Lok Sabha Question No. 3086 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-11
Subject: Railway Infrastructure Projects in Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha Constituency
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Amar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3086

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2026

## RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN FATEHGARH SAHIB LOK SABHA CONSTITUENCY

## 3086. DR. AMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of delays in execution of sanctioned railway infrastructure projects in Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha Constituency  including  the  Doraha  Railway  overbridge  approved  in March, 2024 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  reasons  for  non-commencement  of  work  on  the  said  overbridge despite approval and the timeline by which construction is proposed to begin and be completed;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  inconvenience  and  safety risks being faced by the general public due to delays in completion of such projects and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  the  details  of  funds  sanctioned,  released  and  utilised  for  railway infrastructure and passenger amenities in the said Constituency during the last five years; and
- (e)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  expedite  pending railway projects and improve passenger safety and connectivity in the region?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e): Sanctioning of proposals for construction of ROBs/RUBs in lieu of Level Crossings 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 2014-26 (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. in the State of Punjab) |

As on 01.02.2026, 4,802 Nos. ROBs/ RUBs are sanctioned at the 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 crore in Punjab, which are  at  various  stages  of  planning  and  execution.  Out  of  these,  04  Nos. ROB/RUB works at a cost of ₹ 56 Cr are sanctioned in Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha Constituency.

The work of Road Over Bridge in lieu of LC No. 164 A-B at Km 353/990 was initially sanctioned in 2013 on cost sharing basis with Government of Punjab. The work was to be executed by the state Govt. However, because of inability of the State Govt. to execute the work, the work was dropped in 2021.

Keeping in view the public demand, the work was again sanctioned in Feb'2024 at Railway's cost. General Arrangement Drawings (GAD) for the work has been approved and contract has been awarded by the Railways. The work of construction has been taken up.

Railways have taken following measures to expedite the progress of ROB/RUB works:

- (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.
- (iv) ROB/RUB works are planned to be executed on a single entity basis by Railway  wherever  possible.  In  case  any  Road  Owning  authority/State Govt. wants, then Railway may permit them to execute the work on a single entity basis.

## PUNJAB

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) |

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                                      |

## 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             |

## 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 Talwandi Sabo ( 29 km) New Line |   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.

Rajpura - Mohali new line project (18 Km) passing through Fatehgarh Sahib Constituency  has  been  sanctioned  recently  at  a  cost  of  ₹  443  crore.  The project has been declared as special Railway Project. Competent Authority for land Acquisition (CALA) has been nominated in November 2025 and land acquisition has been taken up.  This project will directly connect Southern Punjab (Bathinda area), between Sirhind - Gobindgarh and Rajpura area to Chandigarh avoiding Ambala.

Completion  of  Railway  project/s  including  ROBs/RUBs  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.

## Station redevelopment:

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,  1,337  stations  have  been  identified  for  development  under  this scheme,  out  of  which  30  stations  including  Sirhind  station  of  Fatehgarh Sahib  Lok  Sabha  constituency,  are  located  in  Punjab.  The  names  of stations identified for development under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Punjab are as following:

| State   |   No. of Stations | Name of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Punjab  |                30 | Abohar, Amritsar, Anandpur Sahib, Beas, Bhatinda Jn, Dhandari Kalan, Dhuri, Fazilka, Firozpur Cantt, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar Cantt Jn, Jalandhar City Jn, Kapurthala, Kot Kapura Jn, Ludhiana Jn, Malerkotla, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, Nangal Dam, Pathankot Cantt., Pathankot Jn, Patiala, Phagwara Jn, Phillaur Jn, Rup Nagar, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar Mohali, Sangrur, Sirhind |

Development works at railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Punjab have been taken up at a good pace. Till now, works of 03 stations (Anandpur Sahib, Muktsar and Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar Mohali) in Punjab have been completed under this scheme.

The activities for development at other stations have also been taken up at good pace and progress of some of the stations is as given below:

-  Sirhind station: The work of improvement of station building, entrance porch,  AC  waiting  room  with  toilet,  improvement  of  second  class waiting  room,  toilet  block,  circulating  area,  parking,  entry/exit  gate, lighting and signage have been completed. The works of lift and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
-  Gurdaspur  station:  The  works  of  station  building,  platform  shelter, improvement of platform surface, waiting room, toilet, circulating area, porch and lighting have been completed. The works of new platform no. 2, booking cum waiting hall, circulating area, parking, entry/exit gate on
- main entry and second side and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
-  Patiala station: The works of improvement of station building, entrance porch,  platform  shelter,  improvement  of  waiting  hall,  retiring  room, toilet, circulating area, parking, entry/exit gate and signage have been completed.  The  works  of  platform  surfacing,  development  of  second entry, lift and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
-  Sangrur station: The works of improvement of station building, entrance porch,  platform  shelter,  improvement  of  waiting  room,  toilet  block, circulating area, parking, entry/exit gate and signage have been completed. The works of platform surfacing at platform no. 1, lift  and 4.8 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.

Further  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.

Development  /  upgradation  /  modernisation  of  stations  including  under Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  is  generally  funded  under  Plan  Head-53 'Customer Amenities'. The details of allocation and expenditure under Plan Head-53 are maintained Zonal Railway-wise and not work-wise, or stationwise, or state-wise. Punjab is covered under the jurisdiction of two railway zones, namely Northern Railway and North Western Railway. These zones have  been  allocated  ₹  8,501  crore  under  Plan  Head-53  for  the  last  four years and the current year. The expenditure incurred under Plan Head-53

by  these  zones  for  the  last  four  years  and  current  year  (up  to  January, 2026) is ₹ 7,310 crore.

Trains:

At  present,  Fatehgarh  Sahib  station  is  served  by  the  following  08  train services :

|   SN | Train Number and Name                        |
|------|----------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 14053 Delhi-Daulatpur Chowk Himachal Express |
|    2 | 14054 Daulatpur-Delhi Chowk Himachal Express |
|    3 | 64514 Nangal Dam - Ambala Cantt MEMU         |
|    4 | 64515 Ambala Cantt - Nangal Dam MEMU         |
|    5 | 64511 Haridwar - Amb Andaura MEMU            |
|    6 | 64517 Ambala Cantt - Nangal Dam MEMU         |
|    7 | 64518 Nangal Dam - Ambala Cantt MEMU         |
|    8 | 64513 Saharanpur - Nangal Dam MEMU           |

Besides, introduction of train services on any route/section, which is an ongoing process, depends on various factors which include:

- Capacity of that section.
- Availability of path.
- Availability of required rolling stock.
- Availability of matching infrastructure for rolling stock.
- Maintenance requirement of railway tracks and other assets.

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