Lok Sabha Question No. 1727 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-30
Subject: PM Gati Shakti for Integration of Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Shri Omprakash Bhupalsinh Alias Pavan Rajenimbalkar, Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1727

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2025

## PM GATI SHAKTI FOR INTEGRATION OF RAILWAY PROJECTS

†1727.

SMT. BHARTI PARDHI: SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAVAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  manner  in  which  has  the  PM-Gati  Shakti  National  Master Plan has contributed significantly to the integration and speedy completion of railway projects;
- (b) the details  of  the  measurable  improvements  observed  in project  implementation  timeline  and  cost  efficiency  since  its adoption;
- (c) the  details  of  the  current  number  of  pending  railway  projects across the country and the primary bottlenecks hindering their progress; and
- (d) the details of the specific strategies being employed to address these  bottlenecks  and  the  success  achieved  so  far  in  this regard,  project-wise,  particularly  in  Maharashtra  and  Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to  (d):  The  PM  Gati  Shakti  National  Master  Plan  (NMP)  was launched  in  October,  2021  to bring a transformative change in the

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approach towards planning and execution of infrastructural projects pertaining to the transportation sector. The NMP, spanning across the entire country has brought in synergy between the infrastructural sectors such as railways, shipping, roadways, telecommunications, pipelines, etc. through collaboration amongst concerned Ministries/State Governments/Departments, speeding up the  clearances  needed  for  the  project  completion  as  well  as planning at a faster pace.

Indian  Railways  has  immediately  imbibed  the  principles  of  Gati Shakti in its project planning process, expediting appraisal, sanction and execution of projects. On  ground  survey, route alignment,  deciding  alternative  route  to  avoid  passing  through forest and wildlife areas, connectivity to ports, mines, collieries is done through PM Gati Shakti Institutional mechanism developed by BISAG-N. This has led to enhancement in the quality of preparation of Detailed Project Report and reduction in project cost.

Now  survey  of  all  New  Line,  Gauge  Conversion  and  Doubling projects are taken up under PM Gati Shakti Institutional mechanism developed  by  BISAG-N  for    the    development      of      multimodal connectivity  infrastructure  to  various  Economic  Zones  with  an objective to have integrated planning, enhanced logistics efficiency, first  and  last  mile  connectivity,  throughput  enhancement    and remove gaps for seamless movement of people, goods/ commodities i.e.  agricultural  products,  fertilizers,  coal,  iron  ore,  steel,  cement, limestone etc.

Some  of  the  projects  which  have  been  have  been  benefitted immensely from PM Gati Shakti Institutional mechanism are:-

- (i) Taraga  Hill-  Abu  Road  via  Ambaji  New  Line  (117  km)Alignment has been finalized  avoiding  mines  and  reserved forest;
- (ii) Indore-Manmad New Line (309 km)- Alignment decided for accessibility  to  Onion  producing  hubs,  religious  places, industrial clusters, backward areas;
- (iii) Ajanta Caves Rail connectivity from Jalna and Jalgaon (174 km)- Alignment avoiding Archeological Survey of India sites and reserve forest;
- (iv) Sardega- Bhalamunda New Double Dine (37 km) - Alignment decided  to  avoid  mining  area  and  reaching  nearest  rail head.

During last 3 years (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) and current FY, 892 no. Surveys (267 New line, 11 Gauge Conversion and 614 Doubling) of  total  length  61,462  Km  have  been  sanctioned  across  Indian Railways and this has been done on PM Gati Shakti National Master

Plan.

During  last  three  years  i.e.  FY  2022-23,  2023-24,  2024-25  and  the current  FY,  237  projects  (40  New  Line,  17  Gauge  Conversion  and 1,90,333 Crore  have  been  sanctioned  across  Indian  Railways  under  PM

180  Doubling)  of  total  length  9,703  Km,  costing  approx. Gatishakti NMP.

Railway projects are sanctioned on the basis 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.

As on 01.04.2025, across Indian Railways, 431 Railway infrastructure projects (154 New Line, 33 Gauge Conversion and 244 Doubling) of total length 35,966 Km, costing approx.  6.75 lakh crore are sanctioned, out of which, 12,769  Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of approx. 2.91  lakh  crore  has been incurred upto March, 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Category                  |   No of Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (Km)   | Total Exp upto Mar'25 ( in Crore)   |
|---------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| New Lines                 |              154 | 16,142                       | 3,036                                  | 1,45,318                            |
| Gauge Conversion          |               33 | 4,180                        | 2,997                                  | 22,753                              |
| Doubling / Multitracki ng |              244 | 15,644                       | 6,736                                  | 1,22,858                            |
| Total                     |              431 | 35,966                       | 12,769                                 | 2,90,929                            |

Zone-wise/year-wise details of all Railway projects are  made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

The  details  of  commissioning  /  laying  of  new  track  across  Indian Railways is given below:-

| Period   | New track Commissioned   | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 7,599 Km                 | 4.2 Km/day                            |
| 2014-25  | 34,428 Km                | 8.57 Km/day ( more than 2 times)      |

## MADHYA PRADESH

Railway infrastructural Projects in the State of Madhya Pradesh are covered  by  South  East  Central  Railway,  West  Central  Railway, Central Railway, South Central Railway, East Central Railway, North Central Railway and Western Railway.

Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

During the last three years i.e. FY 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the current FY, 59 surveys (17 New Line and 42 Doubling) of total length 5,523  Km  falling  fully/partly  in  the  state  of  Madhya  Pradesh  have been sanctioned under PM Gati Shakti NMP.

As  on  01.04.2025,  24  Railway  projects  (08  New  Lines,  02  Gauge Conversion  and  14  Doubling),  of  total  length  of  4,740  Km  costing ₹89,543 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh, are sanctioned,  out  of which 2,092 Km length has been  commissioned ..P/6

and an expenditure of ₹41,401 crore has been incurred upto March 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Plan Head                |   No. of projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned (in Km)   | Expenditure upto March 2025 (₹ in Cr)   |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                 8 | 1914                   | 544                           | 15069                                   |
| Gauge Conversion         |                 2 | 809                    | 430                           | 6766                                    |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                14 | 2017                   | 1118                          | 19566                                   |
| Total                    |                24 | 4,740                  | 2,092                         | 41,401                                  |

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

| Period   | Outlay                             |
|----------|------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹632 crore/year                    |
| 2025-26  | ₹14,745 crore (More than 23 times) |

The details of commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  during  2009-14  and  2014-25  is  as under:-

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 145 Km                   | 29 Km/year                            |
| 2014-25  | 2651 Km                  | 241 Km/year (More than 8 times)       |

Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in Madhya Pradesh are as under:

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                          |   Cost (₹ in Crores) |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Guna- Etawah New Line (348 Km)                           |                  683 |
|       2 | Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km)                |                 2005 |
|       3 | Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km)              |                 1512 |
|       4 | Chhindwara-Mandla Fort Gauge Conversion (182 Km)         |                 1268 |
|       5 | Khodri - Anuppur Doubling (62 Km)                        |                  489 |
|       6 | Itarsi-Budhni 3rd line (25 Km)                           |                  286 |
|       7 | Bhopal-Bina 3rd line (145 km)                            |                 1075 |
|       8 | Barkhera-Habibganj 3rd line (41 km)                      |                  473 |
|       9 | Pendra Road-Anuppur 3rd line (50 Km)                     |                  394 |
|      10 | Bina-Kota Doubling (283 km)                              |                 2477 |
|      11 | Nimach-Chittaurgarh Doubling (56 Km)                     |                  560 |
|      12 | Khodri-Anuppur Doubling with flyover at Bilaspur (72 Km) |                  792 |
|      13 | Budhni-Barkhera 3rd line (27 Km)                         |                 1703 |
|      14 | Indore-Ujjain Doubling (79 Km)                           |                  757 |
|      15 | Anuppur-Katni 3rd line (165 Km)                          |                 2311 |
|      16 | Ramna-Singrauli doubling (160 Km)                        |                 2436 |
|      17 | Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling(32 Km)                |                  763 |

## Some  of  the  main  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  Madhya  Pradesh which have been taken up are as under:

|   S No | Project                                                                                   |   Cost (₹ in Crores) |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|      1 | Manmad-Indore New Line (309 Km) (Excluding Dhule-Nardana (51 Km) - Sanctioned separately) |                16320 |
|      2 | Ramganjmandi-Bhopal New Line (189 Km)                                                     |                 5073 |
|      3 | Indore-Budni New Line (198 Km)                                                            |                 7474 |
|      4 | Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli & Mahoba- Khajuraho New Line (541 Km)                      |                 8914 |
|      5 | Dahod-Indore New Line (205 Km)                                                            |                 4095 |
|      6 | Chhota Udepur-Dhar New Line (147 Km)                                                      |                 1794 |
|      7 | Nimach-Badi Sadri New Line (48 Km)                                                        |                  495 |
|      8 | Gwalior-Sheopurkalan Gauge Conversion with extension to Kota (284 Km)                     |                 2913 |
|      9 | Ratlam-Akola Gauge Conversion (525 Km)                                                    |                 6384 |
|     10 | Itarsi- Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km)                                                          |                 2450 |
|     11 | Jhansi-Bina 3rd line (153 Km)                                                             |                 2002 |
|     12 | Mathura-Jhansi 3rd line (274 Km)                                                          |                 5924 |
|     13 | Jhansi- Manikpur & Khirar-Bhimsen Doubling (431 Km)                                       |                 4330 |
|     14 | Katni - Bina 3rd line (260 Km)                                                            |                 3138 |
|     15 | Katni- Grade separator / Bypass (35 Km)                                                   |                 2300 |
|     16 | Katni- Singrauli Doubling (257 Km)                                                        |                 4377 |
|     17 | Satna-Rewa Doubling (50 Km)                                                               |                  590 |
|     18 | Nimach-Ratlam Doubling (133 Km)                                                           |                 1096 |
|     19 | Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km)                                                  |                 3285 |

## MAHARASHTRA:

Railway  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Maharashtra  are  covered  under  Central  Railway,  South  Central Railway,  South  East  Central  Railway,  South  Western  Railway  and Western Railway Zones of Indian Railways.

During the last three years i.e. FY 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the current  FY,  94  surveys  (26  New  Line,  2  Gauge  Conversion  and  66 Doubling) of total length 7979 Km falling fully/partly in the state of Maharashtra have been sanctioned under PM Gati Shakti NMP.

As on 01.04.2025, 38 projects (11 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversions and 25 Doubling), of total length of 5,098 Km, costing 89,780 crore falling fully/partly in Maharashtra are sanctioned, out of which 2360 km length  has  been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of 39,407 crore  has  been  incurred  upto  March,  2025.  The  status  of  work  is summarized as under:-

| Plan Head                |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned (in Km) |   Expenditure upto March 2025 (₹ in Crore) |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                11 |                   1355 |                           234 |                                      10504 |
| Gauge Conversion         |                 2 |                    609 |                           334 |                                       4286 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                25 |                   3134 |                          1792 |                                      24617 |
| Total                    |                38 |                   5098 |                          2360 |                                      39407 |

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

| Period   | Outlay                          |
|----------|---------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 1,171 crore/year                |
| 2025-26  | 23,778 Cr. (more than 20 times) |

The details of commissioning / laying of  new track falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:-

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 292 Km                   | 58.4 Km/year                          |
| 2014-25  | 2292 Km                  | 208.36 km per year (Nearly 4 times)   |

## Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in Maharashtra are as under:

|   S.No. | Project                                                              |   Cost ( in crore) |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | Jabalpur-Gondia including Balaghat-Katangi Gauge Conversion (300 Km) |               2005 |
|       2 | Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km)                          |               1512 |
|       3 | Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 Km)                                          |                263 |
|       4 | Panvel-Roha land acquisition Doubling (75 Km)                        |                 31 |
|       5 | Pen-Roha Doubling (40 Km)                                            |                330 |
|       6 | Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 Km)                                      |               2448 |
|       7 | Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 Km)                                    |                673 |
|       8 | Bhusawal - Jalgaon 3 rd Line (24 Km)                                 |                325 |
|       9 | 4th line between Jalgaon-Bhusawal Doubling (24 Km)                   |                261 |
|      10 | Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 Km)                                     |               3182 |

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## Some of the projects falling fully/partly in Maharashtra which have been taken up are as under:

|   S.No. | Project                                                                                         |   Cost ( in crore) |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|       1 | Ahmednagar-Beed-Parle Vaijnath New Line (261 Km)                                                |               4957 |
|       2 | Baramati-Lonand New Line (64 Km)                                                                |               1844 |
|       3 | Wardha-Nanded (via Yevatmal-Pusood) New Line (284 Km)                                           |               3445 |
|       4 | Dighi Port-Roha New Line (34 Km)                                                                |                725 |
|       5 | Solapur-tuljapur-Osmanabad New Line (84 Km)                                                     |               2933 |
|       6 | Dhule (Borvihir) - Nardana New Line (51 Km)                                                     |               1171 |
|       7 | Kalyan-Murbad via Ulhasnagar New Line (28 Km)                                                   |                836 |
|       8 | Manmad-Indore New Line (309 Km)                                                                 |              16321 |
|       9 | Wadsa-Gadchiroli New Line (52 Km)                                                               |               1886 |
|      10 | Ajanta Caves Rail Connectivity from Jalna and Jalgaon New Line (174 Km)                         |               5804 |
|      11 | Pachora-Jamner with extension upto Malkapur Gauge Conversion (84 Km)                            |               2094 |
|      12 | Ratlam-Mhow-Khandwa-Akola and MM of Fatehabad-Chandrawati Ganj-Ujjain Gauge Conversion (525 Km) |               6384 |
|      13 | Kalyan-Kasara - 3rd line (68 Km)                                                                |               1436 |
|      14 | Wardha(Sewagram)-Nagpur 3rd line (76 Km)                                                        |                698 |
|      15 | Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd line (132 Km)                                                             |               1385 |
|      16 | Itarsi- Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km)                                                                |               2450 |
|      17 | Pune-Miraj-Londa Doubling (466 Km)                                                              |               6463 |
|      18 | Daund Manmad Doubling (236 Km)                                                                  |               3037 |
|      19 | Manmad Jalgaon 3rd line (160 Km)                                                                |               1677 |
|      20 | Wardha-Nagpur 4th line (79 Km)                                                                  |               1137 |
|      21 | Kazipet -Ballarshah - 3rd line(202 Km)                                                          |               3183 |

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|   22 | Mudkhed - Medchal & Mahbubnagar - Dhone Doubling (417 Km)   |   4686 |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|   23 | Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd line (228 Km)                        |   3545 |
|   24 | Hotgi-Kudgi-Gadag Doubling (284 Km)                         |   2459 |
|   25 | Aurangabad - Ankai Doubling (98 Km)                         |    961 |
|   26 | Parbhani- Parli Vaijanath stations Doubling (65 Km)         |    770 |
|   27 | Jalgaon-Manmad 4th Line (160 Km)                            |   2574 |
|   28 | Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km)                    |   3285 |

Completion  of  Railway  project/s  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/s site, number of working months in a year for particular project  site  etc.  All  these  factors  affect  the  completion  time  and cost of the project(s).

Various  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  speedy  approval  and implementation  of  Railway  projects  include  (i)  setting  up  of  Gati Shakti units (ii) prioritisation of projects (iii) substantial increase in allocation of funds on priority projects (iv) delegation of powers at field level (v) close  monitoring  of  progress  of project at various levels,  and  (vi)  regular  follow  up  with  State  Governments  and concerned authorities for expeditious land acquisition, forestry and Wildlife  clearances  and  for  resolving  other  issues  pertaining  to projects. This has led to substantial increase in rate of commissioning since 2014.

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