Lok Sabha Question No. 411 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: New Trains from Supaul to Delhi and Supaul to Patna
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Dileshwar Kamait

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 411 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2024

## NEW TRAINS FROM SUPAUL TO DELHI AND SUPAUL TO PATNA †411. SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  scheme  to  introduce new trains from Supaul to Delhi and Supaul to Patna in public interest keeping  in  view  the  increasing  crowd  of  passengers  and  to  ensure providing  passenger  amenities  to  the  passengers  at  Supaul  railway station of Bihar and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government has  taken/likely  to  take  any  positive  and concrete  steps  in  view  of  the  problems  being  faced  by  the  people  in Supaul Parliamentary Constituency;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  still  kept  the  people  of  Supaul deprived of train services from Supaul to various cities of the country such  as  Delhi,  Mumbai,  Gujarat  Bangalore  and  Chennai  as  a  result  of which  they  are  unable  to  avail  the  facilities  such  as  good  education, employment  and  healthcare  and  if  not,  the  proposed  scheme  of  the Government for providing the said facility to the people of Supaul;
- (d)  the  present  status  of  various  rail  projects  being  implemented  in Bihar and the amount of funds spent by the Government so far towards the  renovation  of  various  other  railway  stations  of  other  districts including Supaul; and
- (e)  the  time  by  which  the  under  construction  Railway  Over  Bridge  in Supaul is likely to get completed in order to facilitate the movement of traffic?

## 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. 411 BY SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  24.07.2024  REGARDING  NEW  TRAINS FROM SUPAUL TO DELHI AND SUPAUL TO PATNA (a)  to  (c)   Supaul  is  presently  being  served  by  01  pair  of  Mail/Express service  and  06  pairs  of  Passenger  services  including  05279/05280 Saharsa-Supaul DEMU introduced w.e.f. 16.07.2024. Introduction of long distance train from Supaul is not feasible, at present, due to operational constraints.  Passengers of Supaul may avail change over at Saharsa for availing  long  distance  train  inter-alia  bound  for  Delhi,  Mumbai  and Patna.   Besides,  introduction  of  new  train  is  an  ongoing  process  over Indian  Railways  subject  to  traffic  justification,  operational  feasibility, resource availability etc. (d)   Railway projects are sanctioned and executed Zonal Railway wise and  not  Division  /District  /State  wise  as  Railway  projects  may  span across Division/District/State boundaries. However, as on 01.04.2024, 55 projects (31 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversions and 22 Doubling), of total length of 5,064 Km, costing ₹79,356 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar including those falling fully/partly in Supaul Constituency are in planning/approval/construction stage, out of which, 1194 km length has been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of  ₹26,983  crore  has  been incurred upto March, 2024. Railway Infrastructure Projects falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar are  covered  under  East  Central  Railway  (ECR),  Eastern  Railway  (ER), North  Eastern  Railway  (NER)  and  Northeast  Frontier  Railway  (NFR) Zones  of  Indian  Railways.  Zonal  Railway  wise  details  of  Railway projects  including  cost,  expenditure  and  outlay  are  made  available  in public domain.

(e)  Level Crossing (LC) No. 53 at km 69/6-7 (NH-327/E) between Supaul Tharbitia  on  Saharsa-Forbesganj  section  falls  on  National  Highway (NH).  Construction of ROB in lieu of this LC is being done by National Highways Authority  of  India  (NHAI)  at  their  own  cost  on  single  entity basis as per Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Ministry of Railways  and  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  Highway  (MORTH/NHAI). General  Arrangement  Drawing  (GAD)  has  been  approved  by  Railway. Work  is  in  progress.  Completion  &  commissioning  of  ROB/RUB  works depends  on  various  factors  like  consent  for  closure  of  LC  from  state Govt., fixing of approach alignment, land acquisition, removal of encroachment, shifting of infringing utilities, statutory clearances from various authorities, law and order situation in the area of project/work sites, duration of working season in a year for the particular project/area due to climatic conditions etc.  All these factors affect the completion time of the projects/works.

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