 | 2022-23                            | DL          | Bhimsen-Jhansi                                                                   |            206   |
|    9 | 2022-23                            | DL          | Bhaupur-Panki - 4 th line Connecing Dn Loop of Bhaupur to Shunting neck of Panki |             11   |
|   10 | 2022-23                            | DL          | Kanpur-New Coaching Complex - Kanpur                                             |              3   |
|   11 | 2022-23                            | DL          | Ballia-Gazipur city                                                              |             65   |
|   12 | 2022-23                            | DL          | Aunrihar-Jaunpur                                                                 |             60   |
|   13 | 2022-23                            | DL          | Malhaur-Daliganj doubling with electrification                                   |             13   |

## Madhya Pradesh

|   SN | Year of Commissioning of Project   | Plan Head   | Name of Project                 |   Length (in km) |
|------|------------------------------------|-------------|---------------------------------|------------------|
|    1 | 2021-22                            | GC          | Chhindwara-Mandla Fort          |           182.25 |
|    2 | 2021-22                            | DL          | Pendra Road-Anuppur - 3 rd line |            50.1  |
|    3 | 2022-23                            | DL          | Bina-Kota (282.66 km)           |           282    |
|    4 | 2022-23                            | DL          | Nimach-Chittaurgarh             |            56    |

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## Maharashtra

|   S.No. | Year of Commissioning of Project   | Plan Head   | Name of Project                                                                   |   Length (in km) |
|---------|------------------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|       1 | 2021-22                            | DL          | Bhusawal - Jalgaon 3 rd Line                                                      |            24.13 |
|       2 | 2022-23                            | DL          | 4th line between Jalgaon- Bhusawal                                                |            24    |
|       3 | 2022-23                            | DL          | Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (224.90 km) and Pune-Guntakal Electrification (641.37 km) |           225    |

## Tamil Nadu

|   SN | Year of Commissioning of Project   | Plan Head   | Name of Project                                                                                                                       |   Length (in km) |
|------|------------------------------------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|    1 | 2022-23                            | GC          | Madurai-Bodiyakannur                                                                                                                  |               90 |
|    2 | 2021-22                            | DL          | Chengalpattu-Villupuram (103 km) with new MM of Tambaram- Chengalpattu - 3rd line by GC of existing MG line along with elect. (30 km) |              133 |
|    3 | 2022-23                            | DL          | Salem-Magnesite Junction- Omalur                                                                                                      |               11 |

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