Lok Sabha Question No. 357 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: ROBs/RUBs at National Highway Crossings
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: K. KAMARAAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.357 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.12.2015

## ROBs/RUBs AT NATIONAL HIGHWAY CROSSINGS

*357.  DR. K. KAMARAJ:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  the  railway  crossings  on  the  National  Highways (NHs) across the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Railways  proposes  to  construct  Rail  Over/Under Bridges at these crossings;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the status of the under construction and proposed to be constructed bridges across the country, State-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Railways to complete the underconstruction bridges and construct new bridges at the crossings which are being manually operated?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (SHRI SURESH PRABHAKAR PRABHU)

- (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 STARRED QUESTION NO. 357 BY DR. K. KAMARAJ TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 23.12.2015 REGARDING ROBs/RUBs AT NATIONAL HIGHWAY CROSSINGS

(a):  There  are  total  694  Railway  Crossings  on  the  National  Highways (NHs)  across  the  country  as  on  01.04.2015.  State-wise  details  are  as under:

| State            |   Number of Level Crossings on NH |
|------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |                                44 |
| Assam            |                                41 |
| Bihar            |                                67 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                                17 |
| Gujarat          |                                23 |
| Haryana          |                                12 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                                 7 |
| Jharkhand        |                                14 |
| Karnataka        |                                27 |
| Kerala           |                                 7 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                                31 |
| Maharashtra      |                                13 |
| Manipur          |                                 1 |
| Mizoram          |                                 1 |
| Odisha           |                                20 |
| Puducherry       |                                 2 |
| Punjab           |                                13 |
| Rajasthan        |                                42 |
| Tamil Nadu       |                                38 |
| Telangana        |                                 1 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                                95 |
| Uttarakhand      |                                 9 |
| West Bengal      |                               169 |
| TOTAL            |                               694 |

(b)  to  (e):  Works  of  construction  of  40  Road  Over  Bridges/Road  Under Bridges (ROBs/RUBs) on National Highway corridor have already been sanctioned in the Railway Budget on cost-sharing basis. Out of these, 17 ROBs/RUBs have been completed. In addition, Railway portion has also  been  completed  in  8  ROBs/RUBs.  State-wise  details  of  these  40 ROBs/RUBs are as under:

|                | Status of Sanctioned ROBs/RUBs on NH   | Status of Sanctioned ROBs/RUBs on NH   | Status of Sanctioned ROBs/RUBs on NH   |
|----------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| State          | Sanctioned                             | Fully completed                        | Railway portion completed              |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2                                      | 2                                      | --                                     |
| Bihar          | 1                                      | --                                     | --                                     |
| Chhattisgarh   | 3                                      | --                                     | --                                     |
| Gujarat        | 1                                      | 1                                      | --                                     |
| Haryana        | 3                                      | 2                                      | --                                     |
| Karnataka      | 1                                      | --                                     | --                                     |
| Kerala         | 2                                      | 1                                      | --                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1                                      | 1                                      | --                                     |
| Odisha         | 2                                      | 1                                      | --                                     |
| Rajasthan      | 4                                      | --                                     | 1                                      |
| Tamilnadu      | 6                                      | 1                                      | 2                                      |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 12                                     | 7                                      | 4                                      |
| West Bengal    | 2                                      | 1                                      | 1                                      |
| Total          | 40                                     | 17                                     | 8                                      |

For  the  remaining  Level  Crossings,  a  Memorandum  of  Understanding (MOU) has been signed between Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Road  Transport  and  Highways  (MORTH)  on  10.11.2014.  As  per  MOU, MORTH/National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will replace all level crossings  on  NH  Corridors  by  Road  Over  Bridges  (ROBs)/Road  Under Bridges(RUBs) in next five years subject to availability of funds.

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