Lok Sabha Question No. 3756 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-18
Subject: Railway Projects in Rajasthan
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Manju Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3756 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2024

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN RAJASTHAN

3756.    SMT. MANJU SHARMA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of various ongoing railway projects in Rajasthan;
- (b) the number of new railway lines constructed/under construction in the State;
- (c) whether  there  is  any  project  for  doubling  of  Ajmer-Chanderiya section and providing bypass line at Marwar;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the benefits of doubling and providing bypass at this section?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to  (e):  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 …2/-

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, socio-economic considerations etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

Railway  infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Rajasthan are covered under North Western Railway, Northern Railway, North  Central  Railway,  West  Central  Railway  and  Western  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,  32  Railway  projects  (15  New  Lines,  05  Gauge Conversion  and  12  Doubling),  of  total  length  of  4,191  Km  costing ₹51,814 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Rajasthan are at various stages of planning and implementation, out of which 1,183 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹14,785 crore has been incurred upto March 2024. The status of work is summarized as under:-

| Plan Head               |   No. of projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned (in Km)   | Expenditure upto March 2024 (₹ in Cr)   |
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| New Lines               |                15 | 1230                   | 134                           | 3593                                    |
| Gauge Conversion        |                 5 | 1252                   | 759                           | 5398                                    |
| Doubling/ Multitracking |                12 | 1709                   | 290                           | 5794                                    |
| Total                   |                32 | 4,191                  | 1,183                         | 14,785                                  |

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

| Period   | Outlay                         |
|----------|--------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹682 crore/year                |
| 2024-25  | ₹9,959 crore (Nearly 15 times) |

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

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 798 Km                   | 159.6 Km/year                         |
| 2014-24  | 3,742 Km                 | 374.2 Km/year (More than 2 times)     |

The work of doubling between Ajmer and Chanderiya section (178.28 Km) has been sanctioned  at  cost  of  ₹1634.79  crore.  The  project  has been declared as special railway  project.    Land  acquisition  has  been taken  up.    Doubling  the  existing  single  line  section  would  result  in removing capacity constraints, reduce detention, timely capacity building to handle future traffic growth and overall development of the region.

The work of Bypass line  at  Marwar  (3.9  Km)  has  been  sanctioned  at cost  of  ₹71.21  crore  and  the  project  has  been  declared  as  special railway project. Land acquisition has been taken up. This bypass line would provide a major contribution to the socio-economic development of  the  area  by  enhancing  capacity,  allowing  for  the  haulage  of  more goods and passenger traffic and providing better operational flexibility.

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