Lok Sabha Question No. 4029 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Construction of Railway Lines in Karnataka
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4029 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.12.2015

## CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY LINES IN KARNATAKA

## 4029. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the  status  of  construction  of  Bagalkot-Kudachi,  ChikmagalurSakleshpura,  Gulbarga-Bidar,  Gadag-Wadi,  Hassan-BangaloreShravanabelagola, Munirabad-Raichur and Tumkur-Rayadurg railway lines undertaken in the last financial year;
- (b) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  fund  allocation  for  these  underconstruction railway lines in Karnataka in financial year 2015-16 was not sufficient as per their  length;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and whether the Railways proposes to allocate more funds in the next financial year for the construction of the said railway lines; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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. 4029 BY KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE AND SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA  ON  23.12.2015  REGARDING  CONSTRUCTION  OF  RAILWAY LINES IN KARNATAKA

(a)  Status  of  Bagalkot-Kudachi, Chickmagalur-Sakleshpur, GulbargaBidar,  Gadag-Wadi,  Hassan-Bangalore-Sharavanbelagola,  MunirabadRaichur and Tumkur-Rayadurg sections is given below:-

( ` in crore)

|   S. No. | Project                                 |   Anticip ated cost |   Expend iture incurre d upto March, 2015 |   Outlay for 2015- 16 | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|----------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Bagalkot- Kudachi (142 Km)              |                1065 |                                       125 |                   155 | Work on Bagalkot- Karkalamatti-Lokapur (33Km) taken up. Land acquisition papers for balance portion submitted to State Government.                                                                                          |
|        2 | Kadur- Chickmagalur- Sakleshpur (93 Km) |                1156 |                                       387 |                    70 | Kadur-Chikmagalur (46Km) commissioned. Work on balance portion taken up.                                                                                                                                                    |
|        3 | Gulbarga- Bidar (140 Km)                |                 912 |                                       779 |                    60 | Khanapur-Homnabad (38 Km) has already been commissioned and track linking on Homnabad-Hallikhed (16 Km) and Gulbarga- Sultanpur (10 Km) sections have been completed. Work on Hallikhed-Sultanpur (47 Km) section taken up. |
|        4 | Gadag-Wadi (252 Km)                     |                2617 |                                         1 |                   120 | Final location survey taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                             |

|   S. No. | Project                                          |   Anticip ated cost |   Expendi ture incurred upto March, 2015 |   Outlay for 2015- 16 | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        5 | Hassan- Bangalore via Sharavanbela gola (166 Km) |                1290 |                                     1017 |                   190 | Hassan- Sharavanbelagola (42 Km) and Neelamangala- Chikbanaver/ Bangalore(14Km) sections have already been commissioned. On balance portion, track linking work on 83 Km section has been completed and work on remaining    |
|        6 | Munirabad- Mahboobnagar (246 Km)                 |                2641 |                                      405 |                   185 | Yeramaras-Yadalapur doubling (15 Km) commissioned and track linking on Deverakadra-Makhtal part (31 Km) completed. Work on Ginigera-Budhgumpa- Chikkabenakal (27 Km) taken up. Land acquisition in balance portion taken up. |
|        7 | Rayadurg- Tumkur (213 Km)                        |                2000 |                                      304 |                   115 | Track linking on Rayadurg-Vedavathy- Kalyandurga (31 Km) completed and work on Kalyandurga- Kadaredevarapally (15 Km) taken up. In balance Kadaredevarapally- Tumkur section, land requisition submitted to State Government |

(b) to (d) Funds  to  the  construction  projects  are  not  allotted State-wise.    However,  in  2015-16,  an  allotment  of ` 895  crore  has been provided for above New Line projects against the allotment of ` 798  crore  in  2014-15.    Allocation  of  funds  to  a  particular  project depends  on  stage  of  the  project,  overall  availability  of  funds  & competing priorities. Therefore, forecast of outlay for next financial year cannot be given at this stage.

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