Lok Sabha Question No. 967 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: Railway Facilities in Karnataka
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, Umesh G. Jadhav, B. Y. Raghavendra, Prathap Simha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 967 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2023

## RAILWAY FACILITIES IN KARNATAKA

## 967.  SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

DR. UMESH G. JADHAV: SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  any  requests  or  proposals  have  been  received  by  the Government from the    Members of  Parliament relating to railway works especially new railway lines, stoppages of major trains at major stations, providing railway connectivity to district headquarters, construction of over bridges, etc., for  the State of Karnataka  during  the  last  four-five  years  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) the reaction of the Government and the action taken so far on the said requests/proposals; and
- (c) the number of requests/proposals of Karnataka that are currently pending with the Railways and the reasons for pendency?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  967  BY  SHRI  ANNASAHEB  SHANKAR JOLLE,  DR.  UMESH  G.  JADHAV,  SHRI  B.Y.  RAGHAVENDRA  AND  SHRI PRATHAP  SIMHA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  26.07.2023 REGARDING RAILWAY FACILITIES IN KARNATAKA

(a) to (c): Proposals  for  new  Railway  lines  &  bridges  are  received  on the basis of demands raised by State Governments, Central Ministries, Members of Parliament, other public representatives and Railway's own requirements. As receipt of such proposals/suggestions is a continuous and dynamic process, centralized compendium of such requests is not maintained.

Further, request for new train services and provision of stoppages are received at various level of Railway administration, a compendium of which is not maintained. However, these are examined and subject to operational feasibility, traffic justification etc., new  services are introduced and stoppages are provided, which are on-going processes.

Railway projects are taken up Zonal Railway-wise on the basis of remunerativeness,  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.

Railway projects are surveyed/sanctioned/executed Zonal Railwaywise  and  not  State-wise  as  the  Railways'  projects  may  span  across State  boundaries.  Sanctioning  of  project  is  continuous  and  ongoing process. Moreover, as on 01.04.2023, 31 projects (21 new lines and 10 doubling)  of  total  length  3,866  Km,  costing ` 47,346  crore,  falling fully/partly in the State of Karnataka are in planning/approved/construction stage, out of which 1,146 Km length has been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ` 15,881crore  has  been incurred upto March, 2023.

Since 2018-19 to 2022-23 and current financial year (2023-24), 06 nos.  projects  (03  new  line  and  03  doubling)  of  total  length  266  Km falling fully/partly in the State of Karnataka have been sanctioned.

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  Karnataka,  during  2014-19  has been  enhanced  to ` 2,702    crore  per  year  which  is  224%  more  than Average Annual Budget allocation of ` 835 crore per year during 2009-14. The allocation has increased to ` 3,386 crore in Financial Year 2019-20 (306%  more  than  the  Average  Annual  Budget  allocation  of  2009-14), ` 4,220  crore  in  Financial  Year  2020-21  (405%  more  than  the  Average Annual  Budget  allocation  of  2009-14), ` 4,297  crore  for  Financial  Year 2021-22 (415% more than the Average Annual Budget outlay of 2009-14) and ` 6,091  crore  in  Financial  Year   2022 - 23 (629%  more   than   the …3/-

Average Annual Budget allocation of 2009 - 14). For financial  year 202324,  highest  ever  budget  outlay  of ` 7,561  crore  has  been  provided  for these  projects,  which  is  806%  more  than  average  annual  budget allocation of 2009-14 ( ` 835 crore per year).

During 2014-23, 1566 Km sections (336 Km of New line and 1,230 Km  Doubling)  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Karnataka  has  been commissioned at an average rate 174 km per year, which is 54% more than commissioning during 2009-14 (113 Km/Yr.).

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