Lok Sabha Question No. 349 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: LALLU SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 349 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.12.2015

## RAILWAY PROJECTS

- †* 349.   SHRI LALLU SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of railway projects, the funding of which is to be shared between the Union and the State Governments;
- (b) whether  some  of  these  projects  have  been  delayed  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c) the length of new railway lines announced in the last three Railway Budgets and the position of Uttar Pradesh in such new projects;
- (d) the  details  of  projects  on  which  work  has  commenced  and  the quantum of work completed, zone-wise; and
- (e) the  steps  being  taken  to  expedite  the  work  on  new  line  railway projects especially those passing through Uttar Pradesh?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI SURESH PRABHAKAR PRABHU)

- (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  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  349  BY  SHRI  LALLU  SINGH  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA ON 23.12.2015 REGARDING RAILWAY PROJECTS.

- (a) & (b):   42  Railway projects having a length of 5,673 Km costing ` 61,639 crore have been taken up on cost sharing basis with 10 State Governments i.e. Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.  Completion of projects depends on many factors such as land acquisition, forestry & wild life clearances, shifting of services,  construction  of  road  over  and  road  under  bridges  by  road  maintaining agencies  etc.  apart  from  availability  of  funds.  As  many  of  these  factors  are  not within the control of Railways, it is not feasible to fix timelines for all the projects.
- (c) & (d):  During the last three years i.e. 2012-13, 2013-14 & 2014-15, 30 new line projects having a length of 3,196 Km have been included in Railway Budget. 5 of these  new  line  projects  fall  fully/partly  in  the  state  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  zone-wise details of which are given below:-
- (e):      Ministry  of  Railways  has  approached  State  Governments  to  form  Joint Venture Companies (JVCs) jointly with Ministry of Railways to undertake mutually identified rail infrastructure projects for project development, resources mobilization  and  monitoring.  17  State  Governments  including  the  Government  of Uttar Pradesh have come forward and consented for formation of JVCs with the Ministry of Railways. Memoranda  of  Understanding  have  been  signed  with Government of Maharashtra and Government of Odisha for formation of such JVCs in recent past.

|   S. No. | Project name                     | Railway/ Zone   |   Anticipated Cost (in ` crore) | Status                                                                                                       |
|----------|----------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Unchhar-Amethi                   | Northern        |                             966 | Final Location Survey has been completed, alignment finalized and land papers submitted to State Government. |
|        2 | Kapilvastu-Basti                 | North Eastern   |                             954 | Requisite Government clearances have not been received.                                                      |
|        3 | Anandnagar-Ghugli                | North Eastern   |                             468 | Requisite Government clearances have not been received.                                                      |
|        4 | Faizabad-Lalganj via Raibareilly | Northern        |                            1242 | Requisite Government clearances have not been received.                                                      |
|        5 | Chola-Bulandshahar               | Northern        |                             288 | Requisite Government clearances have not been received.                                                      |

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