Lok Sabha Question No. 566 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Sanctioned Railway Projects in Karnataka
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: S. Muniswamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 566 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2023

## SANCTIONED RAILWAY PROJECTS IN KARNATAKA

566.  SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of sanctioned railway projects from May 2019 till date for the Kolar Lok Sabha Constituency of Karnataka;
- (b) the timeline to complete the sanctioned Broad Guage line between Marikuppam and Kuppam;
- (c) the details of projects in the pipeline from the Railways for the Lok Sabha Constituency of Kolar in Karnataka; and
- (d) the  total  expenditure  from  May  2019  till  date  for  the  Kolar  Lok Sabha Constituency in Karnataka?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  566  BY  SHRI  S.  MUNISWAMY  TO  BE ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  06.12.2023    REGARDING  SANCTIONED RAILWAY PROJECTS IN KARNATAKA

(a) and (b):  Railway projects are sanctioned and taken up Zonal Railwaywise  and  not  State-wise/constituency-wise  as  the  Indian  Railway's projects may span across various State boundaries. From April, 2019 to till date, one new line project between Dharwad and Belgaum via Kittur (73 Km) and one doubling project between Jokkatte and Thokur (2 Km) falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Karnataka  have  been  sanctioned. However, 2 Road Safety works i.e. Road Over Bridge (ROB) have been sanctioned  in  Kolar  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  of  Karnataka  from  April, 2019 to till date.

Marikuppam -Kuppam new line (24 Km) project falls in Karnataka (length: 6 Km) and Andhra Pradesh (length: 18 Km). Land acquisition for the project has been taken up. The Project involves acquisition of 70.14 acre  land  {including  49.70  acre  land  of  Bharat  Gold  Mines  Limited (BGML)} in Karnataka and 255.24 acre land in Andhra Pradesh. So far, total  70.14  acre  land  in  Karnataka  and  196.5  acre  land  in  Andhra Pradesh handed over by the respective State Government to Railways. Land acquisition of balance 58.74 acre land in Andhra Pradesh has been taken up. In Karnataka portion works have been taken up.

The completion of any Railway project depends on various factors like quick land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forest  clearance  by officials of forest  department,  shifting  of  infringing  utilities,  statutory

clearances from various authorities, geological and topographical conditions  of  area,  law  and  order  situation  in  the  area  of  project  site, number of  working  months  in  a  year  for  particular  project  site  due  to climatic conditions etc.  All these factors affect the completion time of the  project.  With  above  constraints,  every  effort  is  being  made  to execute the project(s) expeditiously.

- (c): Railway projects are sanctioned and taken up Zonal Railway-wise and  not  State-wise/constituency-wise  as  the  Indian  Railway's  projects may span across various State boundaries. However, as on 01.04.2023, 31 projects (21 new lines and 10 Doubling) of 3,866 km length, costing ` 47,346  crore  falling fully/partly in the  State  of Karnataka  are  in planning/approval/construction  stage.  An  expenditure  of ` 15,881  crore has been incurred upto March 2023.  These include:-

· 21 New Line Projects of total length 2,583 km at a cost of ` 33,218 crore,  out  of  which  366  Km  length  has  been  commissioned  and  an expenditure of ` 6,019 crore has been incurred upto March 2023.

- 10 Doubling Projects of total length 1,283 km at a cost of ` 14,128 crore,  out  of  which  780  Km  length  has  been  commissioned  and  an expenditure of ` 9,862 crore has been incurred upto March 2023.
- (d): Railway  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Karnataka  are  covered  under  South  Western  Railway  (SWR),  Central Railway  (CR),  Southern  Railway  (SR)  and  South  Central  Railway  (SCR) Zone of Indian Railway. Zone-wise and Year-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.

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 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 section (336 km of New line and 1230 km of Doubling) have been commissioned in the state at an average rate 174 km  per  year,  which  is  54%  more  than  commissioning  during  2009-14 ( 113 Km/Yr.)

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