Lok Sabha Question No. 3264 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-09
Subject: Unmanned Railway Crossings
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Chinta Anuradha, Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel, Bhavana Gawali (Patil), Krupal Balaji Tumane, Shardaben Anilbhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3264 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2023

## UNMANNED RAILWAY CROSSINGS

## 3264.  SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA:

SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI):

SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the year-wise details of the total  number  of  unmanned  level crossings in the country;
- (b) the  State-wise  details  of  the  cases  of  death  in  accidents  at  these level crossings in the last five years, year-wise;
- (c) the  State-wise  details  of  the  total  number  of  unmanned  level crossings operational in the country;
- (d) the year and State-wise details of the total number of railway underbridges and railway over-bridges constructed to replace unmanned level crossings since the year 2018;
- (e) the  details  of  the  total  amount  spent  to  replace  unmanned  level crossings; and
- (f) the scheme formulated by the Government to completely replace all the unmanned level crossings within a prescribed time-limit?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3264  BY  SHRIMATI  CHINTA  ANURADHA, SHRI  MITESH  RAMESHBHAI  PATEL  (BAKABHAI),  SHRIMATI  BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO  GAWALI,  SHRI  KRUPAL  BALAJI  TUMANE  &  SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SHABHA ON 09.08.2023 REGARDING UNMANNED RAILWAY CROSSINGS

(a)  to  (f)  :  All    Unmanned  Level  Crossings  (UMLCs)  on  running  lines  of Broad  Gauge  network  of  Indian  Railway  have  been  eliminated  by 31.01.2019  by  manning,  closer/merger  &  construction  of  Road  Over Bridge  (ROB)/Road  Under  Bridge  (RUB).  However,  presently,  there  are 559 Nos. Unmanned level crossings (UMLCs) on Meter Gauge (MG) and Narrow  Gauge  (NG)  sections  on  Indian  Railway,  which  includes      262 No's UMLCs in Gujarat, 6 No's in Maharashtra 96 No's  in Rajasthan, 32 No's  in  Uttar  Pradesh  &  163  No's    in  West  Bengal.  The  same  will  be eliminated during the Gauge conversion of these sections.

In  last  four  years  and  current  year,  no  death  case  has  been reported on these level crossings.

Total 6149 No's Road Under Bridges/ Road Over Bridges (RUBs/ROBs)  have  been  constructed  since  2018-19  (up  to  June'23)  of Indian  Railway  which  includes  construction  of  ROBs/RUBs  in  lieu  of UMLCs.  State -wise details are as under;

| State            |   ROB/RUB Completed |
|------------------|---------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |                 423 |
| Assam            |                 171 |
| Bihar            |                 310 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                  67 |
| Delhi            |                   4 |
| Goa              |                  10 |
| Gujarat          |                 584 |
| Haryana          |                 233 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                   2 |

| Jammu & Kashmir            |    5 |
|----------------------------|------|
| Jharkhand                  |  204 |
| Karnataka                  |  266 |
| Kerala                     |   42 |
| Madhya Pradesh             |  441 |
| Maharashtra                |  496 |
| Mizoram/ Manipur/ Nagaland |   29 |
| Orissa                     |  190 |
| Punjab                     |  186 |
| Rajasthan                  |  805 |
| Tamilnadu                  |  333 |
| Telangana                  |  286 |
| Tripura                    |   16 |
| Uttar Pradesh              |  844 |
| Uttarakhand                |   17 |
| West Bengal                |  185 |
| TOTAL                      | 6149 |

Separate record  of expenditure  incurred  in  the construction  of RUB/ROB to replace UMLCs is not maintained. Total ` 24,711 crores have been spent for Road safety works (ROB/RUB & Level Crossings) including elimination  of  UMLCs  over  Indian  Railway  since  01.04.2018  (Up  to Jun'23).

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