Lok Sabha Question No. 2922 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-16
Subject: Ongoing Projects in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2922 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2015

## ONGOING PROJECTS IN MADHYA PRADESH

2922. SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of the ongoing railway projects in Madhya Pradesh including those announced in the last Railway budget;
- (b) the details of the railway projects announced in the last two Railway budgets for Madhya Pradesh but have not been taken up for execution so for along with  the reasons therefor;
- (c) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated/spent  along  with  the  funds  lying unspent for the said projects during the last two years; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Railways in this regard and to avoid further escalation of cost of these projects?

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. 2922 BY SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 16.12.2015 REGARDING ONGOING PROJECTS IN MADHYA PRADESH

- (a):  Total 33 major rail network expansion projects viz. 5 New Lines, 5 Gauge Conversion and 23 Doubling projects (including 16 projects included in Budget 2015-16  subject  to  requisite  government  approvals)  falling  partly  or  fully  in the State of Madhya Pradesh having aggregate length of 5141 km at a cost of ` 43027  crore  have  been  taken  up.    An  expenditure  of ` 4496  has  been incurred on these projects upto March, 2015.  An outlay of ` 3265 crore has been provided in 2015-16.
- (b)  to  (d):  No  railway  project  falling  partly  or  fully  in  the  State  of  Madhya Pradesh  has  been  announced/sanctioned  in  2013-14  &  2014-15.    However, following  16  Doubling  projects  falling  partly  or  fully  in  the  State  of  Madhya Pradesh have been included in Budget 2015-16 subject to requisite approvals:

( ` in crore )

|   S. No. | Name of the Project (Length)               | Year of sanction   |   Latest Anticipated Cost | Expenditure upto Mar., 2015   |   Outlay 2015-16 |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Anuppur-Katni 3 rd line (168 km)           | 2015-16            |                      1680 | -                             |               38 |
|        2 | Bilaspur-Anuppur 3 rd Line (151 km)        | 2015-16            |                      1510 | -                             |               35 |
|        3 | Dharakho - Maramjhiri Ghat Section (13 km) | 2015-16            |                       141 | -                             |                3 |
|        4 | Teegaon-Chichonda Ghat section (17 km)     | 2015-16            |                       142 | -                             |                3 |
|        5 | Itarsi-Nagpur 3 rd Line (267 km)           | 2015-16            |                      2326 | -                             |              153 |
|        6 | Jhansi-Bina 3 rd Line (152 km)             | 2015-16            |                      1162 | -                             |               27 |
|        7 | Karaila Road - Mahadia (19 km)             | 2015-16            |                       176 | -                             |                4 |
|        8 | Katni-Bina 3 rd Line (263 km)              | 2015-16            |                      2630 | -                             |               59 |
|        9 | Katni - Grade separator/ bypass (7 km)     | 2015-16            |                       150 | -                             |                1 |

|   10. | Katni-Singrauli (261 km)                    | 2015-16   |   1733 | -   |   40 |
|-------|---------------------------------------------|-----------|--------|-----|------|
|    11 | Malkhedi- Mahadevkhedi (9 km)               | 2015-16   |     54 | -   |    1 |
|    12 | Mathura-Jhansi 3 rd line (274 km)           | 2015-16   |   2488 | -   |   57 |
|    13 | Nimuch-Chittaurgarh (56 km)                 | 2015-16   |    260 | -   |    6 |
|    14 | Ramna-Singrauli (160 km)                    | 2015-16   |   1600 | -   |   37 |
|    15 | Satna-Rewa (50 km)                          | 2015-16   |    500 | -   |   11 |
|    16 | Sontalai-Bagra Tawa - Patch Doubling (7 km) | 2015-16   |     96 | -   |    2 |

Expenditure  can  be  incurred  on  these  projects  only  after  requisite approvals.  Since  these  projects  have  been  included  in  Railway  Budget  of current year,  there  is  no  question  of  any  fund  lying  unspent  during  the  last two years.

All the projects sanctioned in 2015-16 are needed by Indian Railways for capacity enhancement on congested routes.  Therefore, their implementation has been fast-tracked by arranging funds through extra budgetary resources, expeditious  approvals  of  Detailed  Project  Reports,  delegation  of  powers  to field units, etc.

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