Lok Sabha Question No. 2913 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: Level Crossings in Jaunpur District
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Adv Priya Saroj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2913 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2025

## LEVEL CROSSINGS IN JAUNPUR DISTRICT

## 2913. ADV PRIYA SAROJ:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  level  crossings  in  Jaunpur  district  where Road Over Bridges (ROBs) or Road Under Bridges (RUBs) have been sanctioned but construction work has not yet commenced;
- (b) the  details  of  any  new  express  or  passenger  trains  that  have been  introduced  or  are  proposed  to  be  introduced  to  connect the  Purvanchal  region  of  Uttar  Pradesh  with  major  cities  and commercial  hubs  across  the  Country  during  the  last  three years;
- (c) the  number  of  new  line  surveys  and  projects  currently  in progress  or under  planning  in Purvanchal  region  of Uttar
- Pradesh along with their total length and projected cost;
- (d) the details of all railway projects including new lines, doubling, electrification,  station  upgradation  and  overbridges  that  are currently  pending  beyond  their  original  scheduled  completion date in Jaunpur District of Uttar Pradesh; and
- (e)
- the reasons for delay in these projects?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (e) : 14 Nos. ROBs/RUBs are sanctioned in lieu of LCs at the cost of ₹ 409 crore in Jaunpur district which are at various stages of planning and execution. The details are as under:-

|   SN | Location                                 | ROB/ RUB/ FOB   |   Cost (in ₹ Cr.) | Remarks                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|------|------------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | LC No. 30 near Jalalganj                 | ROB             |                37 | This work is being executed on dual entity basis i.e., Railway portion by railway and approaches by State agency. Contract has been awarded.                                                                        |
|    2 | LC No. 42A on Jaunpur- Zafrabad section  | ROB             |                37 | This work is being executed on dual entity basis i.e., Railway portion by railway and approaches by State agency. The work of preparation of GAD has been taken up.                                                 |
|    3 | LC No. 64-B near Badsahpur               | ROB             |                37 | This work is being executed on dual entity basis i.e., Railway portion by railway and approaches by State agency. The work of preparation of GAD has been taken up.                                                 |
|    4 | LC No. 43 on Jaunpur- Zafrabad section   | ROB             |                38 | This work is being executed on dual entity basis i.e., Railway portion by railway and approaches by State agency. GAD has been approved.                                                                            |
|    5 | LC No. 23/C Srikrishna Nagar             | ROB             |                46 | This work is being executed on dual entity basis i.e., Railway portion by railway and approaches by State agency. GAD has been approved. Contract has been awarded. Geo-technical investigation has been completed. |
|    6 | LC No. 9 at Jaunpur city                 | ROB             |                70 | Contract has been awarded.                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|    7 | LC No. 38 A on Jaunpur- Zafrabad         | ROB             |                68 | The work of preparation of GAD has been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                   |
|    8 | LC No. 57A on Zafrabad- Ayodhya section  | RUB             |                 6 | GAD has been approved. Detailed Estimate has been sanctioned.                                                                                                                                                       |
|    9 | LC No. 44/C on Zafrabad- Ayodhya section | RUB             |                 6 | GAD has been approved. Detailed Estimate has been sanctioned.                                                                                                                                                       |
|   10 | LC No. 61 on                             | RUB             |                 6 | The work of preparation of GAD has been                                                                                                                                                                             |

|    | Zafrabad- Ayodhya section                                                 |     |    | taken up.                                                                                                     |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 11 | LC No. 51 on Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction - Pratapgarh Junction - | ROB | 40 | This LC is situated on National Highway. This work has been taken up by MoRTH/NHAI on single entity basis.    |
| 12 | Lucknow LC No. 11 on Aunrihar Junction- Jaunpur Junction                  | RUB |  6 | GAD has been approved. Detailed Estimate has been sanctioned. Contract has been awarded. Box has been casted. |
| 13 | LC No. 24 on Aunrihar Junction- Jaunpur Junction                          | RUB |  6 | The work of preparation of GAD has been taken up.                                                             |
| 14 | LC No. 40 on Aunrihar Junction- Jaunpur Junction                          | RUB |  6 | The work of preparation of GAD has been taken up.                                                             |

Sanctioning of works of Road over Bridge (ROB)/Road Under Bridge  (RUB)  in  lieu  of  Level  crossings  (LCs)  is  a  continuous  and dynamic process of Indian Railways. Such works are prioritised and taken  up  on  the  basis  of  its  impact  on  safety  in  train  operations, mobility of trains & impact for road users and feasibility etc.

Nos. of ROBs/ RUBs constructed on Indian Railways during the period 2004-14 vis a vis 2014-25 (June'25) is as under:

| Period   | ROBs/ RUBs constructed   |
|----------|--------------------------|
| 2004-14  | 4,148 Nos.               |

| 2014-25 (June'25)   | 13,426 Nos. (including 1649 Nos. in the State of Uttar Pradesh)   |
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

As  on  01.04.2025,  4,402  Nos.  ROBs/  RUBs  are  sanctioned  at the  cost  of  ₹  1,00,860  Cr  on  Indian  Railways  including  736  Nos. Road  Over  Bridge  (ROB)/Road  Under  Bridge  (RUB)  at  the  cost  of ₹14,022 crore in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  which  are  at  various stages of planning and execution.

## Electrification:

Electrification of railway network on Indian Railways has been taken up in mission mode. So far, about 99% of Broad Gauge (BG) network  has  been  electrified. The  electrification in  remaining network has been taken up. Electrification carried out during 2014-

## 25 and before 2014 is as under:

| Period                       | Route Kilometer   |
|------------------------------|-------------------|
| Before 2004 (about 60 years) | 21,801            |
| 2014-25                      | 46,900            |

In Uttar Pradesh, entire existing Broad Gauge railway network has been electrified including Jaunpur District. All new line/multitracking  projects  are  being  sanctioned  and  constructed with electrification.

New Line/ Doubling/ Gauge conversion projects:

During the last three years i.e. 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the current FY 2025-26, 111 surveys (33 New Line, 76 Doubling and 2  Gauge  Conversion)  of  a  total  length  of  6271  km  have  been sanctioned falling fully/partly in the state of Uttar Pradesh including Purvanchal region.

As on 01.04.2025, 49 Railway projects (10 New Line, 02 Gauge Conversion  and  37  Doubling),  of  total  length  of  3,808  Km  costing ₹62,360  crore  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh including  Purvanchal  region  and  Jaunpur  district  are  sanctioned, out  of  which  1,323  Km  length  has  been  commissioned  and  an expenditure of ₹30,611 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 Commission ed (in Km) |   Expenditure upto March 2025 (₹in Cr) |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                10 |                   1227 |                            340 |                                  10517 |
| Gauge Conversion         |                 2 |                     67 |                              0 |                                    281 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                37 |                   2513 |                            983 |                                  19813 |
| Total                    |                49 |                   3808 |                           1323 |                                  30611 |

Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/ partly in Uttar Pradesh including Purvanchal region and Jaunpur district is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                         |
|----------|--------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,109 crore/year              |
| 2025-26  | ₹ 19,858 Cr. (nearly 18 times) |

Details  of  some  of  the  recently  completed  projects,  falling fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  including  Purvanchal  and Jaunpur district, are as under:

|   S.No | Name of Project               |   Cost (cr.) |
|--------|-------------------------------|--------------|
|      1 | Agra-Etawah New Line (110 Km) |          427 |

| 2   | Guna-Etawah New Line (348 Km)                  | 683   |
|-----|------------------------------------------------|-------|
| 3   | Etawah-Mainpuri New Line (58 Km)               | 313   |
| 4   | Ghazipur city-Tarighat New Line (17 Km)        | 1766  |
| 5   | Kanpur-Bareilly Gauge Conversion (545 Km)      | 1790  |
| 6   | Bareilly-Tanakpur Gauge Conversion (102 Km)    | 313   |
| 7   | Gonda-Bahraich Gauge Conversion (60 Km)        | 318   |
| 8   | Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur Gauge Conversion (83 Km) | 589   |
| 9   | Indara-Dohrighat Gauge Conversion (34 Km)      | 213   |
| 10  | Lucknow-Pilibhit Gauge Conversion (263 Km)     | 1634  |
| 11  | Utretia-Zafrabad Doubling (148 Km)             | 890   |
| 12  | Bhadoi-Janghai Doubling (31 Km)                | 168   |
|     | Muzaffarnagar - Tapri Doubling (52 Km)         | 525   |
| 14  |                                                |       |
| 15  | Mathura-Palwal 4th line (80 Km)                | 669   |
| 16  | Utretia-Raibareilly Doubling (66 Km)           | 662   |
| 17  | Raibareilly-Amethi Doubling (60 Km)            | 668   |
| 18  | Bhimsen-Jhansi Doubling (206 Km)               | 2620  |
| 19  | Ballia-Gazipur city Doubling (65 Km)           | 650   |
| 20  | Aunrihar-Jaunpur Doubling (60 Km)              | 405   |
| 21  | Barabanki-Akbarpur Doubling (161 Km)           | 1700  |
| 22  | Rosa-Burhwal Doubling (181 Km)                 | 2094  |
| 23  | Jaunpur- Akbarpur Doubling (77 Km)             | 676   |
| 24  | Ramna-Singrauli Doubling (160 Km)              | 2436  |
| 25  | Janghai- Phaphamau Doubling (47 Km)            | 414   |
| 26  | Varanasi-Allahabad Doubling (120 Km)           | 2018  |

Some of the main projects, falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Uttar  Pradesh  including  Purvanchal  and  Jaunpur  district,  which have been taken up, are as under:

|   S. No | Name of Project                                |   Cost (Cr) |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|       1 | Sahjanwa-Dohrighat New Line (81 Km)            |        1320 |
|       2 | Bahraich & Khalilabad new Line (240 Km)        |        4940 |
|       3 | Unchhar-Amethi Doubling (66 Km)                |        1229 |
|       4 | Mughalsarai-Allahabad, 3rd line (150 Km)       |        2649 |
|       5 | Billi- Chunar Doubling (102 Km)                |        1424 |
|       6 | Chhapra-Ballia Doubling (65 km)                |         937 |
|       7 | Varanasi- Allahabad Doubling (120 Km)          |        2018 |
|       8 | Domingarh- Kusumhi - 3 rd line (21km)          |         508 |
|       9 | Burhwal Gonda 3rd line (62 Km)                 |         800 |
|      10 | Phephna-Indara, Mau-Shahganj Doubling (150 Km) |        1529 |
|      11 | Bhatni-Aurnihar doubling (125 Kms)             |        2529 |
|      12 | Gorakhpur- Valmikinagar Doubling (96 Km)       |        1121 |
|      13 | Janghai- Amethi Doubling (87 Km)               |         719 |
|      14 | Janghai- Phaphamau Doubling (47 Km)            |         414 |

## Trains:

As the Railway network  straddles across State/regional boundaries,  trains  are  introduced  as  per  network  requirement across  such  boundaries. However,  in  its  constant  endeavour  to provide/improve connectivity for the  passengers, Indian Railways, between the period 2023-24 and 2025-26 (till 31.07.2025) have, on originating/terminating  basis,  introduced  the  following  22  train services  including  14  Vande  Bharat  train  services  serving  the stations like Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Mau etc.

1. 26501/26502 Patliputra-Gorakhpur Vande Bharat Express
2. 20175/20176 Banaras-Agra Cantt. Vande Bharat Express
3. 22499/22500 Deoghar-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express
4. 20887/20888 Ranchi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express
5. 22425/22426  Ayodhya  Cantt-Anand  Vihar  (T)  Vande  Bharat Express
6. 6.
7. 22415/22416 Varanasi-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express
8. 7.
9. 8.
10. 22549/22550 Gorakhpur-Prayagraj Vande Bharat Express
11. 18629/18630 Ranchi-Gorakhpur Express
9. 16367/16368  Kanniyakumari-Banaras  Kashi  Tamil  Sangmam Express
13. 10.
14. 11.
15. 15181/15182 Mau-Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express
16. 12945/12946 Veraval-Banaras Express

Moreover, it has also been decided to introduce 12527/12528

Azamgarh-Anand Vihar (T) Express.

## Station redevelopment:

Ministry  of  Railways  has  launched  Amrit  Bharat  Station Scheme for development of stations on a continuous basis with a long-term  approach.  It  involves  preparation  of  master  plans  and their  implementation  in  phases  to  improve  the  amenities  at  the stations  like  improvement  of  station  access,  circulating  areas, waiting halls, toilets, lift/escalators as necessary, platform surfacing  and  cover  over  platform,  cleanliness,  free  Wi-Fi,  kiosks for local products through schemes like 'One Station One Product', better passenger information systems, executive lounges, nominated spaces for business meetings, landscaping, etc. keeping in view the necessity at each station.

The scheme also envisages improvement of building, integrating  the  station  with  both  sides  of  the  city,  multimodal integration, amenities for Divyangjans, sustainable and environment friendly solutions, provision of ballastless tracks, etc.

as per necessity, phasing and feasibility and creation of city centre at the station in the long term.

So  far,  1337  stations,  including  157  stations  located  in  the state of Uttar Pradesh, have been identified for development under this  scheme.  Development  works  at  railway  stations  across  the country under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme have been taken up at a good pace. Till now, phase-I works of 20 stations (Ayodhya Dham, Balrampur, Bareilly City, Bijnor, Fatehabad, Gola Gokarnath, Gomtinagar,  Govardhan,  Govindpuri,  Hathras  City,  Idgah  Agra  Jn, Izzatnagar,  Mailani,  Pokhrayan,  Ramghat  Halt,  Saharanpur  Jn., Siddharth  nagar,  Suraimanpur,  Swaminarayan  Chappia,  Ujhani)  in the state of Uttar Pradesh have been completed under this scheme. The works at other stations have also been taken up at good pace and progress of some of above stations is as given below:

-  At Shahganj Junction station, the works of 6 m Foot Over Bridge and boundary wall in circulating area have been taken up.
-  At  Jaunpur  Junction  station,  structural  work  of  new  station building, platform shelter and toilet block have been taken up.
-  At  Jaunpur  City  station,  work  of  platform  shelters  have  been taken up.
-  At  Mariahu  station,  the  works  of  station  building,  circulating area, toilet, waiting hall, lighting and Divyangjan facilities have been taken up.
-  At  Badshahpur  station,  the  works  of  station  building,  platform shelter, circulating area, toilet, waiting hall, lighting and Divyangjan facilities have been taken up.
-  At  Sri  Krishna  Nagar  station,  the  works  of  station  building, platform  shelter,  circulating  area,  toilet,  waiting  hall,  lighting and Divyangjan facilities have been taken up.

Further development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and ongoing  process  and  works  in  this  regard  are  undertaken  as  per requirement,  subject  to  inter-se  priority  and  availability  of  funds. The  priority  for  development  /  redevelopment  /  upgradation  / modernisation of stations is accorded to higher category of station over lower category of station while sanctioning and executing the works.

Development / upgradation of railway stations is complex in nature involving safety of passengers & trains and requires various statutory clearances such as fire clearance, heritage, tree cutting, airport  clearance  etc.  The  progress  also  gets  affected  due  to brownfield related challenges such as shifting of utilities (involving water/sewage lines, optical fibre cables, gas pipe lines, power/signal cables, etc.), infringements, operation of trains without hindering passenger movement, speed restrictions due to works  carried  out  in  close  proximity  of  tracks  and  high  voltage power  lines,  etc.  and  these  factors  affect  the  completion  time. Therefore, no time frame can be indicated at this stage.

Development / upgradation / modernisation of stations including  under  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  is  generally  funded under Plan Head-53 'Customer Amenities'. The details of allocation and expenditure under Plan Head-53 are maintained Zonal Railwaywise and not work-wise, or station wise or state-wise. The state of Uttar  Pradesh  is  covered  under  the  jurisdiction  of  five  railway zones, namely East Central Railway, North Central Railway, Northern Railway, North Eastern Railway, and West Central Railway. For these zones, an allocation of ₹ 4,357 crore has been made for the financial year 2025-26, out of which an expenditure

(up to June, 2025) of ₹ 877 crore has been incurred so far. Completion of Railway project/s including ROBs/RUBs 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.

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