Lok Sabha Question No. 5483 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-25
Subject: Meerut-Bijnor Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Arun Govil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5483

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026

## MEERUT-BIJNOR RAILWAY LINE

## †5483. SHRI ARUN GOVIL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  preparation  of  the  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  has commenced following the approval of the Final Location Survey (FLS) in August 2022 for the railway line from Meerut to Bijnor via Mawana and Hastinapur;
- (b) if so, the timeline for its completion;
- (c) whether the construction of this rail line is likely to impact the MeerutDelhi Rapid Rail and Meerut Metro;
- (d) if so, the details of the Government's assessment of this impact; and
- (e)  the  details  of  the  estimated  impact  on  tourism  in  the  historic  city  of Hastinapur due to the construction of this rail line?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to  (e):  Meerut  and  Bijnor  are  connected  on  existing  Indian  Railway Network via Hapur & Gajraula. To provide additional connectivity, survey for  Daurala  (Meerut)  -  Hastinapur  -  Bijnor  (64  km)  new  rail  line  was sanctioned.  The  survey  has  been  completed  and  Detailed  Project  Report (DPR) has been prepared.

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

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sanctioning  of  projects  is  a  continuous  and  dynamic  process,  exact timelines cannot be fixed.

The Delhi - Meerut Namo Bharat RRTS corridor and Meerut Metro corridor has been completed and commissioned. The alignment of Daurala (Meerut) - Hastinapur - Bijnor  new rail line (64 km) is not affected by RRTS corridor.

Uttar Pradesh :

Railway Budget:

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

| Period   | Outlay                          |
|----------|---------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,109 crore/year               |
| 2025-26  | ₹19,858 crore (Nearly 18 times) |

## Track construction:

The details  of  constructing  new  tracks  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Uttar Pradesh during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 996 Km                   | 199 Km/year                           |
| 2014-25  | 5272 Km                  | 479 Km per year (More than 2 times)   |

Projects sanctioned:

As on 01.04.2025, 49 projects (10 New Line, 02 Gauge Conversion and 37 Doubling) of  3,807  Km length, costing ₹62,360 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh are sanctioned. The summary is as under:-

| Category               |   No of Projects |   Total Length (km) | Length Commissioned (km)   |   Exp upto Mar'25 (Rs. in Cr.) |
|------------------------|------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
| New Line               |               10 |                1227 | 340                        |                          10517 |
| Gauge Conversion       |               02 |                  67 | -                          |                            281 |
| Doubling/Multitracking |               37 |                2513 | 983                        |                          19813 |
| Total                  |               49 |                3807 | 1323                       |                          30611 |

## Recently completed projects:

## Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the

## State of Uttar Pradesh are as under:

|   S. No. | Project                                                                             |   Cost (Rs. in Cr.) |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Meerut-Muzaffarnagar Doubling (55 Km)                                               |                 430 |
|        2 | Bahraich-Nanpara-Nepal Ganj Gauge Conversion (56 Km)                                |                 342 |
|        3 | Ballia-Ghazipur city Doubling (65 Km)                                               |                 650 |
|        4 | Ghazipur city-Tarighat New Line (17 Km)                                             |                1766 |
|        5 | Gonda-Gorakhpur Loop Gauge Conversion (260 Km)                                      |                 863 |
|        6 | Gonda-Bahraich Gauge Conversion (60 Km)                                             |                 318 |
|        7 | Barabanki-Akbarpur Doubling (161 Km)                                                |                1700 |
|        8 | Kaptanganj-Thawe-Chhapra Gauge Conversion (234 Km)                                  |                 819 |
|        9 | Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur Gauge Conversion (83 Km)                                      |                 589 |
|       10 | Indara-Dohrighat Gauge Conversion (34 Km)                                           |                 213 |
|       11 | Lucknow-Pilibhit Gauge Conversion (263 Km)                                          |                1634 |
|       12 | Bhadoi-Janghai Doubling (31 Km)                                                     |                 168 |
|       13 | Lahota-Bhadoi Doubling (39 Km)                                                      |                 184 |
|       14 | Etawah-Mainpuri New Line (58 Km)                                                    |                 313 |
|       15 | Phaphamau-Prayagraj Doubling (14 Km)                                                |                 212 |
|       16 | Muzaffarnagar-Tapri Doubling (52 Km)                                                |                 525 |
|       17 | Utretia-Raibareilly Doubling (66 Km)                                                |                 662 |
|       18 | Raibareilly-Amethi Doubling (60 Km)                                                 |                 668 |
|       19 | Alamnagar-Utretia Doubling (20 Km)                                                  |                 358 |
|       20 | Bhimsen-Jhansi Doubling (206 Km)                                                    |                2620 |
|       21 | Domingarh-Gorakhpur-Kusumhi - 3rd Line and Gorakhpur-Nakaha Jungle Doubling (21 Km) |                 508 |
|       22 | Malhaur-Daliganj Doubling (13 Km)                                                   |                 183 |

|   S. No. | Project                                              |   Cost (Rs. in Cr.) |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       23 | Ruma Chakeri- Chandari 3 rd Line (13 Km)             |                 177 |
|       24 | Bareilly-Pilibhit-Tanakpur Gauge Conversion (102 Km) |                 313 |
|       25 | Rosa-Sitapur Cantt-Burhwal Doubling (181 Km)         |                2094 |
|       26 | Jaunpur- Akbarpur (Tanda) Doubling (77 Km)           |                 676 |
|       27 | Ramna- Renukut-Singrauli Doubling (160 Km)           |                2436 |
|       28 | Janghai- Phaphamau Doubling (47 Km)                  |                 414 |
|       29 | Varanasi-Madhosingh-Prayagraj Doubling (120 Km)      |                2018 |
|       30 | Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling (32 Km)           |                 763 |
|       31 | Deoband (Muzzafarnagar)-Roorkee (27 Km)              |                1289 |
|       32 | Agra-Etawah New Line(110 Km)                         |                 427 |
|       33 | Phephna-Indara, Mau-Shahganj Doubling (150 Km)       |                1778 |

## Ongoing projects:

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

|   SN. | Project                                                      |   Cost (Rs. in Cr.) |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|     1 | Barabanki-Burhwal 3rd Line (27 Km)                           |                 426 |
|     2 | Burhwal- Gonda Kacheri 4 th line (56 Km)                     |                 796 |
|     3 | Burhwal-Gonda 3rd Line (62 Km)                               |                1118 |
|     4 | Bahraich- Khalilabad New Line (240 Km)                       |                4940 |
|     5 | Katra-Ayodhya Dham Doubling (10 Km)                          |                 466 |
|     6 | Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya- Prayagraj 3rd Line (150 Km)        |                2649 |
|     7 | Billi-Chunar Doubling (102 Km)                               |                1424 |
|     8 | Chhapra-Ballia Doubling (65 km)                              |                1046 |
|     9 | Unchhar-Amethi New Line (66 Km)                              |                1229 |
|    10 | Etah-Kasganj New Line ( 29 Km)                               |                 389 |
|    11 | Gorakhpur- Valmikinagar Doubling (96 Km)                     |                1121 |
|    12 | Varanasi-Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya 3 rd and 4 th Line (15 Km) |                2464 |
|    13 | Jhansi-Khairar-Manikpur & Khairar-Bhimsen Doubling (431 Km)  |                4330 |
|    14 | Sahjanwa-Dohrighat New Line (81 Km)                          |                1320 |

|   15 | Kuberpur-Yamuna Bridge 3rd line (10 Km)                               |   170 |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|   16 | Prayagraj (Iradatganj)-Manikpur 3rd Line (84 km)                      |  1508 |
|   17 | Dilkusha-Malhaur 3rd Line (8 km)                                      |   164 |
|   18 | Bypass/Chord line at Ayodhya Cantt. (between Salarpur-Masodha) (6 Km) |    97 |
|   19 | Didarganj - Shahganj - Bilwai Chord line (6 km)                       |   137 |
|   20 | Varanasi Shivpur 3 rd line (6 Km)                                     |    76 |
|   21 | Jaunpur Jn.- Zafarabad Doubling (6 Km)                                |   177 |
|   22 | Bhatni - Aurnihar Doubling (117 km)                                   |  2529 |
|   23 | Mathura-Jhansi 3rd line (274 km)                                      |  5924 |
|   24 | Agra Fort and Bandikui Doubling (150 km)                              |   988 |
|   25 | Janghai-Pratapgarh- Amethi Doubling (87 km)                           |  1197 |
|   26 | Barabanki-Malhaur - 3rd & 4th Line (33 km)                            |   407 |
|   27 | Phaphamau-Unchahar Doubling (72 km)                                   |   971 |
|   28 | Aunrihar - Varanasi City 3rd Line (31 Km)                             |    76 |

Sanction  of  any  railway  project  depends  upon  many  parameters/factors which include the following:

-  Anticipated  traffic  projections  and  Remunerativeness  of  the  proposed route
-  First and last mile connectivity provided by the project
-  Connection of missing links and providing additional route
-  Augmentation of congested/saturated lines
-  Demands raised by State Governments/Central Ministries/Public representatives,
-  Railway's own operational requirements
-  Socio-economic considerations
-  Overall availability of funds

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

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