Lok Sabha Question No. 1449 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Aurangabad-Bihta Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Raja Ram Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1449 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024

## AURANGABAD-BIHTA RAILWAY LINE

1449.  SHRI RAJA RAM SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    the  status  of  pending  projects  in  Karakat  and  adjoining  area  in regard to demands of the people which have been raised with the Government from time to time;
- (b)   the status of construction of Aurangabad-Bihta railway line project along with the anticipated target date of completion of the same;
- (c)    the  current  construction  status  of  Dalmianagar-Dihri  Rail  Factory which is a major demand of the people; and
- (d)  the status of Dehri railway bridge construction and by when it will be operational?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING 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. 1449 BY SHRI RAJA RAM SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 04.12.2024 REGARDING AURANGABADBIHTA RAILWAY LINE

(a) and (b): Railway projects are surveyed/ sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway  wise  and  not  State-wise/Constituency-wise  as  the  Railways' projects  may  span  across  State/Constituency  boundaries.  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, socioeconomic considerations etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

As on 01.04.2024, 55 projects (31 New Lines, 02  Gauge Conversions and 22 Doubling), of total length of 5,064 Km, costing Rs. 79,356 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Bihar including those falling fully/partly in Karakat area are in planning/approval/construction stage, out  of  which,  1194  km  length  has  been  commissioned  and  an expenditure of Rs. 26,983 crore has been incurred upto March, 2024. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned till March, 2024 (in Km) |   Total Exp. upto March, 2024 (Rs. in Cr.) |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                31 |                   2712 |                                            464 |                                      13629 |
| Gauge                    |                 2 |                    348 |                                            288 |                                       1520 |
| Doubling/Multi -tracking |                22 |                   2005 |                                            442 |                                      11834 |
| Total                    |                55 |                   5064 |                                           1194 |                                      26983 |

Zone-wise/year-wise  details  of  all  Railway  projects  including  cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

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

| Period   | Outlay                          |
|----------|---------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | Rs. 1132 Cr./year               |
| 2024-25  | Rs. 10,033 Cr. (Nearly 9 times) |

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

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of   |
|----------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 318 Km                   | 63.6 Km                    |
| 2023-24  | 361 Km                   | 361 Km (More than 5 times) |

A  Final  Location  Survey  for  Bihta-Aurangabad  (120  Km)  New  Line project has been sanctioned for preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR).

Meanwhile,  Anugrah  Narayan  Road  to  Aurangabad  (12.90  Km)  New Line, a part of Bihta - Aurangabad New Line, has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 440.59 Crore recently.

The completion of any Railway project depends on various factors like quick  land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forest  clearance  by officials  of  forest  department,  deposition  of  cost  share  by  State Government  in  cost  sharing  projects,  priority  of  projects,  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 due to climatic conditions etc.

(c):  Creation/upgradation  of  Rolling  stock  manufacturing/maintenance infrastructure is a continuous process in Indian Railways and is based on operational, traffic requirements etc.

(d): The said location is at Road over Bridge (ROB) No. 33 at Km 55/2729  between  Manpur-Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhya  Jn.  During  periodical inspection  of  the  ROB,  the  condition  of  the  girder  was  not  found satisfactory.  Accordingly,  a  work  of  replacement  of  this  girder  has been sanctioned.

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