Lok Sabha Question No. 2969 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: ROBs and RUBs in Chhattisgarh.
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2969 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2025

## ROBs AND RUBs IN CHHATTISGARH

## 2969. SMT. JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  Railway  Over  Bridges  (ROBs)  and  Under  Bridges (RUBs)  announced  across  Chhattisgarh  during  the  last  three years, district and project-wise;
- (b) the details of the number of projects commenced and completed of these announced projects;
- (c) the number of projects currently pending along with the specific reasons  for  delay,  if  any  and  the  revised  timelines  for  their completion; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  specific  plan/initiatives  undertaken  by  the Government  to provide additional railway infrastructure or services  as  a  form  of  reciprocation  and  development  for  the people  of  Korba  district  considering  the  substantial  revenue contributed  by  the  Korba  district  to  the  railway  department, primarily due to its numerous coal mines?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d) :  As on 01.04.2025, 4,402 Nos. ROBs/ RUBs are sanctioned at the cost of ₹ 1,00,860 Cr on Indian Railways including 112 Nos. Road Over  Bridge  (ROB)/Road  Under  Bridge  (RUB)  at  the  cost  of  ₹  1,710 crore  in  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh,  which  are  at  various  stages  of planning  and  execution.  This  includes  07  Nos.  sanctioned  works  of ROBs/RUBs at the cost of ₹ 108 crore in Korba District.

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.              |

During 2022-25 (June'25), 65 Nos. ROBs/RUBs have been sanctioned in the State of Chhattisgarh, which are at various stages of planning  and  execution.  Out  of  which,  04  Nos.  RUBs  have  been completed and commissioned.

During 2014-25 (June'25), total 167 Nos. ROBs/RUBs have been completed  including  52  Nos.  ROBs/RUBs  completed  during  last  03 years i.e.  year 2022-25 (June'25).

Railway projects are surveyed/ sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway wise and not State-wise/Division-wise as the Railway projects may span across State  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  01.04.2025,  26  projects(06  New  Lines  and  20  Doubling), covering total length of 1,931 Km length, costing ₹31,619 crore, falling fully/partly  in  the  state  of  Chhattisgarh,  are  at  various  stages  of planning and implementation, out of which 1023 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹16,325 crore has been incurred upto March' 2025. The status of the work is summarized as:

| Category                 |   No. of projects |   Total Length NL/GC/DL (in Km) |   Length Commissioned till March'25 (Km) |   Total Exp upto Mar'25 (₹ in Cr) |
|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                 6 |                             609 |                                      184 |                              6154 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                20 |                            1323 |                                      839 |                             10171 |
| Total                    |                26 |                            1931 |                                     1023 |                             16325 |

Budget  allocation  for  infrastructure  projects  and  safety  works falling fully/partly in the State of Chhattisgarh is as under:

| Period    | Outlay                         |
|-----------|--------------------------------|
| 2009-2014 | ₹311 Cr/year                   |
| 2025-2026 | ₹6925 Cr ( More than 22 times) |

The details of Commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Chhattisgarh during 2009-14 and 2014-24 is as under:

| Period   | Total Length Commissioned   | Average Length Commissioned          |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 32 Km                       | 6.4 Km/Year                          |
| 2014-25  | 1189 Km                     | 108.1 Km/Year ( more than 15 times ) |

In last 5 years i.e. 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25  and  current  financial  year  2025-26,  19  projects  covering  a length of 676 kms costing ₹14,943 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Chhattisgarh have been sanctioned.

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

In last three years 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25  and  current financial  year  2025-26,  60  surveys  (26  New  Line  and  34  Doubling) covering  a  total  length  of  5657  km  has  been  taken  up  falling partly/fully in the State of Chhattisgarh.

Some of the projects falling fully/partly in Chhattisgarh including Korba district which have been taken up are as under:

|   S.N | Name of Project                            |   Total Cost (Cr) |
|-------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|     1 | Dallirajhara-Rowghat New Line (95 Km)      |              1627 |
|     2 | Rowghat-Jagdalpur New Line (140 kms)       |              3513 |
|     3 | Kharsia-Dharamjaygarh New Line (122 kms)   |              3438 |
|     4 | Gevra Road-Pendra Road New Line (135 kms)  |              3724 |
|     5 | Dharamjaigarh-Korba New Line (63 kms)      |              1686 |
|     6 | Sardega-Bhalumunda New Line (37 kms)       |              1282 |
|     7 | Kirandul-Jadgalpur Doubling (150 km)       |              1500 |
|     8 | Jagdalpur-Koraput Doubling (107 kms)       |              1547 |
|     9 | Jharsuguda-Bilaspur -4th line (206 kms)    |              2596 |
|    10 | Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd line (228 kms)      |              3545 |
|    11 | Boridand- Ambikapur Doubling (80 kms)      |              1243 |
|    12 | RajnandGaon - Dongargarh 4th Line (31 kms) |               328 |
|    13 | Bhatapara- Hathbandh 4th Line (16 kms)     |               177 |

Moreover  to  improve  the  further  connectivity  in  the  State  of Chhattisgarh including Korba district following important surveys have been taken up:

|   Sl NO. | Name of Project              |   Length (Km) |
|----------|------------------------------|---------------|
|        1 | Sardega-Ambikapur New Line   |           218 |
|        2 | Kothagudem-Kirandul New Line |           180 |

|   3 | Gadchiroli to Bacheli via Bijapur New Line   |   490 |
|-----|----------------------------------------------|-------|
|   4 | Ambikapur-Barwadih New Line                  |   285 |
|   5 | Baikunth-Urkura 4th Line                     |    26 |
|   6 | Pendra Road-Shahdol 4th Line                 |    85 |
|   7 | Dongargarh-Gondia 4th Line                   |    73 |
|   8 | Bilaspur-Pendra Road 3rd Line                |   103 |
|   9 | Champa-Gevra Road 3rd& 4th Line              |    92 |

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.

Presently,  13  Mail/Express  services and  09  Passenger  services are catering to the needs of passengers of Korba station. These are providing connectivity  to various stations like Delhi,  Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram,  Raipur,  Visakhapatnam,  Amritsar  etc.  Further, passengers  of  Korba  may  also  avail  train  services  from  Champa (located near Korba) is well connected to major cities like  Howrah, Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bilaspur, Tatanagar, Ahmedabad, Puri, Jodhpur, etc.

Besides,  Indian  Railways  constantly  endeavours  to  provide additional services for providing/improving connectivity by introduction of new train services, extension and increase is frequency  of  existing  services,  which  are  an  on-going  processes subject  to  traffic  justification,  operational  feasibility,  availability  of resources etc.

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