Lok Sabha Question No. 55 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-03
Subject: New Railway Line in Ratlam Lok Sabha Constituency
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Anita Nagarsingh Chouhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 55

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2025

## NEW RAILWAY LINE IN RATLAM LOK SABHA CONSTITUENCY

†*55.  SMT. ANITA NAGARSINGH CHOUHAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is laying new railway lines in Ratlam Lok Sabha Constituency of Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the construction of the said new railway lines is currently progressing at a very slow pace;
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether the Government has set a deadline for completion of the projects and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 55 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2025

- (a)  to  (e):  To  improve  the  connectivity  in  Ratlam  area,  following projects have been sanctioned :

|   S.No. | Project                             | Cost (₹ in Crores)   | Length (in Km)   | Completed so far       | Remarks                      |
|---------|-------------------------------------|----------------------|------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
|       1 | Dahod- Indore New Line              | 9,746                | 205 Km           | 57 Km                  | Balance Work is in progress. |
|       2 | Nimach- Ratlam Doubling             | 1,096                | 133 Km           | 93 Km                  | Balance Work is in progress. |
|       3 | Chhota Udepur-Dhar New Line         | 1,794                | 157 Km           | 72 Km                  | Balance Work is in progress. |
|       4 | Ratlam- Nagda 3 rd and 4 th line    | 964                  | 41 Km            | Under Land acquisition | Recently Sanctioned          |
|       5 | Vadodara- Ratlam 3 rd and 4 th line | 8,387                | 259 Km           | Under Land acquisition | Recently Sanctioned          |
|       6 | Ratlam- Khandwa Gauge Conversion    | 7,265                | 299 Km           | 212 Km                 | Balance Work is in progress. |

## Madhya Pradesh

Railway projects falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh are covered under North Central Railway, West Central Railway, East

Central  Railway,  Western  Railway,  Central  Railway,  South  Central Railway and South East Central Railway zones of Indian Railways.

Budget  allocation  in  the  recent  years  has  increased  significantly. Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                             |
|----------|------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹632 crore/year                    |
| 2025-26  | ₹14,745 crore (More than 23 times) |

The details of commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 145 Km                   | 29 Km/year                            |
| 2014-25  | 2,651 Km                 | 241 Km/year (More than 8 times)       |

As  on  01.04.2025,  24  Railway  projects  (08  New  Lines,  02  Gauge Conversion  and  14  Doubling),  of  total  length  of  4,740  Km  costing ₹89,543 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh have been sanctioned, out of which 2,092 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹41,401 crore has been incurred upto March' 2025. The summary is as under:

| Plan Head                |   No. of projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned (in Km)   | Expenditure upto March 2025 (₹ in Cr)   |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                 8 | 1,914                  | 544                           | 15,069                                  |
| Gauge Conversion         |                 2 | 809                    | 430                           | 6,766                                   |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                14 | 2,017                  | 1,118                         | 19,566                                  |
| Total                    |                24 | 4,740                  | 2,092                         | 41,401                                  |

## Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh are as under:

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                      | Cost (₹ in Crores)   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Guna- Etawah New Line (348 Km)                       | 683                  |
|       2 | Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km)            | 2,005                |
|       3 | Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km)          | 1,512                |
|       4 | Chhindwara-Mandla Fort Gauge Conversion (182 Km)     | 1,268                |
|       5 | Ghat Pindari-Balkheda Doubling (6 Km)                | 29                   |
|       6 | Guna-Ruthiyai Doubling (20 Km)                       | 175                  |
|       7 | Khodri - Anuppur Doubling (62 Km)                    | 489                  |
|       8 | Jukhei Chord line, Bye Passing the Katni Yard (2 Km) | 12                   |
|       9 | Sontalai-Bagratawa Doubling (7 Km)                   | 110                  |
|      10 | Itarsi-Budhni 3rd line (25 Km)                       | 286                  |
|      11 | Teegaon-Chichonda Ghat Section 3rd line (17 Km)      | 176                  |
|      12 | Bhopal-Bina 3rd line (145 km)                        | 1,075                |
|      13 | Barkhera-Bhopal 3rd line (41 km)                     | 473                  |
|      14 | Nagda-Ujjain Doubling of Gambhir Bridge (2 Km)       | 28                   |
|      15 | Pendra Road-Anuppur 3rd line (50 Km)                 | 394                  |

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                                  | Cost (₹ in Crores)   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|      16 | Bina-Kota Doubling (283 km)                                      | 2,477                |
|      17 | Nimach-Chittaurgarh Doubling (56 Km)                             | 560                  |
|      18 | Khodri-Anuppur Doubling with flyover at Bilaspur (72 Km)         | 792                  |
|      19 | Budhni-Barkhera 3rd line (27 Km)                                 | 1,703                |
|      20 | Indore-Dewas-Ujjain Doubling (79 Km)                             | 757                  |
|      21 | Powerkheda-Jujharpur Single line flyover in UP direction (16 Km) | 443                  |
|      22 | Anuppur-Katni 3rd line (165 Km)                                  | 2,311                |
|      23 | Ramna-Singrauli doubling (160 Km)                                | 2,436                |
|      24 | Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling (32 Km)                       | 763                  |
|      25 | Malkhedi-Mahadeokhedi Doubling (12 Km)                           | 59                   |

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

|   S. No | Project                                                              | Cost (₹ in Crores)   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | Indore-Manmad New Line (360 Km)                                      | 18,529               |
|       2 | Ramganjmandi-Bhopal New Line (277 Km)                                | 5,073                |
|       3 | Indore-Budni New Line (198 Km)                                       | 7,474                |
|       4 | Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli & Mahoba- Khajuraho New Line (541 Km) | 8,914                |

|   S. No | Project                                                               | Cost (₹ in Crores)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|       5 | Nimach-Badi Sadri New Line (48 Km)                                    | 495                  |
|       6 | Gwalior-Sheopurkalan Gauge Conversion with extension to Kota (284 Km) | 2,913                |
|       7 | Itarsi- Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km)                                      | 2,450                |
|       8 | Jhansi-Bina 3rd line (153 Km)                                         | 2,002                |
|       9 | Mathura-Gwalior-Jhansi 3rd line (274 Km)                              | 5,924                |
|      10 | Katni - Bina 3rd line (260 Km)                                        | 3,138                |
|      11 | Katni- Grade separator / Bypass (35 Km)                               | 2,300                |
|      12 | Katni- Singrauli Doubling (257 Km)                                    | 4,377                |
|      13 | Satna-Rewa Doubling (50 Km)                                           | 590                  |
|      14 | Shahdol-Singhpur 4th Line (6 Km)                                      | 54                   |
|      15 | Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km)                              | 3,285                |

In last three years i.e. 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and current financial year 2025-26, 61 surveys (18 New Line & 43 Doubling) covering a total length  of  5,901  Km  have  been  sanctioned  falling  fully/partly  in  the State of Madhya Pradesh.

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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