Lok Sabha Question No. 1738 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-10
Subject: Railway Projects in Maharashtra/Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil, Shri Vijay Baghel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1738

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2025

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN MAHARASHTRA/MADHYA PRADESH/CHHATTISGARH

## †1738.  SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE: DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE: SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM: SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  railway  projects  lying  pending  in  Maharashtra  and Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) the sanctioned cost and funds released so far for the said pending railway projects;
- (c) the estimated timeline for completion of the said railway projects;
- (d) whether the Government has received any proposals for any railway project  from  the  Government  of  Chhattisgarh,  Maharashtra  and Madhya Pradesh;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (f) the status of approval of new railway project in Chhattisgarh State; and
- (g) the time by when the construction of the said project is likely to be started in view of its importance for the rapid development of the area?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (g):         Railway projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway-wise and not

State-wise as Indian Railways' projects may span across State boundaries. However,  details  of  railway  projects  falling  fully/  partly  in  the  state  of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are as under:

## MAHARASHTRA

Budget  allocation  during  the  last  five  years  has  increased  significantly. Budget  allocation  for  infrastructure  projects  and  safety  works,  falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                             |
|----------|------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,171 crore/year                  |
| 2025-26  | ₹23,778 crore (More than 20 times) |

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

| Period   | New track    | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------|---------------------------------------|
|          | Commissioned |                                       |
| 2009-14  | 292 Km       | 58.4 Km/year                          |
| 2014-25  | 2,292 Km     | 208.4 Km/year (More than 3 times)     |

As on 01.04.2025, 38 projects (11 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 25 Doubling),  of  a  total  length  of  5,098  km,  costing  ₹89,780  crore,  falling fully/partly in Maharashtra, are sanctioned. The summary is as under:-

| Category No. of sanctioned Projects   | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned Upto Mar'25   | Exp upto Mar'25   |
|---------------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|                                       |                        |                                   | (₹ in Cr.)        |
|                                       |                        | (Km)                              |                   |
| New Line                              | 1,355                  |                                   |                   |
|                                       |                        | 234                               | 10,504            |
| 11                                    |                        |                                   |                   |

| Gauge Conversion        |   02 | 609   | 334   | 4,286   |
|-------------------------|------|-------|-------|---------|
| Doubling/Multi-tracking |   25 | 3,134 | 1,792 | 24,617  |
| Total                   |   38 | 5,098 | 2,360 | 39,407  |

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

|   S.No. | Project                                     | Cost (₹ in crore)   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Pune-Miraj-Londa Doubling (467 Km)          | 4,670               |
|       2 | Manmad-Jalgaon 3rd line (160 Km)            | 2,574               |
|       3 | Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km)   | 2,005               |
|       4 | Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km) | 1,512               |
|       5 | Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 Km)                 | 263                 |
|       6 | Pen-Roha Doubling (40 Km)                   | 330                 |
|       7 | Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 Km)             | 2,448               |
|       8 | Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 Km)           | 673                 |
|       9 | Bhusawal-Jalgaon 3rd line (24 Km)           | 325                 |
|      10 | Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4th line (24 Km)           | 261                 |
|      11 | Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 Km)            | 3,182               |

## Some  of  the  main  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  Maharashtra  which have been taken up are as under:

|   S.No. | Name of the project                               | Cost (₹ In crore)   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Ahilyanagar-Beed-Parli Vaijnath New Line (261 Km) | 4,957               |
|       2 | Baramati-Lonand New Line (64 Km)                  | 1,844               |
|       3 | Wardha-Nanded New Line (284 Km)                   | 3,445               |

|   4 | Indore-Manmad New Line (360 Km)          | 18,529   |
|-----|------------------------------------------|----------|
|   5 | Wadsa-Gadchiroli New Line (52 Km)        | 1,886    |
|   6 | Jalna-Jalgaon New Line (174 Km)          | 5,804    |
|   7 | Daund-Manmad Doubling (236 Km)           | 3,037    |
|   8 | Kalyan-Kasara 3rd line (68 Km)           | 1,433    |
|   9 | Wardha-Nagpur 3rd line (76 Km)           | 698      |
|  10 | Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd line (132 Km)      | 1,385    |
|  11 | Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km)          | 2,450    |
|  12 | Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd line (228 Km)     | 3,545    |
|  13 | Wardha-Nagpur 4th line (79 Km)           | 1,137    |
|  14 | Jalgaon-Manmad 4th Line (160 Km)         | 2,574    |
|  15 | Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km) | 3,285    |

Further, during  the last three years i.e. 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the current financial year, 98 surveys (29 New Line, 2 Gauge Conversion and 67  Doubling)  of  total  length  8,603  Km.  falling  fully/  partly  in  the  State  of Maharashtra,  have been sanctioned.

## 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.  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     |
|   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                |
|        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.

## CHHATTISGARH

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

| Period    | Outlay                         |
|-----------|--------------------------------|
| 2009-2014 | ₹311 Cr/year                   |
| 2025-2026 | ₹6,925 Cr (More than 22 times) |

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

| Period   | Total Length Commissioned   | Average Length Commissioned        |
|----------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 32 Km                       | 6.4 Km/Year                        |
| 2014-25  | 1,189 Km                    | 108.1 Km/Year (More than 15 times) |

As  on  01.04.2025,  26  projects  (06  New  Lines  and  20  Doubling),  covering total length of 1,932 Km length, costing ₹31,619 crore, falling fully/partly in the state of Chhattisgarh, are sanctioned. Summary is as under:

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| Category                |   No. of projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (in Km)   | Length Commissioned till March'25 (Km)   | Total Exp. upto Mar'25 (₹ in Cr)   |
|-------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| New Lines               |                 6 | 609                             | 184                                      | 6,154                              |
| Doubling/ Multitracking |                20 | 1,323                           | 839                                      | 10,171                             |
| Total                   |                26 | 1,932                           | 1,023                                    | 16,325                             |

## Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the state of Chattisgarh are as under:

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                  |   Length (in Km) | Latest Cost (cr.)   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Kharsia-Dharamjaigarh New Line                   |              100 | 3,438               |
|       2 | Raipur-Titlagarh doubling                        |              203 | 2,640               |
|       3 | Salka Road-Khongsara doubling                    |               26 | 181                 |
|       4 | Durg-Rajnandgaon doubling                        |               31 | 250                 |
|       5 | Khodri-Anuppur doubling with flyover at Bilaspur |               72 | 792                 |
|       6 | Bilaspur-Urkura 3rd line                         |              110 | 365                 |
|       7 | Champa-Jharsuguda 3rd Line                       |              152 | 1,227               |
|       8 | Pendra Road-Annupur 3rd Line                     |               50 | 394                 |

## Some of the projects falling fully/partly  in  Chhattisgarh  which  have  been taken up are as under:

|   S.No. | Name of Project                       | Total Cost (Cr)   |
|---------|---------------------------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Dallirajhara-Rowghat New Line (95 Km) | 1,627             |

|   2 | Rowghat-Jagdalpur New Line (140 Km)          | 3,513   |
|-----|----------------------------------------------|---------|
|   3 | Gevra Road-Pendra Road New Line (135 Km)     | 3,724   |
|   4 | Dharamjaigarh-Korba New Line (63 Km)         | 1,686   |
|   5 | Sardega-Bhalumunda New double Line (37 Km)   | 1,282   |
|   6 | Kirandul-Jagdalpur Doubling (150 Km)         | 1,500   |
|   7 | Jagdalpur-Koraput Doubling (107 Km)          | 1,547   |
|   8 | Jharsuguda-Bilaspur 4th line (206 Km)        | 2,596   |
|   9 | Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3 rd line (228 Km)        | 3,545   |
|  10 | Boridand-Ambikapur Doubling (80 Km)          | 1,243   |
|  11 | Rajnandgaon-Dongargarh 4th Line (31 Km)      | 328     |
|  12 | Bhatapara-Hathbandh 4th Line (16 Km)         | 177     |
|  13 | Kharsia-Parmalkasa 5th and 6th line (278 Km) | 7,854   |

In last three years i.e. 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and current financial year 2025-26, 61 surveys (26 New Line and 35 Doubling) covering a total length of 5,755  Km  has  been  taken  up  falling  partly/fully in the State  of Chhattisgarh.

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,

## -:11:-

-  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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