Lok Sabha Question No. 4278 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-18
Subject: ROBs/RUBs in Hoshiarpur
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4278

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026

## ROBS/RUBS IN HOSHIARPUR

## 4278. DR. RAJ KUMAR CHABBEWAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the current status of ROBs and RUBs in Hoshiarpur, Lok Sabha Constituency;
- (b)  the  current  status  of  all  the  proposed  railway  lines  in  Hoshiarpur
- including Hoshiarpur to Tanda for which survey has been completed;
- (c)  the  current  status  of  the  proposed  railway  project  from  Talwara  to Mukeria and Punjab to Daulatpur;
- (d)  the  current  status  of  electrification  of  railway  lines  passing  through Hoshiarpur District; and
- (e) the details of the manned and unmanned level crossings in Hoshiarpur District?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to  (e):  As  on  01.04.2025,  there  are  16,499  Nos.  of  manned  Level Crossings (MLCs) on Indian Railways including 75 Nos. MLCs in Hoshiarpur District.  All  Unmanned  level  crossings  (UMLCs)  on  Broad  Gauge  (BG) network of Indian Railways including in Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha Constituency have been eliminated in 2019.

Level  Crossings  (LCs)  are  eliminated  either  by  providing  Road  over Bridges/ Road under Bridges (ROBs/ RUBs) in lieu of LCs or through direct closure  (for  low  traffic  LCs)  or  by  diversion  of  road  traffic  to  nearby ROB/RUB/LC depending upon the site conditions.

No. of ROBs/ RUBs constructed on Indian Railways during the period 2004-14 vis a vis 2014-26 (Upto Jan'26) is as under:

| Period                | ROBs/ RUBs constructed                                                |
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2004-14               | 4,148 Nos.                                                            |
| 2014-26 (Upto Jan'26) | 14,024 Nos. (including 434 Nos. of ROBs/ RUBs in the state of Punjab) |

As on 01.02.2026, 4,802 Nos. ROBs/ RUBs are sanctioned at a cost of ₹ 1,14,196  Cr  on  Indian  Railways  including  120  Nos.  Road  Over  Bridge (ROB)/Road Under Bridge (RUB) at a cost of ₹ 1,848 Cr in Punjab which are at various stages of planning and execution.

09  Nos.  Road  Over  Bridge  (ROB)/Road  Under  Bridge  (RUB)  works  are sanctioned  at  cost  of  ₹  153  Cr  in  Hoshiarpur,  Lok  Sabha  Constituency. Details are as under:

|   S.No. | LC Details                                                | Remarks                                                                    |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | LC No. C-118 at Km 80/3-4 on Jalandhar- Pathankot section | GAD has been approved. The work for construction of RUB has been taken up. |
|       2 | LC No. C-124 at Km 85/7-8 on Jalandhar- Pathankot section | GAD has been approved. The work for construction of RUB has been taken up. |
|       3 | LC No. C-107 at Km 71/3-4 on Jalandhar- Pathankot section | GAD has been approved. The work for construction of RUB has been taken up. |
|       4 | LC No. S-79 at Km 409/5-7 on Ludhiana- Amritsar section   | The work has been sanctioned.                                              |

|   5. | LC No. S-78 at Km 410/23-25 on Ludhiana- Amritsar section    | The work has been sanctioned. The work for preparation of GAD has been taken up.                                                   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    6 | LC No. C-43 at Km 29/8- 9 on Jalandhar- Hoshiarpur section   | The work for construction of RUB has been sanctioned. Work is held up on account of law and order issues in the area.              |
|    7 | LC No. B2-50 at Km 37/7-8 on Jalandhar- Hoshiarpur section   | The work of construction of ROB was sanctioned on cost sharing basis. The work is held up due to law and order issues in the area. |
|    8 | LC No. A-47 at Km 34/12-13 on Jalandhar- Hoshiarpur section  | The work for construction of ROB has been sanctioned. The work for preparation of GAD has been taken up.                           |
|    9 | LC No. B/87 at Km 57/45-58/1 on Jalandhar- Pathankot section | The work for construction of RUB has been sanctioned. The work for 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 Railway. 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.

Further, Railways  have  taken  following measures  to  expedite  the progress of work:

- i. Joint  survey  with  concerned  State  Govt./Road  Owning  Authority  is done  before  finalizing  the  General  Arrangement  Drawing   (GAD)  to ensure smooth execution.
- ii. Periodic meetings of Railway & State Government officials are done to resolve various issues related to ROB/RUB works.
- iii. Standardization of superstructure drawings for various combinations of  span,  skewness  and  width  of  road  on  Railway  portion  has  been done to avoid delays during the design approval. This has been issued in  the form of compendium, which can be directly adopted for Road Over Bridge across Railway lines for expeditious planning.

Hoshiarpur - Tanda Urmar connectivity:

Hoshiarpur and Tanda Urmar is already connected with railway network via Jalandhar  Cantt.  However,  for  direct  connectivity,  final  location  survey (FLS) of Tanda Urmar - Hoshiarpur new line (34 km) has been sanctioned. Field  survey  has  been  completed  and  preparation  of  Detailed  Project Report (DPR) has been taken up.

After preparation of DPR, sanctioning of project requires consultation with various stake-holders including State Governments and necessary approvals  viz. appraisal of NITI Aayog,  Ministry of  Finance  etc.  As sanctioning  of  projects  is  a  continuous  and  dynamic  process,  exact timelines cannot be fixed.

Nangal Dam - Talwara - Mukerian New Line:

Nangal Dam - Daulatpur Chowk (60 km) section of Nangal Dam - Talwara Mukerian  project  has  been  commissioned.  Works  have  been  taken  up  in Daulatpur Chowk - Mukerian (42 km). Section wise progress is as under:

- A. Daulatpur Chowk- Kartoli Punjab (10.5 km) : All Works completed.
- B. Kartoli Punjab - Talwara (13.65 km) :
- C. Talwara -Mukerian( 28.70 km) :

| Activity      | Scope   | Status                              |
|---------------|---------|-------------------------------------|
| Viaduct       | 9.2 km  | Works taken up, about 25% completed |
| Major Bridges | 1       | Works taken up                      |
| Minor Bridges | 7       | Works taken up                      |
| ROBs          | 2       | Works taken up                      |
| RUBs          | 8       | Works taken up                      |

| Activity         |   Scope | Status                                                    |
|------------------|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Major Bridges    |      13 | Works taken up, about 70% completed                       |
| RUBs             |      40 | 29 completed, Works taken up in balance 11 RUBs           |
| Station Building |       3 | 2 completed, Works taken up in balance 1 Station Building |

Punjab Railway Budget: Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  and  safety  works,  falling fully/partly in the Punjab is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                           |
|----------|----------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹225 crore/year                  |
| 2025-26  | ₹ 5,421 Cr. (More than 24 times) |

Projects sanctioned:

As on 01.04.2025, 09 projects (04 new line and 05 doubling) of total length 714  Km,  costing  ₹  21,926  crore,  falling  fully/partly  in  the  Punjab  are  in different  stages  of  planning/sanctioning/execution,  out  of  which  115  Km length  has  been  commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of  ₹  8,079  crore  has been incurred upto March' 2025. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No. of projects | Total Length   | Length Commissio ned   | Expenditure upto March 2025 (₹ in Crore)   |
|--------------------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| New line                 |                04 | 252 Km         | 64 Km                  | 7,359                                      |
| Doubling /multitrack ing |                05 | 462 Km         | 51 Km                  | 720                                        |
| Total                    |                09 | 714 Km         | 115 Km                 | 8,079                                      |

Recently completed projects:

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

|   S. No. | Project                                                             | Cost (₹ in Cr.)   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Chakki Bank-Bharoli Doubling (3 Km)                                 | 15                |
|        2 | Jakhal- Mansa Doubling (45 Km)                                      | 163               |
|        3 | Mirthal-Bhangala Beas River Doubling (2.5 Km)                       | 74                |
|        4 | Ambala-Dhapper-Chandigarh Doubling (45 Km)                          | 339               |
|        5 | Mansa - Bhatinda Doubling (49 Km)                                   | 216               |
|        6 | Amritsar - Chheharta Doubling (7 Km)                                | 31                |
|        7 | Jallandhar-Pathankot-Jammu Tawi Doubling (209 km)                   | 850               |
|        8 | Kathua-Madhopur Punjab - doubling including Bridge on Ravi (2.5 Km) | 257               |
|        9 | Rajpura-Bhatinda Doubling (173 Km)                                  | 2,459             |

Ongoing projects:

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

|   SN. | Project                                         | Cost (₹ in Cr.)   |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|     1 | Nangal Dam-Talwara - Mukerian New line (123 Km) | 2,018             |
|     2 | Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri New Line(63 Km)        | 6,753             |
|     3 | Qadian-Beas New Line(40 km)                     | 842               |
|     4 | Ferozpur-Patti New Line (26 Km)                 | 300               |
|     5 | Rama Mandi( Raman)-Maur Mandi(Maur) via         | 154               |
|     6 | Ludhiana-Kila Raipur doubling (19 Km)           | 238               |
|     7 | Ludhiana-Mullanpur doubling (21 Km)             | 235               |
|     8 | Rajpura-Mohali New Line (18 km)                 | 443               |
|     9 | Rajpura Bypass line (14 km)                     | 412               |

Government  of  India  is  geared  up  to  execute  projects,  however  success depends upon the support of Government of Punjab.  For instance, details of some major projects which are delayed due to land acquisition are as under:

|   SN | Name of the project                        |   Total land required (in Ha) |   Land acquired (in Ha) |   Balance Land to be acquired (in Ha) |
|------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|    1 | Firozpur-Patti new line                    |                           166 |                       0 |                                   166 |
|    2 | Alal-Himmatana Chord line                  |                            20 |                       0 |                                    20 |
|    3 | Qadian-Beas New Line                       |                           151 |                       0 |                                   151 |
|    4 | Rama Mandi( Raman)- Talwandi Sabo New Line |                            85 |                       0 |                                    85 |

Firozpur-Patti  New  line  (26  km)  situated  fully  in  Punjab  is  an  important project  near  the  international  border.  Land  for  project  was  to  be  handed over free of cost for this project by State Govt. of Punjab. Total 166 Ha land is  to  be  acquired  in  the  districts  of  Firozpur  and  Tarn  Taran.  Award  for entire land has been published in Mar'23. However, disbursement of award has  not  been  done  by  state  govt.  considering  delay  in  execution  of  this important border area project, Ministry of Railways has decided to take up Firozpur-Patti New line (26 km) through its own funding.

Qadian-Beas (39.6 Km) New Rail Line Project was sanctioned in 2011-12 at a cost of ₹ 205 crore. However, the project could not be taken forward due to law and order issues. The project was then kept in abeyance. However, considering importance of this project, it has been decided to take up the work again.

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.

## Electrification

Electrification of railway network on Indian Railways has been take up in mission mode. So far, about 99.4% 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 2014 (about 60 years) | 21,801            |
| 2014-25                      | 46,900            |

In Punjab, entire existing BG network has been electrified including that in Hoshiarpur district.  Further,  all  new  line/multi-tracking  projects  are  being sanctioned and constructed with electrification. *****