Lok Sabha Question No. 957 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Electrification of Railway Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 957 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY LINES

957.  KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal/requests from various sections of Karnataka including public representatives for electrification of Mangalore-Kundapura railway  line,  separate  division  for  Mangalore  under  SWR/KR, electrification of Bellary-Hospet-Vasco railway line, introduction of new trains between Davangere-Tumkur, HospetHubli, Tumkur-Arasikere and double line track between Bangalore-Mumbai; and
- (b)    if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  by  Railways thereon so far?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) & (b):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.957 BY KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE AND SHRI PRATHAP  SIMHA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  02.03.2016 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAY LINES.

- (a) & (b):
- (i) Regarding Railway Electrification:

Mangalore-Thokur is a part of Shoranur-Mangalore-Penambur Railway Electrification project sanctioned in 2010-11.  Thokur-Kundapura is a part of Thokur-Roha (740 Route Kilometres) Railway Electrification project for which,  Ministry  of  Railways  has  already  communicated  its  approval  to Konkan  Railway  Corporation  Limited  (KRCL)  at  an  estimated  cost  of ` 709.39 crores.

Bellary-Hospet  is  a  part  of  Guntakal-Bellary-Hospect  including Tornagallu-Ranjitpura branch line Railway Electrification project sanctioned  in  2012-13  and  Hospet-Vasco  da  Gama  is  a  part  of  HospetHubli-Vasco  da  Gama  Railway  Electrification  projects  sanctioned  in Railway Budget 2015-16.

- (ii)    Regarding  separate  Division  for  Mangalore  under  South  Western Railway:

Proposals  for  a  new  railway  division  at  Mangalore  have  been received from time to time from various fora, including public representatives.

New  divisions  on  Indian  Railways  are  set  up  keeping  in  view  size, workload, accessibility, traffic pattern and other administrative/operational  requirements,  consistent  with  the  needs  of economy  and  efficiency,  without  any  regional  considerations.      The proposal for creation of a new division with head-quarters at Mangalore, when examined from these aspects, has not been found feasible.

## (iii)  Regarding introduction of New Trains:

A  large number of representations are received at various levels  of Railway administration viz. Railway stations, Divisions, Zonal Headquarters and at Railway Board level.  However, Indian Railways do not maintain compendium  of such representations.  At present, there is no  proposal  to  run  new  train  services  between  Davangere-Tumkur, Hospet-Hubli and Tumkur-Arasikere.

## (iv)  Regarding  Doubling of Bengaluru-Mumbai rail line:

Representation  for  doubling  of  single  line  sections  on  BengaluruMumbai  route  have  been  received.    On  this  route,  double  line  already exists  between  Bengaluru-Tumkur,  Arasikere-Chickjajur  and  DharwadKambarganvi sections.  On balance portion, doubling work between HubliDharwad & Kambarganvi- Londa is a part of Hubli-Londa-Vasco da Gama doubling  project,  which  has  been  taken  up  and  doubling  of  TumkurArasikere, Chickjajur-Hubli & Londa-Miraj-Pune sections have been sanctioned in 2015-16.

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