Lok Sabha Question No. 435 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: Rail Network to Connect Rural Districts of UP
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Arun Kumar Sagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 435 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2024

## RAIL NETWORK TO CONNECT RURAL DISTRICTS OF UP

- †435 SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken or is likely to take any steps to construct a new railway line covering Farrukhabad - Allaganj Jalalabad - Shahjahanpur - Powayan - Khutar - Mailani - Pilibhit to connect the remote rural areas of Shahjahanpur, Farrukhabad, Lakhimpur Khiri, Badaun, Pilibhit districts of Uttar Pradesh with the railway network;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the progress made so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING 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. 435 BY SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.07.2024  REGARDING RAIL  NETWORK TO CONNECT RURAL DISTRICTS OF UP

(a) to (c): The Railway projects are surveyed/sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway-wise and not State-wise/Region-wise/District-wise as the Railways' projects may span across State/District boundaries. 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.

Survey  for  construction  of  new  line  Farrukhabad-Mailani  via  Allahaganj, Jalalabad,  Shahjahanpur,  Pawayan,  Khutar  (158  km)  was  completed  in 2018-19  with  estimated  project  cost  of  ₹4168  crore.  However,  at  that time, the project could not be taken forward due to low traffic projections.

However, as on  01.04.2024, total  68  Railway  infrastructure  Projects  (16 New Lines, 3 Gauge Conversion and 49 Doubling), of total length of 5,874 km  costing  ₹92,001  crore  falling  fully/partly  in  Uttar  Pradesh  are  in planning/ approval/ construction stages, out of which 1,313 km length has been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of  ₹28,366  crore  has  been incurred upto March, 2024. These include:

- (i) 16  New  Line  Projects  of  total  length  of  1,740  km  costing  ₹29,156 crore,  out  of  which  297  km  length  has  been  commissioned  and  an expenditure of ₹8,672 crore has been incurred upto March, 2024.

- (ii) 3 Gauge Conversion Projects of total length of 261 km costing ₹2,453 crore,  out  of  which  an  expenditure  of  ₹26  crore  has  been  incurred upto March, 2024.
- (iii) 49  Doubling  Projects  of  total  length  of  3,873  km  costing  ₹60,392 crore, out of which 1016 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹19,668 crore has been incurred upto March, 2024.

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