Lok Sabha Question No. 2155 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-03
Subject: Railway Network
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: VIRENDRA  KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.2155 TO BE  ANSWERED  ON 03.08.2015

## RAILWAY NETWORK

## †2155.   DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS   be pleased to state:

- (a)     whether the Railways have noticed  that its rail network in the country   shows  serious  imbalance  as   certain  States  have thousands  of  kilometre long  track while several States have negligible railway track;
- (b)      if  so, the details  thereof ;
- (c) whether the Railways propose to lay railway line in the State having serious shortage of rail network;
- (d) if  so, the details  thereof ; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Railways  in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (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 UNSTARRED     QUESTION  NO. 2155  BY DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR TO BE  ANSWERED  IN LOK  SABHA ON  03.08.2015 REGARDING RAILWAY NETWORK

(a) & (b): As per latest data available, the State-wise length of railway lines (Route Kilometers) is as under:-

|   S. No | Name of State          | Route Kms.   |
|---------|------------------------|--------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh         | 3592.67      |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh      | 27.08        |
|       3 | Assam                  | 2480.65      |
|       4 | Bihar                  | 3638.73      |
|       5 | Chhatisgarh            | 1197.34      |
|       6 | Delhi                  | 183.23       |
|       7 | Goa                    | 69.31        |
|       8 | Gujarat                | 5258.49      |
|       9 | Haryana                | 1630.06      |
|      10 | Himachal Pradesh       | 296.26       |
|      11 | Jammu & Kashmir 273.32 |              |
|      12 | Jharkhand              | 2181.93      |
|      13 | Karnataka              | 3281.00      |
|      14 | Kerala                 | 1049.74      |
|      15 | Madhya Pradesh         | 4976.08      |
|      16 | Maharashtra            | 5724.74      |
|      17 | Manipur                | 13.85        |
|      18 | Meghalaya              | 9.62         |
|      19 | Mizoram                | 1.50         |
|      20 | Nagaland               | 12.85        |
|      21 | Odisha                 | 2516.02      |
|      22 | Punjab                 | 2269.27      |
|      23 | Rajasthan              | 5870.38      |
|      24 | Sikkim                 | 0.00         |
|      25 | Tamil Nadu             | 4026.96      |
|      26 | Telangana              | 1753.00      |
|      27 | Tripura                | 151.40       |
|      28 | Uttarakhand            | 345.23       |
|      29 | Uttar Pradesh          | 8919.62      |
|      30 | West Bengal            | 4069.97      |

……………..2/-

(c)  to  (e):  Based on demands raised by State Governments, Central Ministries,  Members  of  Parliament,  other  public  representatives  & Railway's  own  requirement,  the  proposals  for  new  line  projects  are considered. They are taken up on the basis of remunerativeness, last mile connectivity, missing links and alternate routes,  augmentation of  congested/saturated  lines,  socio-economic  considerations  etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects, overall availability of  funds  and  competing  demands  which  covers  connectivity  in backward & rural areas also.  The projects are not sanctioned Statewise,  area-wise  and  region-wise.  However,  considering  Railways  to be an engine of development for the area it serves, projects with rate of return less than the threshold limit of 14% have been sanctioned on socio-economic considerations.  134 number of new line works at an  aggregate  cost  of  Rs.  2.09  lakh  crore    having  a  total  length  of 14500  kilometres  have  been  taken  up  on  socio-economic  ground. Although  this  may  not  bring  all  States  to  parity,  the  imbalance  is likely to be reduced.

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