Lok Sabha Question No. 2963 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-16
Subject: Railway Linkages in Gujarat
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA, VINOD CHAVDA, PARESH RAWAL, DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.2963 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2015

## RAILWAY LINKAGES IN GUJARAT

2963.        SHRI  RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA: SHRI VINOD LAKHAMASHI CHAVDA: SHRI PARESH RAVAL: SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether State  Governments including Government of Gujarat have submitted requests for development of railway linkages in the influence area of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor;
- (b) if so, the action taken by the Government thereon;
- (c) the  time  by  which  the  upgradation  work  of  Ahmedabad-BotadBhavnagar line is likely  to  start  and  the  time-frame  for  its  completion; and
- (d) the time by which doubling work of Viramgam-SamakhiyaliGandhidham line is likely to start and the time-frame for its completion?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2963  BY  SHRI    RAJESHBHAI  CHUDASAMA,  SHRI  VINOD LAKHAMASHI  CHAVDA, SHRI PARESH RAVAL AND SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 16.12.2015 REGARDING RAILWAY LINKAGES IN GUJARAT

(a) & (b): Ministry of Railways have received request from Government of Gujarat  for  development  of  rail  linkages  in  the  influence  area  of  DelhiMumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).

The details, item-wise are furnished below:-

## GAUGE CONVERSION

|                                             | Rail Linkages Sought                     | Current Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Ahmedabad- Dholera Investment Region        | Ahmedabad- Botad-Bhavnagar               | Botad- Bhavnagar Section is already Broad Gauge. Gauge Conversion of Ahmedabad-Botad has been taken up. Final Location Survey has been completed. Earthwork and bridges have been taken up.                                                                                                                                     |
| Dahej-Bharuch Investment Region             | Dahej-Samni- Bharuch                     | Gauge Conversion of this Section has been completed in 2011-12.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Palanpur- Siddhpur- Mehsana Industrial Area | Viramgam- Samakhiali- Gandhidham- Kandla | Doubling of Viramgam Samakhiyali has been taken up. Viramgam -Sadla (21 km) has been completed and commissioned. Jatpipli- Vasadva (11.42 km) and Sukhpur-Chuli(10.5 km) sections have also been completed. Work in balance section has been taken up. Samakhiyali- Gandhidham- Kandla is already an existing broad gauge line. |
| Palanpur- Siddhpur- Mehsana Industrial Area | Maliya Miyana - Navlakhi -Rajkot         | Already converted to Broad Gauge.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Palanpur- Siddhpur- Mehsana Industrial Area | Mehsana-Patan Gandhidham- Anjar-Mundra   | Gandhidham-Adipur-Mundra & Adipur- Anjar-Bhuj are Broad Gauge lines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |

## DOUBLING

|                                             | Particulars                                | Current Status                                              |
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Dahej-Bharuch                               | Bharuch-Dahej                              | At present, there is no proposal for doubling this section. |
| Palanpur- Siddhpur- Mehsana Industrial Area | Surendranagar Botad - Dhasa Rajula-Pipavav | Survey of this Project is not sanctioned.                   |

|                 | Surendranagar Viramgam- Mehsana                | Doubling of Surendranagar- Viramgam Section has been completed. No Survey for doubling of Viramgam- Mahesana has been taken up.             |
|-----------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Mundra-Palanpur | Palanpur-Bhildi- Samkhiali- Gandhidham- Mundra | Doubling of Palanpur-Bhildi- Samakhiali has been taken up. Samakhiali-Gandhidham and Gandhidham - Adipur -Mundra is already BG double line. |

## NEW RAIL LINES

|                                     | Particulars                                | Current Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Ahmedabad-Dholera Investment Region | Bhavnagar- Adhelai-Dholera- Vataman-Petlad | There is already an existing Broad Gauge line from Tarapur- Petlad- Anand Nagar. Further, survey for Bhavnagar to Tarapur New Line via Dholera, Vataman has been completed. Due to a large number of ongoing new line projects, this project has not been taken forward. |
|                                     | Bhimnath-Dholera                           | Survey for this New Line has been completed. In principle clearance has been given for implementation through Private Line Model.                                                                                                                                        |
|                                     | Khambhat- Khambhat Port                    | Survey for this line was sanctioned in 2013-14 but could not be taken up, as Gujarat Maritime Board informed that Khambhat port will not be developed due to the construction of Kalpsar Dam at                                                                          |
|                                     |                                            | location of Khambhat Port.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

## Other rail Infrastructure for Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)

| Port      | Spur Rail Connectivity for Ports   | Name of Section   | Current Status                                                                                                                            |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Hazira    | Surat - Hazira New Rail Link.      | Surat - Hazira    | After the Participative Policy of December 2012, in principle clearance has been given for development of the link on private line model. |
| Bedi Port | Bedi Port -                        | Jamnagar -        | Survey has been taken up.                                                                                                                 |

|                                                           | Jamnagar Station                                                                                                                                                        | Rajkot                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                         |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Porbandar Port                                            | Porbandar Port - Porbandar station                                                                                                                                      | Porbandar - Jamnagar                                                                                                                                                    | Survey has been taken up.                                                                                                                                               |
| Chhara Port                                               | Chhara Port - Kodinar (extension of Veraval - Somnath BG line to Kodinar)                                                                                               | Veraval - Rajkot                                                                                                                                                        | In principle clearance has been given for development of line on Private Line Model.                                                                                    |
| Mahuva Port, Kachhigadh Port and Nargol Port Connectivity | In principle clearance has been given for development of rail line to Nargol Port under Private Line Model. Detailed Project report has been approved by Zonal Railway. | In principle clearance has been given for development of rail line to Nargol Port under Private Line Model. Detailed Project report has been approved by Zonal Railway. | In principle clearance has been given for development of rail line to Nargol Port under Private Line Model. Detailed Project report has been approved by Zonal Railway. |

(c) : Botad-  Bhavnagar  Section  has  already  been  converted  to  Broad Gauge. Gauge Conversion of Ahmedabad- Botad has been taken up. Final Location Survey Completed. Earthwork and bridges have been taken up. An outlay  of  Rs.  120  crore  has  been  provided  in  the  Budget  2015-16  for  this work. No target for completion has been fixed. (d): Samakhiyali -Gandhidham is already double line. Doubling of Viramgam-Samakhiali( 182 km) has been taken up. Viramgam-Sadla Section (21  km)  has  been  completed  and  commissioned.  Jatpipli-Vasadva  (11.42 km) and Sukhpur-Chuli (10.5 km) section have also been completed. Works in balance section have been taken up. No target for completion has been fixed.

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