Lok Sabha Question No. 4250 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-18
Subject: Fund Allocation for Railway Projects (Gwalior)
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Bharat Singh Kushwah

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4250

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026

## FUND ALLOCATION FOR RAILWAY PROJECTS (GWALIOR)

## †4250. SHRI BHARAT SINGH KUSHWAH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  funds  allocated  for  various  Central  schemes  or  railway development works in the Gwalior, Lok Sabha Constituency under the Ministry  of  Railways  from  the  year  2022-23  till  date,  year-wise  and scheme-wise;
- (b) the details of the actual expenditure incurred out of the allocated funds during the said period, year and scheme-wise;
- (c) the details of the reasons for the slow physical/actual financial progress of the projects as compared  to the funds allocated under the aforementioned schemes; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure optimum and time-
- bound utilisation of the funds?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a)  to  (d):  To  improve  the  connectivity  in  Gwalior,  following  projects  have been taken up:
- (i) Gwalior-Sheopurkalan  Gauge  Conversion  (188  Km):  This  project  is sanctioned  at  a  cost  of  ₹2912  Cr.  An  expenditure  of  ₹2594  Cr  has been incurred upto March-2025 and an outlay of ₹375 crore has been given for the year 2025-26.  Land Acquisition has been completed for the entire project.  Section wise progress is as under:

- (A) Birlanagar - Birpur (117 km) - Section commissioned.
- (B) Birpur - Sheopur Kalan (70  km):

| Activity         | Status                                                                  |
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Major Bridges    | All 21 have been Completed                                              |
| ROBs             | 15 out of 22 have been completed and work has been taken up in balance. |
| RUBs             | 39 out of 50 have been completed and work has been taken up in balance. |
| Station Building | All 8 have been Completed                                               |

## (ii) Jhansi - Gwalior - Mathura 3 rd  line (274 Km):

This  project  is  sanctioned  at  cost  of  the  project  is  ₹  5924  Cr.  An expenditure of ₹5468 Cr has been incurred upto March-2025 and an outlay of ₹511 crore has been given for the year 2025-26. Entire project has been commissioned except for Agra bypass between Bhandai - Kitham (27 km). Work has been taken up in this section.

Bhandai - Kitham (27 km) :

| Activity         | Status                                                                 |
|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Land Acquisition | Completed                                                              |
| Major Bridge     | 12 out of 18 have been completed and work has been taken up in balance |

## Madhya Pradesh

Railway Budget:

Budget allocation  in  the  recent  years  has  increased  significantly.  Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                             |
|----------|------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹632 crore/year                    |
| 2025-26  | ₹14,745 crore (More than 23 times) |

## Track Construction:

The  details  of  constructing  new  track  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Madhya Pradesh during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 145 Km                   | 29 Km/year                            |
| 2014-25  | 2651 Km                  | 241 Km/year (More than 8 times)       |

Project Sanctioned:

As on 01.04.2025, 24 projects (08 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 14 Doubling),  of  total  length  of  4,740  Km,  costing  ₹89,542  crore  falling fully/partly in Madhya Pradesh are sanctioned. The summary is as under:

| Category                 |   No. of projects | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissione d (in Km)   | Expenditure (₹ in Cr)   |
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
| New Lines                |                 8 | 1914                   | 544                            | 15069                   |
| Gauge Conversion         |                 2 | 809                    | 430                            | 6766                    |
| Doubling / Multitracking |                14 | 2017                   | 1118                           | 19566                   |
| Total                    |                24 | 4,740                  | 2,093                          | 41,401                  |

Zone-wise/year-wise  details  of  all  Railway  projects  are  made  available  in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

Recently completed projects:

Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh are as under:

|   S.No. | Name of Project                      |   Latest Cost (₹ in Crores) |
|---------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|       1 | Anuppur-Katni 3rd line (165 Km)      |                        2311 |
|       2 | Pendra Road-Anuppur 3rd line (50 Km) |                         394 |

|   3. | Khodri-Anuppur Doubling with flyover at Bilaspur (72 Km)             |   792 |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|    4 | Bhopal-Bina 3rd line (145 km)                                        |  1075 |
|    5 | Bina-Kota Doubling (283 km)                                          |  2477 |
|    6 | Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion including Balaghat-Katangi (300 Km) |  2005 |
|    7 | Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km)                          |  1512 |
|    8 | Chhindwara-Mandla Fort Gauge Conversion (182 Km)                     |  1268 |
|    9 | Ghat Pindari-Balkheda Doubling (6 Km)                                |    29 |
|   10 | Guna-Ruthiyai Doubling (20 Km)                                       |   175 |
|   11 | Jukhei Chord line, Bye Passing the Katni Yard (2 Km)                 |    12 |
|   12 | Sontalai-Bagratawa Doubling (7 Km)                                   |   110 |
|   13 | Itarsi-Budhni 3rd line (25 Km)                                       |   286 |
|   14 | Teegaon-Chichonda Ghat Section 3 rd line (17 Km)                     |   176 |
|   15 | Barkhera-Bhopal 3rd line (41 km)                                     |   473 |
|   16 | Nagda-Ujjain Doubling of Gambhir Bridge (2 Km)                       |    28 |
|   17 | Nimach-Chittaurgarh Doubling (56 Km)                                 |   560 |
|   18 | Budhni-Barkhera 3rd line (27 Km)                                     |  1703 |
|   19 | Indore-Dewas-Ujjain Doubling (79 Km)                                 |   757 |
|   20 | Powerkheda-Jujharpur Rail flyover (16 Km)                            |   443 |
|   21 | Guna- Etawah New Line (348 Km)                                       |   683 |
|   22 | Ramna-Singrauli doubling (160 Km)                                    |  2436 |
|   23 | Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling(32 Km)                            |   763 |
|   24 | Malkhedi-Mahadeokhedi Doubling (12 Km)                               |    59 |

## Ongoing projects:

Some  of  the  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh which have been taken up are as under:

|   S. No. | Project                                                              |   Cost (₹ in Crores) |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | Shahdol-Singhpur 4 th Line (6 Km)                                    |                   54 |
|        2 | Katni- Grade separator / Bypass (35 Km)                              |                 2300 |
|        3 | Katni- Singrauli Doubling (257 Km)                                   |                 4377 |
|        4 | Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli & Mahoba- Khajuraho New Line (541 Km) |                 8914 |
|        5 | Ramganjmandi-Bhopal New Line (277 Km)                                |                 5073 |
|        6 | Indore-Budni New Line (198 Km)                                       |                 7474 |
|        7 | Nimach-Badi Sadri New Line (48 Km)                                   |                  495 |
|        8 | Itarsi- Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km)                                     |                 2450 |
|        9 | Jhansi-Bina 3rd line (153 Km)                                        |                 2002 |
|       10 | Jhansi-Khairar-Manikpur & Khirar-Bhimsen Doubling (431 Km)           |                 4330 |
|       11 | Katni - Bina 3rd line (260 Km)                                       |                 3138 |
|       12 | Satna-Rewa Doubling (50 Km)                                          |                  590 |
|       13 | Ruthiyai Bye Pass line (3 Km)                                        |                   54 |
|       14 | Guna Bye Pass line (2 Km)                                            |                  179 |
|       15 | Ujjain Fly Over (2 Km)                                               |                  100 |
|       16 | Manmad - Indore New Line (360 Km)                                    |                18529 |
|       17 | Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km)                             |                 3285 |
|       18 | Dahod-Indore New Line (205 Km)                                       |                 9746 |
|       19 | Nimach-Ratlam Doubling (133 Km)                                      |                 1096 |
|       20 | Chhota Udepur-Dhar New Line (147 Km)                                 |                 1794 |
|       21 | Ratlam-Nagda 3 rd and 4 th line (41 Km)                              |                  964 |

|   22. | Vadodara-Ratlam 3 rd and 4 th line (259 Km)   |   8387 |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------|--------|
|    23 | Ratlam-Khandwa Gauge Conversion (299 Km)      |   7265 |
|    24 | Bina-Itarsi 4 th Line (237 km)                |   4329 |
|    25 | Itarsi-Nagpur 4 th Line (297 Km)              |   5010 |

In  last  three  years,  2022-23,  2023-24,  2024-25  and  current  financial  year 2025-26, 62 surveys (18 New Line & 44 Doubling) covering a total length of 5,933  Km has been sanctioned falling fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Madhya Pradesh.

Sanction  of  any  railway  project  depends  upon  many  parameters/factors which include the following:

-  Anticipated traffic projections and Remunerativeness of the proposed route
-  First and last mile connectivity provided by the project
-  Connection of missing links and providing additional route
-  Augmentation of congested/saturated lines
-  Demands raised by State Governments/Central Ministries/Public representatives,
-  Railway's own operational requirements
-  Socio-economic considerations
-  Overall availability of funds

Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:

-  Land acquisition by State Government
-  Forest clearance
-  Shifting of infringing utilities

-  Statutory clearances from various authorities
-  Geological and topographical conditions of area
-  Law and order situation in the area of project site
-  Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc.

All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s.

## ROBs/RUBs :

Sanctioning  of  works  of  ROB/  RUB  in  lieu  of  Level  crossings  (LCs)  is  a continuous  and  dynamic  process  of  Indian  Railway.  Such  works  are prioritised  and  taken  up  on  the  basis  of  its  impact  on  safety  in  train operations, mobility of trains & impact for road users and feasibility etc. No.  of  ROBs/  RUBs  constructed  on  Indian  Railways  during  the  period

2004-14 vis a vis 2014-26 (Upto Jan'26) is as under:

| Period                | ROBs/ RUBs constructed                                            |
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2004-14               | 4,148 Nos.                                                        |
| 2014-25 (Upto Jan'26) | 14,024 Nos. (including 1,299 Nos. in the State of Madhya Pradesh) |

As  on  01.02.2026,  4,802  Nos.  ROBs/  RUBs  are  sanctioned  at  cost  of ₹  1,14,196  Cr  on  Indian  Railways  including  305  Nos.  Road  Over  Bridge (ROB)/Road  Under  Bridge(RUB)  are  sanctioned  at  cost  of  ₹7,706  Cr  in Madhya Pradesh which are at various stages of planning and execution.

Completion of any ROB/RUB work depends on various factors like, fixing of approach alignment, approval of General Arrangement Drawing (GAD), land acquisition,  removal of encroachment,  shifting of infringing utilities, statutory  clearances  from  various  authorities,  law  and  order  situation  in the  area of project / work sites, number of working months in a year for particular  project  /  work  sites  due  to  climatic  conditions  etc.  All  these factors affect the completion time of the projects / works.

Further, Railways have taken following measures to expedite the progress of work:

- i. Joint  survey  with  concerned  State  Govt./Road  Owning  Authority  is done  before  finalizing  the  General  Arrangement  Drawing   (GAD)  to
2. ensure smooth execution.
- ii. Periodic meetings of Railway & State Government officials are done
4. to resolve various issues related to ROB/RUB works.
- iii. Standardization of superstructure drawings for various combinations of  span,  skewness  and  width  of  road  on  Railway  portion  has  been done to avoid delays during the design approval. This has been issued in  the form of compendium, which can be directly adopted for Road Over Bridge across Railway lines for expeditious planning.
- iv. ROB/RUB works are planned to be executed on a single entity basis by Railway wherever possible. In case any Road Owning authority/State Govt. wants then Railway may permit them to execute the work on a single entity basis.

## Amrit Bharat Stations:

Ministry  of  Railways  has  launched  Amrit  Bharat  Station  Scheme  for redevelopment of stations with a long-term approach.

The scheme involves preparation of master plans and their implementation  in  phases  to  improve  the  stations.  The  master  planning includes:

- 
- Improvement of access to station and circulating areas
-  Integration of station with both sides of city
-  Improvement of station building

-  Improvement  of  waiting  halls,  toilets, sitting  arrangement,  water booths
-  Provision  of  wider  foot  over  bridge/air  concourse  commensurate  with passenger traffic
-  Provision of lift/escalators/ramp
-  Improvement /Provision of platform surface and cover over platforms
-  Provision  of  kiosks  for  local  products  through  schemes  like  'One Station One Product'
-  Parking areas, Multimodal integration
-  Amenities for Divyangjans
-  Better passenger information systems
-  Provision of executive lounges, nominated spaces for business meetings,  landscaping,  etc.  keeping  in  view  the  necessity  at  each station.

The scheme also envisages sustainable and environment friendly solutions, provision of ballastless tracks etc. as per necessity, phasing and feasibility and creation of city centre at the station in the long term.

So  far,  1,338  stations  have  been  identified  for  development  under  Amrit Bharat  Station  Scheme.  Out  of  these,  80  stations  including  Gwalior  and Dabra stations of Gwalior Lok Sabha Constituency, are located in Madhya Pradesh.  The  names  of  stations  identified  for  development  under  Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in Madhya Pradesh are as following:

| State   | No. of Stations   | Names of Stations                                                                                                                       |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Madhya  | 80                | Akodia, Amla, Anuppur, Ashoknagar, Balaghat, Banapura, Bargawan, Beohari, Berchha, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Bijuri, Bina, Biyavra Rajgarh, |
| Pradesh |                   |                                                                                                                                         |

| State   | No. of Stations   | Names of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                   | Chhindwara, Dabra, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Gadarwara, Ganjbasoda, Ghoradongri, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Harpalpur, Indore Jn, Itarsi Jn, Jabalpur, Junnor Deo, Kareli, Katni Jn, KatniMurwara, Katni South, Khachrod, Khajuraho Jn, Khandwa, Khirkiya, Laxmi Bai Nagar, Maihar, Maksi Jn, Mandla Fort, Mandsor, MCS Chhatarpur, Meghnagar, Morena, Multai, Nagda Jn, Nainpur Jn, Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad), Narsinghpur, Nepanagar, Nimuch, Orchha, Pandhurna, Pipariya, Ratlam, Rewa, Ruthiyai, Sanchi, Sant Hirdaram Nagar, Satna, Saugor, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Shamgarh, Sheopur Kalan, Shivpuri, Shridham, Shujalpur, Sihora Road, Singrauli, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha, Vikramgarh Alot |

## Completed stations:

Development  works  at  railway  stations  under  Amrit  Bharat  Station Scheme in Madhya Pradesh have been taken up at a good pace. Till now, works  of  15  stations  have  been  completed.  The  name  of  stations completed in Madhya Pradesh are as following:

| State          |   No. of stations | Name of stations                                                                                                                                             |
|----------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh |                15 | Beohari, Bhind, Chhindwara, Harpalpur, Junnor Deo, Katni South, MCS Chhatarpur, Nainpur Jn, Narmadapuram, Orchha, Sanchi, Seoni, Shajapur, Shridham, Vidisha |

The activities for development at other stations have also been taken up at good pace and progress of some of the stations is as given below:

-  Gwalior station: The structural works of arrival and departure buildings at West side, concourse, mezzanine, air concourse and Foot Over Bridge at  Jhansi  end  have  been  completed.  The  block  work  of  arrival  and departure building at East side, arrival passage, platform refurbishment, air concourse, central roof and Foot Over Bridge at Agra end have been
- taken up.
-  Dabra  Station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  station  building,  porch, platform shelter, circulating area and approach road, have been completed. The work of 12 m Foot Over Bridge has been taken up.
-  Bhind station: The  works of improvement of station building, platform surfacing,  platform  shelter,  improvement  of  toilet,  circulating  area, approach road, main entrance gate, Divyangjan facilities and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The work of lift has been taken up.
-  Saugor station: The works of improvement of station building, new entry and  exit  porches,  platform  raising  and  surfacing  of  platform  no.  1, improvement of waiting hall, new toilet block and Divyangjan facilities have been completed. The works of circulating area, parking and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
-  Datia  station:  The  works  of  improvement  of  station  building,  platform surface,  circulating  area  and  approach  road  at  second  entry,  main entrance  gate  and  Divyangjan  facilities  have  been  completed.  The works of lift and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.

Further,  development  /  redevelopment  /  upgradation  /  modernisation  of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and ongoing process and works in    this  regard  are  undertaken  as  per  requirement,  subject  to  inter-se

priority and availability of funds. Development /redevelopment / upgradation /modernisation of a station is carried out based on category of station/condition/traffic handled etc.

Development  /  Upgradation  /  Modernization  of  stations  including  Amrit Bharat Station Scheme are generally funded under Plan Head-53 'Customer Amenities'. The  details  of  allocation  and  expenditure  under  Plan  Head-53 are  maintained  Zonal  Railway-wise  and  not  work-wise  or  station-wise  or state-wise.  Madhya  Pradesh  is  covered  under  the  jurisdiction  of  seven railway zones, namely Central Railway, East Central Railway, North Central Railway, South Central Railway, South East Central Railway, West Central Railway and Western Railway. For these zones, an allocation of ₹ 17,529 crore has been made for the last three year and current year 2025-26, out of which an expenditure of ₹ 16,189 crore (up to February, 2026) has been incurred so far.

Development / Upgradation of stations is complex in nature involving safety of passengers & trains and requires various statutory clearances such as fire clearance, heritage, tree cutting, airport clearance etc.   The progress also gets affected due to brownfield related challenges such as shifting of utilities (involving water/sewage lines, optical fibre cables, gas pipe lines, power/signal cables, etc.), infringements, operation of trains without hindering passenger movement, speed restrictions due to works carried out in  close  proximity  of  tracks and  high  voltage  power  lines,  etc.  and these factors affect the completion time.

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