Lok Sabha Question No. 4077 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Status of Railway Projects in Gujarat
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PARESH RAWAL, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, DILIP PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4077 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## STATUS OF RAILWAY PROJECTS IN GUJARAT

4077.   SHRI PARESH RAVAL:
2. SHRI D. S. RATHOD: SHRI DILIP PATEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  the  Railways  has  any  proposal  for  doubling  of  Railway lines  of  Ahmedabad-Mehsana-Jaipur,  Rajkot-Veraval  and  RajkotOkha in the State of Gujarat and Rajasthan;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  present  status  of  doubling of  BG  rail  lines  at  Bharuch-SamniDahej,  Surendranagar-Botad-Dhasa-Rajula-Pipavav,  Surendranagar -Viramgam-Mehsana, Palanpur-Bhildi-Samakhiali-GandhidhamMundra and new railway line at Bhavnagar-Adhelai-DholkaVataman-Petland and Dholera-Bhimnath;
- (d)  whether surveys of these three projects have been completed and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)    whether the budgetary provisions have been made in this regard and if so, the time fixed by which these projects are likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(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 UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4077 BY SHRI PARESH RAVAL, SHRI D.S. RATHOD  AND  DILIP  PATEL  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 10.08.2016 REGARDING STATUS OF RAILWAY PROJECTS IN GUJARAT.

(a) to (d):

The details and present status of the projects are as under:

| S. No.   | Subject                   | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| (A)      | Doubling                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 1.       | Ahmedabad- Mehsana-Jaipur | (a) The gauge conversion of Ahmedabad- Mehsana (70 km) metre gauge (MG) line running parallel to existing broad gauge (BG) line has been included in the Budget 2015- 16 at an anticipated cost of ` 420 crore. An outlay of ` 100 crore has been provided for this project for the year 2016-17. Preliminary activities like Final Location Survey (FLS), preparation of plan, estimates, etc. have been taken up. (b) Survey for Doubling of Mehsana- Palanpur (65 Km) section has been taken up. However, this project is not sanctioned for doubling. (c) Doubling of Palanpur-Ajmer has been taken up in patches. An outlay of ` 548.5 crore has been provided for these patches of doubling works for the year 2016-17. On this route, Swaroopganj- Keshavganj (26.48 Km.) and Mori Bera- Kothar- Keshavganj (21.32 Km) sections have been commissioned. (d) Ajmer-Jaipur is already a double broad gauge line section. |

|   2. | Rajkot-Veraval                                                    | Survey has been taken up in two parts (a) Rajkot-Junagarh (103 km) and (b) Junagarh- Veraval (83 km).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|    3 | Rajkot-Okha                                                       | Survey has been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|    4 | Bhruch-Samni- Dahej                                               | Gauge conversion of this section has been completed and commissioned. At present, there is no proposal for doubling of this section.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|    5 | Surendranagar- Botad-Dhasa- Rajula-Pipavav                        | Survey for this project has not been sanctioned.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|    6 | Surendranagar- Viramgam- Mehsana                                  | (a) Doubling of Viramgam-Surendrangar (65 Km) section has been completed and commissioned in 2015. (b) Viramgam- Mahesana: No survey for doubling of this section has been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|    7 | Palanpur-Bhildi- Samkhiali- Gandhidham- Mundra (Survey completed) | (a) Doubling of Palanpur- Bhildi- Samakhyali (275 km) has been taken up at an anticipated cost of ` 1267 crore being funded by Kutch Railway Company Limited. An outlay of ` 151 crore has been provided for the year 2016-17. Detailed estimate has been sanctioned. Final Location Survey (FLS) has been completed. Earthwork and ballast supply has been taken up. (b) Samakhayali- Gandhidham-Adipur is already an existing double broad gauge line section. (c) No survey for doubling of Adipur- Mundra has been sanctioned. |

|   (B) | New Line                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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|     1 | New Railway line Bhavnagar-Adhelai- Dholera-Vataman- Petland (Survey proposed) | Survey for Bhavnagar to Tarapur New Line via Dholera, has been completed. Cost of this line has been assessed as ` 745 crores with RoR of (-) 1% and Planning Commission has not agreed to the proposal. |
|     2 | Dholera-Bhimnath                                                               | Dholera-Bhimnath (28 km) new line project has been included in the Budget 2016-17 at a cost of ` 280 crore subject to requisite approvals from the Government.                                           |

(e): Completion of these projects is dependent upon many factors such as  land  acquisition,  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, apart from availability of adequate funds. Since many of these factors are beyond the control of Ministry of Railways, timelines for completion of all the projects are not feasible to be fixed.

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