Lok Sabha Question No. 3085 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Doubling of Railway Track in Hazaribagh and Ramgarh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Manish Jaiswal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3085 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2025

## DOUBLING OF RAILWAY TRACK IN HAZARIBAGH AND RAMGARH

†3085. SHRI MANISH JAISWAL :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  total  stretch  of  railway  track  in  kilometers  where doubling of the same has been completed in Jharkhand; and
- (b) the time by which the target of doubling the railway track in Hazaribagh and Ramgarh is likely to be achieved?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  &  (b)  :    Railway  projects  are  surveyed/sanctioned/executed  Zonal Railway  wise  and  not  State-wise/district-wise/parliamentary  constituency wise as the Railway projects may span across State/district/ parliamentary constituency boundaries. Sanctioning of Railway projects is a continuous and dynamic process of Indian Railway. 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

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requirement, socio-economic considerations including connectivity to tribal dominated areas etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

Railway Infrastructure Projects falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand are  covered  under  East  Central  Railway  (ECR),  Eastern  Railway  (ER)  and South Eastern Railway (SER) Zones of Indian Railways. Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects including cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain.

As on 01.04.2024, 32 projects (11 New Lines, 01 Gauge Conversions and 20 Doubling),  of  total  length  of  3070  Km,  costing  ₹52,885  crore  falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand  including those which  are in planning/approval/construction stage, out of which, 744 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹15,986 crore has been incurred upto March, 2024. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No. projects |   of Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissione d till March, 2024(in Km) |   Total Exp. upto March, 2024 (Rs. in Cr.) |
|--------------------------|----------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |             11 |                      1069 |                                            156 |                                       3549 |
| Gauge Conversion         |              1 |                       159 |                                             90 |                                        184 |
| Doubling/Multi- tracking |             20 |                      1842 |                                            497 |                                      12254 |
| Total                    |             32 |                      3070 |                                            744 |                                      15986 |

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The  details  of  outlay  for  infrastructure  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the State of Jharkhand is as under:-

| Period   | Outlay                       |
|----------|------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹457 Cr./Yr                  |
| 2024-25  | ₹7302 Cr. (approx. 16 times) |

The details of commissioning/ laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand is as under:- new

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of   |
|----------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 287 Km                   | 57.4 Km                    |
| 2023-24  | 124 Km                   | 124 Km (More than 2 times) |

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   including  connectivity  to  tourist and  religious  places  etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for doubling of Koderma - Hazaribagh Arigada  (133  Km)  section  has  been  prepared.  The  cost  of  the  project  is approximately Rs.2887.11 cr. Further, Final Location Survey for doubling of Muri - Barkakana via Ramgarh (58 Km) section has been sanctioned.

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Sanctioning  of  project  requires  consultation  with  various  stake-holders including State Governments and necessary approvals viz. appraisal of NITI Aayog,  Ministry  of  Finance  etc.  Timelines  can  be  estimated  only  after approval process is completed.

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