Lok Sabha Question No. 129 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Manned and Unmanned Railway Crossings
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DHARMENDRA YADAV, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, G. HARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 129 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016

## MANNED AND UNMANNED RAILWAY CROSSINGS

† 129.    SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI G. HARI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a) the total number of unmanned and manned level crossings in the country, zone-wise;
- (b) the total number of accidents and casualties reported at these crossings along with the compensation paid to the victims during the last six months, zone-wise;
- (c) the  number  of  unmanned  Railway  crossings  that  have  been manned during the last six months, crossing-wise;
- (d) whether the Government have received requests/representations from the people representatives and others regarding  construction  of  ROB/RUB  on  the  Railways  crossings  and construction of Railway crossings during the last six months; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government thereon?

## 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. 129 BY SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV, SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH AND SHRI G. HARI TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.02.2016 REGARDING MANNED AND UNMANNED RAILWAY CROSSINGS

(a) There are 19,047 manned and 10,440 unmanned level crossings (LCs) in the country, as on 01.04.2015.  Zone-wise number of manned and unmanned level crossings are as under:

| SN    | Zone                       |   Number of Manned Level Crossings |   Number of Unmanned Level Crossings |
|-------|----------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1     | Central Railway            |                                932 |                                  169 |
| 2     | Eastern Railway            |                               1016 |                                   97 |
| 3     | East Central Railway       |                               1177 |                                  736 |
| 4     | East Coast Railway         |                                613 |                                  472 |
| 5     | Northern Railway           |                               2894 |                                 1050 |
| 6     | North Central Railway      |                               1006 |                                  378 |
| 7     | North Eastern Railway      |                               1284 |                                 1036 |
| 8     | Northeast Frontier Railway |                               1071 |                                  591 |
| 9     | North Western Railway      |                               1252 |                                 1057 |
| 10    | Southern Railway           |                               1834 |                                  708 |
| 11    | South Central Railway      |                               1444 |                                  511 |
| 12    | South Eastern Railway      |                                607 |                                  675 |
| 13    | South East Central Railway |                                534 |                                  405 |
| 14    | South Western Railway      |                                736 |                                  430 |
| 15    | Western Railway            |                               1880 |                                 2087 |
| 16    | West Central Railway       |                                767 |                                   38 |
| Total | Total                      |                              19047 |                                10440 |

- (b) Zone-wise details regarding number of accidents and casualties at manned & unmanned level crossings and amount of compensation paid by Railways to the victims of accidents at level crossings during last six months i.e. from 01.08.2015 to 31.01.2016 are as under:

| Zone                       | No. of Accidents   | No. of Casualties   | No. of Casualties   | Compensation Paid ( ` in Lakhs)   |
|----------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------|
|                            |                    | Killed              | Injuries            |                                   |
| Eastern Railway            | 1                  | 1                   | 1                   | -                                 |
| East Central Railway       | 1                  | 1                   | 0                   | -                                 |
| Northern Railway           | 4                  | 6                   | 5                   | 12.49                             |
| North Central Railway      | 1                  | 5                   | 0                   | -                                 |
| North Eastern Railway      | 3                  | 4                   | 4                   | -                                 |
| Northeast Frontier Railway | 1                  | 1                   | 1                   | -                                 |
| North Western Railway      | 3                  | 3                   | 0                   | -                                 |
| South Western Railway      | 1                  | 5                   | 4                   | -                                 |
| Western Railway            | -                  | -                   | -                   | 1.24                              |
| Total                      | 15                 | 26                  | 15                  | 13.73                             |

Note:  The  compensation paid in last six months need not necessarily relate to the accidents/casualties in that period.  This amount depends upon the number  of cases which are finalized in a particular month/year by the RCTs irrespective of the month/year(s) in which the accident they pertain to, have occurred.

## (c) Zone-wise number of unmanned level crossings which have been manned during last six months i.e. from August,2015 to January, 2016, are as under:

| Zone                       |   Number of Unmanned Level Crossings, manned during last six months |
|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Eastern Railway            |                                                                   3 |
| East Central Railway       |                                                                   8 |
| East Coast Railway         |                                                                  38 |
| Northern Railway           |                                                                   3 |
| North Eastern Railway      |                                                                  13 |
| Northeast Frontier Railway |                                                                   9 |
| Southern Railway           |                                                                  16 |
| South Central Railway      |                                                                  14 |
| South Eastern Railway      |                                                                  13 |
| South Western Railway      |                                                                  30 |
| West Central Railway       |                                                                   9 |
| Total                      |                                                                 156 |

(d) & (e) Requests/representations for construction of ROB/RUB in lieu of  Level  Crossings  (LCs)  are  normally  received  at  various  levels  in Zonal Railways from State Government and other Statutory Authorities. After completing various formalities with State Government/Statutory Authorities, regarding the consent for sharing of cost  and  closure  of  LCs,  proposals  received  for  construction  of ROBs/RUBs in lieu of LCs are further processed for their inclusion in Railway Works Programme.

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