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Lok Sabha Question No. 486 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Ratification of CSC
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: R. VANAROJA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 486

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## RATIFICATION OF CSC

- 486 SHRIMATI  VANAROJA  R

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken a decision to ratify the Convention on Supplementary Compensation (CSC) for Nuclear Damage;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the decision taken on CSC does not violate the domestic Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR.JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) Yes, Sir.
- (b) Government  has  ratified  the  Convention  on  Supplementary  Compensation  for Nuclear  Damage  (CSC),  and  the  instrument  of  ratification  in  this  regard  has  been deposited to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 4th February 2016.
- (c) No, Sir.
- (d) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 485 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Funds by Private Companies
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MANOJ RAJORIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 485

## TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 27, 2016

## FUNDS BY PRIVATE COMPANIES NO. 485                   DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the funds provided by Private Partners in  case  of  Public  Private  Partnership  (PPP)  in  various metro rail projects, project-wise; and
- (b) the viability gap funding for different metro projects made by the Government under PPP mode?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

(SHRI M. VENKAIAH NAIDU)

(a) & (b):  The details of sanctioned funds for investment by  private  partners  in  case  of  PPP  projects  in  various metro  rail projects, project-wise and  Viability  Gap Funding (VGF) component of Government of India (GoI) are indicated below:

|   S.No . | Project                            | Sanctioned Funds for investment by Private Partners ( ₹ in Crore)   | VGF by GoI ( ₹ in Crore)   |
|----------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Hyderabad Metro                    | 12,674                                                              | 1,458                      |
|        2 | Mumbai Metro Line-1                | 1,573                                                               | 471                        |
|        3 | Delhi Metro Airport Express Line * | 1,528                                                               | Nil**                      |

Cont…

*DMRC  has  taken  over  the  line  in  view  of  larger public  interest  with  effect  from  01.07.2013  as  the concessionaire abandoned the Operation and Maintenance of the line.

**The civil works for this project were done by DMRC through funds provided GoI/Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 484 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: New Train from Bengaluru to Varanasi
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 484 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## NEW TRAIN FROM BENGALURU TO VARANASI

484.  KUMARI  SHOBHA  KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether there is a demand for starting a train from Bengaluru to Varanasi via Hubli, Bhusaval and Hubli to Jammu via Pune since long; and
- (b) if so, the time by which  the  train will  be started for the convenience of the people of Karnataka?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) A large number of representations are received at various levels of railway  administrations  which,  inter  alia,  include  Railway  Stations, Divisions,  Zonal  Headquarters  and  at  Railway  Board  level.  However, Indian Railways do not maintain compendium of such representations.
- (b)  At  present,  there  is  no  proposal  to  introduce  new  train  from Bengaluru  to  Varanasi  via  Hubballi  and  Bhusaval;  and,  Hubballi  to Jammu via Pune due to operational and resource constraints including terminal constraints at Varanasi, Hubballi and Bengaluru area.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 483 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Carts at Railway Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJESH VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 483 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## CARTS AT RAILWAY STATIONS

†483. SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has prescribed any norms regarding the length and width of carts for selling food items at railway stations particularly in the Delhi Division;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  certain  vendors  have  set  up  stalls  in  place  of  carts  in collusion with the railway officials;
- (d) if so, whether the Government proposes to conduct an investigation into the matter; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b):  No policy guidelines regarding the length and width of carts for selling food items at Railway stations have been issued.

(c): No such complaint regarding setting up of stalls in place of carts has been reported.

(d) & (e): Do  not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 482 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Trichy-Dindigul Second Rail Track
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: C. MAHENDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 482 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## TRICHY-DINDIGUL SECOND RAIL TRACK

## 482. SHRI C. MAHENDRAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Trichy-Dindigul second rail track work has been completed and its trial has also been conducted;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the reasons for not starting commercial operation on this route; and
- (d) the time by which the commercial operation is likely to be started in
- this route?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a)  to  (d):  Out  of  93  kms  Trichy-Dindigul  doubling  project,  work  of Trichy-Manaparai  (36  kms)  has  been  completed  and  commissioned. Track  linking  for  doubling  of  Tamaraipadi-Dindigul  (8  kms)  has  been completed & process for its commissioning has been taken up.

Doubling work on the remaining section viz., ManaparaiTamaraipadi (48 kms) is delayed because of non-availability of land in few  stretches  thereon.  Commissioning  of  this  section  depends  upon Government of Tamil Nadu's making available the required land.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 480 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Startup Corridor
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 480

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 27/04/2016

## STARTUP CORRIDOR

## 480. SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó Ùðüëðó be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes 'Startup Corridor' to enable incubators to create a consortium that can share their specialised incubation service with startups;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has also planned to create such a facility and provide financial support to the consortium; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY)

òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó +ÉÉè® ÑðöÆãðó òãðìððÐð ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó

(gÉÉÒ ´ÉÉ<Ç. AºÉ. SÉÉèvÉ®ÉÒ)

- (a) The  Department  of  Science  and  Technology  has  not  taken  any  decision    on initiating Startup Corridor.

- (b) to (d):    Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Maintenance of Railway Tracks
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAKESH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 479 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## MAINTENANCE OF RAILWAY TRACKS

## †479. SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether negligence has been noticed in maintenance and monitoring of rail tracks at Jabalpur under West Central Railway zone;
- (b)  if  not,  the  reasons  behind  recent  dangerous  incidents  of  derailment  of rail coaches filled with explosives; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  maintain  the  tracks  to  check recurrence of such incidents?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a)  to  (c)  There  is  no  negligence  in  maintenance  and  monitoring  of  rail tracks  at  Jabalpur  under  West  Central  Railway  Zone.  However,  inside Ordnance Factory, Khamariya (OFK) under West Central Railway, the recent incidents  of  derailment  have  occurred  due  to  combination  of  several factors  like  old  age  tracks,  loco  defects  and  overspeeding.  The  work  for replacement of old age track has been sanctioned by Railway. The cost of the work will be borne by Railway and Defence authorities on cost sharing basis.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 475 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: GIS for Smart Cities
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 475

## TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 27, 2016

## GIS FOR SMART CITIES

No. 475 SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to use Geographical Information System (GIS) in the making of Smart Cities in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  works  likely  to  be  conducted  /  undertaken  by using the GIS; and
- (d) the  details  of  strategy  formulated  for  effectively  integrating foreign agencies with local urban agencies under Smart Cities Mission to get the best outcomes?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF   URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI M. VENKAIAH NAIDU

(a),(b)&(c):   Urban Planning and City level plans including preparation  of  Master  Plan  using  GIS  is  one  of  the identified eleven major reforms under AMRUT Mission. The  selected  Smart  Cities  falling  in  AMRUT  Mission may  use  the  GIS  sub-scheme  under  AMRUT  Mission. The deliverables under GIS sub-scheme are as under.

- i) Creation  of  Urban  Geospatial  Data  Base  at  1:4000 scale.
2. ii)  Global Positioning System (GPS) Data.
3. iii)  Town level mosaic map.
4. iv)  GIS data sets containing all utility layers.
5. (d): The strategy for effectively integrating
6. foreign agencies  with  the  local  urban  agencies  under  Smart Cities Mission is as follows:
- i) If  the  city  is  selected  in  the  first  round  of  the competition,  technical  support  could  be  provided to make the Smart City Proposal (SCP) operational through conducting feasibility studies, preparation of  Detailed  Project  Reports  and  in  making  of Request for Proposals (RfPs) for floating the tenders.
8. ii) If  the  city  is  not  selected  in  the  first  round, technical support could be provided to restructure the SCP.
9. iii) Transversal supports can be provided at both the States and local levels to share experiences and enhance the financial and institutional models to optimize existing urban funds and Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 474 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Halt to Various Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAMA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 474 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## HALT TO VARIOUS TRAINS

†474. SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any proposal to give halt to Hyderabad Express, Lokmanya Tilak Express, Sadbhavna Express trains  at  Ghorasahan  Adarsh  station  situated  on  Sitamarhi-Raxaul rail section in Bihar;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of action taken in this regard along with the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c)  Requests/representations for stoppage of trains including 17005/17006 Hyderabad-Raxaul Express, 12545/12546 RaxaulLokmanya  Tilak  (T)  Karambhoomi  Express,  14007/14008  RaxaulDelhi  Sarai  Rohilla  Sadbhavna  Express,  14017/14018  Raxaul-Delhi Sarai  Rohilla  Sadbhavna  Express  at  Ghorasahan  are  received  at various  levels  of  Railways  administration  viz.  Stations,  Divisional level, Zonal level and at Railway Board's level. However, compendium of such representations are not maintained.

Provision of stoppage of above mentioned trains at Ghorasahan station is commercially not justified, at present.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Barak Valley Broad Gauge Rail Project
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.473 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## BARAK VALLEY BROAD GAUGE RAIL PROJECT

## 473.  DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Barak  Valley  Broad  Gauge  Rail  project  has  been completed;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  fund  allocated  to  this  project  during  the  last three years and the current year along with the time by which it is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) to (c): Lumding-Silchar, Arunachal-Jiribam and Badarpur-Kumarghat Gauge  Conversion  project  was  taken  up  to  connect  Barak  Valley  by Broad  Gauge  with  the  rest  of  the  country.    The  original  project  i.e. Lumding-Silchar, Arunachal-Jiribam and Badarpur-Kumarghat (369 km) has  been  completed  and  Barak  Valley  brought  on  Broad  Gauge. Outlays  of ` 375  crore, ` 620  crore  and ` 510  crore  were  provided during  2013-14,  2014-15  and  2015-16  respectively.    To  complete  the subsequently sanctioned Material Modifications of BaraigramDullabchera and Karimganj bye pass line, an outlay of ` 280 crore has been provided in Budget 2016-17.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 472 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Survey on New Railway Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SAKUNTALA LAGURI, BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA

- (a) :  Yes Madam.
- (b) : The survey for Phaphund-Konch (90 km) new line was completed in 2014 and as per the survey report, cost of the project was assessed as  Rs.794  Crore  (2014 price level)  with  a  Rate  of  Return  (ROR)  of 1.52%.  A survey for Orai-Jalaun-Konch (59 km) new line of has also been  completed  in  2012 and as per the survey report the project was

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.472

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## SURVEY ON NEW RAILWAY LINES

†472. SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI:

## SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey for laying of railway lines between Phaphund-Konch and Orai-Jalaun;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  also  conducted  any  survey  in regard  to  construction  of  a  new  railway  line  between  Keonjhar Banspani and Bimlagarh and if so, the outcomes of the survey report;
- (d) the  action  taken  by  the  Government  on  the  basis  of  the  above said outcome; and
- (e) the  time  by  which  the  work  on  these  lines  is  likely  to  be commenced?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

assessed at Rs.392 Crores (2012 price level) with a negative ROR of 31.12%.

(c):  A  Railway  line  already  exists  between  Keonjhar  and  Banspani. Since Barsuan and Bimlagarh are also already connected by a railway line,  survey  for  a  new  line  between  Banspani  and  Barsuan  was conducted and this new line from Barsuan to Banspani has now been included in the Capital Investment Programme of 2016-17 in anticipation  of  State  Government's  coming  forward  to  take  up  these projects through Joint Venture.

(d)  :  Both  the  projects  of  Phaphund-Konch  and  Orai-Jalaun-Konch could not be taken forward due to its unremunerative nature and huge throwforward  of  projects.    However,  review  of  traffic  potential  and calculation  of  rate  of  return  for  Phaphund-Konch  new  line  has  been taken up. With regard to Orai-Jalaun-Konch new line, updating survey has been taken up to reassess its viability.

(e)  :  Completion of projects depends on a number of factors such as acquisition of land, forestry and wildlife clearances, shifting of various services,  construction  of  Road  Over  Bridges/Road  Under  Bridges  by road  maintenance  departments,  apart  from  availability  of  adequate funds.    Since  many  of  these  factors  are  beyond  the  control  of  the Ministry of Railways, therefore, it is not feasible to give time lines for completion of the projects.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 471 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Setting up of PSK
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.471 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## SETTING UP OF PSK

471.      SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  action  taken  by  the  Ministry  to  set  up  Passport  Seva Kendra (PSK) in all districts of Gujarat;
- (b) whether  the  Ministry  approached  the  State  Government  of Gujarat in this regard; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

(a) to (c) Under the Passport Seva Project (PSP), 5 (five) Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) have been set up in the State of Gujarat - two in  Ahmedabad and one each in Rajkot, Vadodara and Surat.  They are functioning as extended arms of Passport Offices in Ahmedabad and Surat.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 470 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: ROMA Conference
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: BHOLA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.470 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## ROMA Conference

## 470.   SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  organize  fourth  ROMA Conference in the country;
- (b)
- if so, the details and the objectives thereof;
- (c) whether ROMA people constitute the Indian Diaspora and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether any study has been proposed to discover the roots/origin of ROMA people; and
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

- (a) ICCR organized fifth International Roma Conference at ICCR, New Delhi from February 12-14, 2016.
- (b) A  total  of  14  International  speakers  and  14  Indian  scholars participated in the Conference. Objective of Conference was to reestablish cultural and linguistic links with Roma community, review existing  scholarly  studies  on  Roma  community  and  encourage further studies.
- (c) Roma community has cultural and linguistic links with Indian culture and language and is believed to have migrated from Northern part of India during 5 th  century BC.
- (d) & (e) One of the follow up action points identified during the deliberations of three days Conference was to establish a Research Centre by an NGO for the studies on Roma community, to discover the roots and origins of Roma people.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 468 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Construction work of New Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.468 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## CONSTRUCTION WORK OF NEW RAILWAY LINE

†468. SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN: SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the construction work of a new railway line from Nasik to Pune has been sanctioned;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and its present status; and
- (c) the  funds  allocated  for  the  project  for  the  financial  year  201617?

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

(a) to (c):   Nasik-Pune (265 km) new line has been included in Railway Budget  2016-17  at  an  anticipated  cost  of ` 2425  crore  subject  to requisite  government  approvals.    An  outlay  of ` one  lakh  has  been earmarked for this project for the year 2016-17.

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