Lok Sabha Question No. 2142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-03
Subject: Railway Stations on Hilly Areas
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2142 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2015

## RAILWAY STATIONS ON HILLY AREAS

†2142. DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL "NISHANK":

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways have taken any steps for the development of railway installation in hilly areas including North-Eastern States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the work on those scheme is likely to be started and completed; and
- (c)      the  total  funds  allocated  for  railway  projects  for  the  State  of Uttarakhand  along  with  the  scheme-wise  details  of  the  funds likely to be spent during the last three years and the current year?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) to (c):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2142 BY DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL "NISHANK" TO BE ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  03.08.2015  REGARDING  RAILWAY  STATIONS  ON  HILLY AREAS

- (a)  &  (b):    Railways  have  taken  up  21  major  projects  in  hilly  areas  of  NorthEastern States, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand covering a  length  of  about  2000  Km.,  at  an  anticipated  cost  of ` 79000  Crores.  As  on 01.04.2015, an expenditure of ` 24000 Crores has been incurred on these projects and an outlay of ` 6300 Crores has been provided for these projects in 2015-16. Completion of a Railway project is dependent upon funds available for allotment, acquisition of land, statutory clearances like forestry and wild life clearances, shifting of services, cutting of trees, construction of road over bridges and road under bridges by road maintaining agencies etc. Since many of these factors are beyond the control of the Ministry of Railways, timelines for completion of all the projects are not feasible to be fixed.
- (c):   Project-wise details of funds allocated to ongoing Railway projects in the State  of  Uttarakhand  during  last  three  years  and  current  year  is  as  detailed below:-

( ` in Crores)

| Name of the project                                                  | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| New Line                                                             |           |           |           |           |
| Deoband (Muzaffarnagar)-Roorkee                                      | 20.00     | 5.00      | 5.00      | 0.50      |
| Kichha- Khatima                                                      | 11.00     | 0.10      | 0.10      | 0.10      |
| Rampur Lalkuan- Kathgodam- Road over Bridge near Rampur on NH No. 87 | 5.00      | 2.00      | 2.00      | 10.00     |
| Rishikesh- Karanprayag                                               | 5.00      | 20.00     | 20.00     | 150.00    |
| Gauge Conversion                                                     |           |           |           |           |
| Bhojipura- Tanakpur via Pilibhit                                     | 10.00     | 10.00     | 10.00     | 30.00     |
| Kanpur-Kasganj-Bareilly to Lalkuan& Mandhana-Brahmvart               | 135.00    | 41.00     | 41.00     | 33.00     |
| Doubling                                                             |           |           |           |           |
| Haridwar-Lakshar                                                     | 1.50      | 5.00      | 5.00      | 70.00     |