Lok Sabha Question No. 689 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-03
Subject: Railway Projects in Haryana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Deepender Singh Hooda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 689 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2025

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN HARYANA

## 689. SHRI DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number  of  railway projects presently  under execution in Haryana along with the year of commencement and the expected time period for completion of each;
- (b) the  year-wise  details  of  funds  allocated  and  utilised  for  every  such project since its inception;
- (c) the details of projects that have faced delay/cost overruns including the original sanctioned cost, the revised estimated cost, percentage of escalation and specific reasons for such cost variations;
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  modernisation  and redevelopment of railway stations in Haryana along with the proposed timeline for their completion; and
- (e) whether any monitoring mechanism has been established to ensure timely  completion  and  effective  coordination  between  Railways, Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (HRIDC) and the State Government for expeditious implementation of these projects and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e): Railway    projects    are    surveyed/ sanctioned/executed   Zonal

Railway  wise  and  not  State-wise/Constituency-wise  as  the  Railways' 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, socio-economic considerations etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  and  safety  works,  falling fully/partly in the State of Haryana is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                        |
|----------|-------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹315 crore/year               |
| 2025-26  | ₹ 3,416 Cr. (nearly 11 times) |

As on  01.04.2025, 8  projects(01  New  Lines  and  07  Doubling),  covering  a total length of 491 km, costing ₹6775 crore, falling fully/partly in Haryana are sanctioned and an expenditure of ₹1571 crore has been incurred upto March 2025.

The status of work is summarized as under:

| Category                 |   No. of project s |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned (in Km) |   Expenditure upto March 2025 (₹in Cr) |
|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                  1 |                     28 |                             0 |                                    925 |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                  7 |                    463 |                             0 |                                    646 |
| Total                    |                  8 |                    491 |                             0 |                                   1571 |

Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the State of Haryana are as under:

|   S. No. | Project                                              |   Cost (Rs. in Cr.) |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Jind-Sonepat New Line (89 Km)                        |                 800 |
|        2 | Rewari-Rohtak including MM bye-pass line. (85 Km)    |                1001 |
|        3 | Rohtak-Mehem-Hansi New Line (64 Km)                  |                 889 |
|        4 | Suratpura-Hanumangarh-Sriganganagar (241 Km)         |                 896 |
|        5 | Jaipur-Ringus-Sikar-Churu & Sikar-Loharu (320 Km)    |                1105 |
|        6 | Jakhal- Mansa Doubling (45 Km)                       |                 163 |
|        7 | Khukhrana- Panipat Doubling (8 Km)                   |                  58 |
|        8 | Ambala-Dhapper-Chandigarh Doubling (45 Km)           |                 339 |
|        9 | Rewari-Manheru Doubling (69 Km)                      |                 465 |
|       10 | Tughlakhabad-Palwal 4th line (34 Km)                 |                 366 |
|       11 | Mathura - Palwal 4th Line (80 Km)                    |                 669 |
|       12 | Connectivity between Palwal and New Prithala (10 Km) |                  66 |

Some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Haryana which have been taken up are as under:

|   SN. | Project                                                                                           |   Cost (Rs. in Cr.) |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|     1 | Chandigarh-Baddi (28 Km)                                                                          |                1540 |
|     2 | Connectivity between Palwal and New Prithala (4 Km)                                               |                  66 |
|     3 | Doubling between Churu-Sadulpur BG Line and Doubling between Luni-Samdari-Bhildi section (330 Km) |                3554 |
|     4 | Rewari-Khatuwas Doubling (28 Km)                                                                  |                 352 |
|     5 | Bhiwani-Dobh-Bahali Doubling (42 Km)                                                              |                 471 |
|     6 | Doubling between Manheru-Bawani Khera (32 Km)                                                     |                 413 |
|     7 | Doubling between Khatuwas - Narnaul (24 Km)                                                       |                 313 |

In  last  three  years  2022-23,  2023-24,  2024-25  and  current  financial  year 2025-26, 20 surveys (06 New Line and14 Doubling) covering a total length of 778 Km has been sanctioned falling fully/partly in the State of Haryana.

Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:

-  Land acquisition by State Government
-  Forest clearance
-  Shifting of infringing utilities
-  Statutory clearances from various authorities
-  Geological and topographical conditions of area
- 
- Law and order situation in the area of project 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.

Ministry  of  Railways  has  launched  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  for redevelopment of stations with a long-term approach.

The scheme involves preparation of master plans and their implementation in phases to improve the stations. The master planning includes:

- 
- Improvement of access to station and circulating areas
-  Integration of station with both sides of city
-  Improvement of station building
-  Improvement  of  waiting  halls,  toilets,  sitting  arrangement, water booths
-  Provision of wider foot over bridge/air concourse commensurate with passenger traffic
-  Provision of lift/escalators/ramp
-  Improvement  /Provision  of  platform  surface  and  cover  over platforms
-  Provision  of  kiosks  for  local  products  through  schemes  like
- 'One Station One Product'
-  Parking areas, Multimodal integration
-  Amenities for Divyangjans
-  Better passenger information systems
-  Provision of executive lounges, nominated spaces for business  meetings,  landscaping,  etc.  keeping  in  view  the necessity at each station.

The  scheme  also  envisages  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  34  stations  located  in  the  state  of Haryana  have  been  identified  for  development  under  Amrit  Bharat Station Scheme. The name of stations identified for development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in the state of Haryana are as following:

| State   |   No. of Stations | Name of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Haryana |                34 | Ambala Cantt., Ambala City, Bahadurgarh, Ballabhgarh, Bhattu, Bhiwani Jn, Charkhi Dadri, Faridabad, Faridabad New Town, Gohana, Gurugram, Hansi, Hisar, Hodal, Jind Jn, Kalanwali, Kalka, Karnal, Kosli, Kurukshetra Jn, Loharu, Mahendragarh, Mandi Adampur, Mandi Dabwali, Narnaul, Narwana Jn, Palwal, Panipat Jn, Pataudi Road, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamunanagar Jagadhari |

Development  works  at  railway  stations  under  Amrit  Bharat  Station Scheme in the state of Haryana have been taken up at a good pace. Till now,  phase-I  works  of  01  stations  (Mandi  Dabwali)  in  the  state  of Haryana have been completed under this scheme.The works at other stations have also been taken up at good pace and progress of some of the above stations is as given below:

-  Narwana station: The works of new station building, waiting rooms, toilets, platform shelters, improvement of platform surface,
- circulating area, parking area, lifts and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.
-  Jind station: The works of station building, waiting rooms, toilets, platform shelter, improvement of platform surface, circulating area, parking area, lifts, escalators and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.
-  Rewari  station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  station  building, platform surface, waiting hall, toilet, circulating area, lifts, escalators,  Foot  Over  Bridge  have  been  completed.  The  finishing works have been taken up.
-  Hodal station: The works of new main entry station building, second entry station building, waiting hall, toilet, platform shelter, circulating area, parking area and improvement of platform surface have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.

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.

Further,  development  /  upgradation  /  modernization  of  stations  including Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  is  generally  funded  under  Plan  Head-53 'Customer Amenities'.The details of expenditure incurred for development and maintenance of stations are maintained Zonal Railway-wise under Plan Head-53 'Customer Amenities' and not work-wise or Station-wise. The state of Haryana is covered under the jurisdiction of three railway zones, namely, Northern Railway, North Central Railway and North Western Railway. For these zones, an allocation of ₹ 3,729 crore has been made for the financial year 2025-26, out of which an expenditure (up to October, 2025) of ₹ 1,860 crore has been incurred so far.

Proposals  /  requests  /  suggestions  /  representations,  both  formal  and informal for Railway projects / Works across the country are received on the basis of demands raised by State Governments, Members of Parliament,  Ministries  of  Central  Government,  elected  representatives, Railways'  own  requirements,  organizations  /  rail  users  etc.,  at  various levels including Railway Board, Zonal Railways, Division Office etc. Receipt of such proposals / requests / suggestions / representations is a continuous and dynamic process and these are examined and action as found feasible and justified is taken from time to time and centralized compendium for the same is not maintained.

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, air-port 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.

Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (HRIDC), a State Joint Venture Company of Haryana (51%) and Ministry of Railways (49%) is executing Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor project (125.98 km) at a cost of Rs. 5618 Cr. So far, Patli-Manesar-MSIL (10 Km) section has been commissioned for freight trains operations and work in balance section is in  progress.  For expeditious implementation of the project the following mechanism are being adopted:-

-  All drawings and designs of the projects are prepared in consultation with the Zonal Railways and approved by the nominated officers of the Indian Railways.
-  The opening of the section for freight trains is only after technical inspection by the nominated committee of the Indian Railways and authorization by the General Manager of Northern Railways.
-  Regular review meetings are held up at Zonal Railway as well as Railway Board level.
-  Review meetings are held regularly by the state authorities at the level of Chief Secretary or ACS/PW for monitoring the progress.
-  Monthly  Progress  reports  of  the  projects  are  submitted  by  the HRIDC to the Railways and the State government.
-  Progress of the Projects are reviewed in all the Board meetings of HRIDC, chaired by the Chief Secretary.

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