Lok Sabha Question No. 2576 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-07
Subject: New  Rail Tracks in Telangana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2576 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2024

## NEW RAIL TRACKS IN TELANGANA

2576  SHRI MADHAVANENI RAGHUNANDAN RAO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has identified any bottlenecks in

Telengana in terms need of  new rail tracks; and

- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) and (b)  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2576 BY SHRI MADHAVANENI RAGHUNANDAN  RAO    TO  BE ANSWERED  IN LOK  SABHA ON 07.08.2024 REGARDING NEW RAIL TRACKS IN TELANGANA

(a)  and  (b):  The  Railway  projects  are  surveyed/sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway-wise and not State-wise as the Railways' projects may span across State boundaries.

New Line Projects are considered on the basis of demands raised by State Governments, Central Ministries, Members of Parliament, other public representatives & Railways' own requirements. They are taken up  on  the  basis  of  remunerativeness,  last  mile  connectivity,  missing links and alternate routes, augmentation of congested/saturated lines, socio-economic considerations etc. depending upon throw-forward of ongoing projects, overall availability of funds and competing demands.

As  on  01.04.2024,  20  projects  costing  ₹32,946  crore  for  2,298  km length falling fully / partly in the State of Telangana are under different stages of planning/ approval/ execution. These include:

07  New  Line  projects  covering  a  length  of  997  km  at  a  cost  of ₹16,935 crore, out of which 245 km length has been commissioned and  an  expenditure  of  ₹4,433  crore  has  been  incurred  upto  March, 2024.

13  Doubling  Projects  covering  a  length  of  1,301  km  at  a  cost  of ₹16,010 crore out of which 230 km has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹5526 crore has been incurred upto March, 2024.

There has been substantial increase in fund allocation and commensurate commissioning of projects across Indian Railways.

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

| Year      | Budget outlay   |
|-----------|-----------------|
| 2023-2024 | ₹4,418 cr       |
| 2024-2025 | ₹5,336 cr       |

Commissioning of infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the state of Telangana is as under:

| Period   | Total Length Commissioned   | Average Length Commissioned   | increase w.r.t. average commissioning during 2009-14   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 87 km                       | 17.4 km/Year                  | -                                                      |
| 2014-24  | 650 km                      | 65 km/Year                    | More than 3.7 times                                    |

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