Lok Sabha Question No. 2976 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Eliminating Unmanned Crossings
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, MANOJ KUMAR TIWARI, SURESH KODIKUNNIL, GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2976 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2016

## ELIMINATING UNMANNED CROSSINGS

2976.    SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a) the details about criteria for providing gates at unmanned crossings and minimum  distance between  two  crossings and time limit for achieving such target, if any;
- (b) the status of the conversion of unmanned railway gates into manned railway gates in the country, State-wise; and
- (c) the time-frame to convert all the unmanned railway gates to manned gates?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2976 BY SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA, SHRI MANOJ TIWARI, SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH AND SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.08.2016 REGARDING ELIMINATING  UNMANNED CROSSINGS

(a):  It  is  the  endeavour  of  Railways  to  eliminate  all  unmanned  level crossings, in a phased manned, by either of the following:

-  Closure - Closing unmanned level crossings having NIL/ negligible Train Vehicle Unit (TVU).
-  Merger -Merger of unmanned level crossing gate to nearby manned/unmanned level crossing or subway/Road Under Bridge (RUB)/Road Over Bridge (ROB) by construction of diversion road.
-  Provision of Subways/RUBs.
-  Manning- Phased manning of unmanned level crossings which cannot be eliminated by above means.

(b):  Number  of  unmanned  level  crossings  converted  into  manned  level crossings, State-wise, during last two years (2014-16) and the current year (upto June, 2016) is as below:

| State          |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (upto June,2016) |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |        38 |        27 |                         12 |
| Assam          |        22 |        26 |                          9 |
| Bihar          |        26 |        30 |                         15 |
| Chandigarh     |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| Chattisgarh    |         0 |        11 |                          1 |
| Delhi          |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| Goa            |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| Gujarat        |        19 |         1 |                          0 |
| Haryana        |        18 |         5 |                          5 |

| Himachal Pradesh   |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|--------------------|-----|-----|-----|
| Jammu & Kashmir    |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Jharkhand          |  13 |  16 |   2 |
| Karnataka          |   1 |  48 |   0 |
| Kerala             |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Madhya Pradesh     |  23 |  10 |   0 |
| Maharashtra        |  37 |  30 |   3 |
| Manipur            |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Mizoram            |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Nagaland           |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Odisha             |  16 |  80 |  20 |
| Puducherry         |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Punjab             |  51 |   6 |   2 |
| Rajasthan          |  20 |  10 |   1 |
| Tamil Nadu         |  24 |  44 |   8 |
| Telangana          |   1 |  13 |   0 |
| Tripura            |   0 |   3 |   0 |
| Uttar Pradesh      |  76 |  48 |   3 |
| Uttarakhand        |   1 |   0 |   2 |
| West Bengal        |  41 |  55 |   8 |
| Total              | 427 | 463 |  91 |

(c): Elimination of all these level crossings is a gigantic task and involves lot of manpower, resources and budgetary support.

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