Lok Sabha Question No. 549 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Status of New Railway Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SANGANNA AMARAPPA KARADI, B.V. NAYAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 549 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## STATUS OF NEW RAILWAY LINES

549.  SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA: SHRI B.V. NAIK:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the  present  status  of  new  railway  line  projects  in  Karnataka including Gadag-Wadi railway line;
- (b) the funds allocated/spent for these projects, so far; and
- (c) whether the land has been acquired for the said lines and if so, the details thereof?

## 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. 549 BY SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA AND SHRI  B.V.  NAIK  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  27.04.2016 REGARDING STATUS OF NEW RAILWAY LINES.

(a) to (c) Present status of new rail line projects falling fully/partly in the State  of  Karnataka  including  funds  allocated/spent  thereon  and  land acquired for the said lines is as under:-

## (Rupees in crore)

| S. No.   | Project                                          | Cost   | Expendit ure incurred upto March, 2015   | Outlay during 2016- 17   | Status                                                                                                                                                                  |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          | NEW LINE                                         |        |                                          |                          |                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 1.       | Kadur- Chickmagalur- Sakleshpur (93 Km)          | 1156   | 387                                      | 44                       | Kadur-Chikmagalur (46 Km) commissioned. On balance portion, 696 acre out of 1467 acre of land acquired.                                                                 |
| 2.       | Hubli-Ankola (167 Km)                            | 2315   | 114                                      | 18                       | 637 acre out of 2735 acre of land acquired. However, project held up for want of clearance related to environmental issues.                                             |
| 3.       | Hassan- Bangalore via Sharavanbelag ola (166 Km) | 1290   | 1017                                     | 172                      | 1553 acre out of 1591 acre of land acquired. Hassan- Sharavanbelagola (42 Km) and Neelamangala- Chikbanaver/ Bangalore (14 Km) sections have already been commissioned. |

| S. No.   | Project                    | Cost   | Expendit ure incurred upto March, 2015   | Outlay during 2016- 17   | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|----------|----------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          |                            |        |                                          |                          | On balance portion, track linking work on 95 Km section has been completed and work on remaining portion taken up.                                                                                                                    |
| 4.       | Rayadurg- Tumkur (213 Km)  | 2000   | 304                                      | 40                       | 452 acre out of 2129 acre of land acquired. Track linking on Rayadurg-Vedavathy- Kalyandurga- Kadaredevarapally part (53 Km) completed. In balance Kadaredevarapally- Tumkur section, land requisition submitted to State Government. |
| 5.       | Bagalkot- Kudachi (142 Km) | 1065   | 125                                      | 80                       | 550 acre out of 1950 acre of land acquired. Work on Bagalkot- Karkalmatti- Khajdhoni (30 Km) taken up where track linking for 18 Km completed. Land acquisition papers for balance portion submitted to State Government.             |

forestry clearance.

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Khanapur-Homnabad

|   S. No. | Project                                             |   Cost |   Expendit ure incurred upto March, 2015 |   Outlay during 2016- 17 | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        6 | Bangalore- Chamarajanag ar- Satyamangala m (260 Km) |   1524 |                                        6 |                       20 | For works on Bangalore- Chamarajnagar section, land acquisition papers for 1613 acre submitted to State Government. Work beyond Chamarajanagar frozen for want of forestry clearance.                                                                                                               |
|        7 | Munirabad- Mahboobnagar (246 Km)                    |   2641 |                                      405 |                      180 | 1578 acre out of 3463 acre of land acquired. Yeramaras-Yadalapur doubling (15 Km) commissioned and track linking on Deverakadra-Makhtal part (33 Km) & Munirabad (Ginigera)- Budhgumpa- Chikkabenakal (27 Km) completed. On balance portion, land acquisition, earthwork and bridge works taken up. |
|        8 | Gulbarga-Bidar (140 Km)                             |    912 |                                      979 |                       80 | 1802 acre out of 1907 acre of land acquired. Khanapur-Homnabad (38 Km) commissioned and track linking on                                                                                                                                                                                            |

| S. No.   | Project                      | Cost   | Expendit ure incurred upto March, 2015   | Outlay during 2016- 17   | Status                                                                                                                                              |
|----------|------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          |                              |        |                                          |                          | Homnabad-Hallikhed (16 Km), Hallikhed- Sultanpur part (27 Km) and Gulbarga- Sultanpur (10 Km) sections completed. Work on balance portion taken up. |
| 9.       | Cuddapah- Bangalore (255 Km) | 2061   | 185                                      | 58                       | Land acquired for 312 acre and requisition for 2631 acre submitted to State Government. Track linking on Cuddapah- Pendlimari (22 Km)               |
| 10.      | Shimoga- Harihar (79 Km)     | 832    | 17                                       | 1                        | Land acquisition papers for 1050 acre submitted to the State Government.                                                                            |
| 11.      | Whitefield- Kolar (53 Km)    | 375    | 0.32                                     | 0.70                     | Land acquisition papers for 831 acre submitted to the State Government.                                                                             |
| 12.      | Marikuppam- Kuppam (24 Km)   | 313    | 1                                        | 0.11                     | Land acquisition papers for 187 acre submitted to the State Government.                                                                             |
| 13.      | Tumkur- Davangere (200 Km)   | 2193   | 1                                        | 30                       | Land acquisition papers for 2136 acre submitted to the State Government.                                                                            |

|   S. No. | Project                                                  |   Cost |   Expendit ure incurred upto March, 2015 |   Outlay during 2016- 17 | Status                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       14 | Gadag-Wadi (252 Km)                                      |   1922 |                                        1 |                    60    | Land acquisition papers for 1125 acre submitted to the State Government.                                                                                                                        |
|       15 | Chikballapur- Puttaparthy-Sri Satya Sai Nilayam (103 Km) |    692 |                                        0 |                     0.11 | Projects included in Budget subject to requisite approvals. Though State Government has consented to provide                                                                                    |
|       16 | Srinivasapura- Madanapalli (75 Km)                       |    296 |                                        0 |                     0.1  | free land and share 50% of construction cost of the project, it could not be taken forward due to their unremunerative nature even with cost sharing and huge throwforward of ongoing projects. |
|       17 | Chikballapur- Gowribidanur (44 Km)                       |    368 |                                        0 |                     0.6  | Project included in Budget subject to requisite approvals. However, it could not be taken forward due to its unremunerative nature and huge throwforward of ongoing projects.                   |

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