Lok Sabha Question No. 102 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: New Rail Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 102 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016

## NEW RAIL LINES

## † 102.   SHRI HARI MANJHI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state the details of  the  length  of  new  rail  lines  announced  during  the  last  three railway  budgets,  State-wise  and  zone-wise  including  Bihar  and Jharkhand?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 102 BY SHRI HARI MANJHI TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016 REGARDING NEW RAIL LINES

During  the  last  three  years  i.e.  2013-14,  2014-15  &  2015-16,  29  new  line  projects having a length of 3,242 Km have been included in Railway Budget, out of which, 2 new line projects fall fully/partly in the States of Bihar and Jharkhand, the details are as under:-

Length

|   S. No. | Project                                            | Year of sanction   | Zonal Railway      | State                     |   Length (in km) |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Karad-Chiplun                                      | 2015-16            | Central            | Maharashtra               |            112   |
|        2 | Dighi Port-Roha                                    | 2015-16            | Central            | Maharashtra               |             34   |
|        3 | Pirpainti-Jassidih                                 | 2013-14            | Eastern            | Bihar, Jharkhand          |             97   |
|        4 | Mau-Ghazipur-Tarighat                              | 2015-16            | North Eastern      | Uttar Pradesh             |             51   |
|        5 | Kapilvastu-Basti                                   | 2013-14            | North Eastern      | Uttar Pradesh             |             91   |
|        6 | Anandnagar-Ghugli                                  | 2013-14            | North Eastern      | Uttar Pradesh             |             50   |
|        7 | Dimapur-Tizit                                      | 2013-14            | Northeast Frontier | Nagaland                  |            257   |
|        8 | Delhi-Sohna-Nuh- Ferozpur-Jhirka-Alwar             | 2013-14            | Northern           | Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan |            104   |
|        9 | Yamuna Nagar- Chandigarh via Sadhaura, Narayangarh | 2013-14            | Northern           | Haryana                   |             91   |
|       10 | Faizabad-Lalganj via Raibareilly                   | 2013-14            | Northern           | Uttar Pradesh             |            116   |
|       11 | Hissar-Sirsa via Agroha and Fatehabad              | 2013-14            | Northern           | Haryana                   |             93   |
|       12 | Ferozpur-Patti                                     | 2013-14            | Northern           | Punjab                    |             25   |
|       13 | Chola-Bulandshahar                                 | 2013-14            | Northern           | Uttar Pradesh             |             16   |
|       14 | Ajmer-Sawai Madhopur                               | 2015-16            | North Western      | Rajasthan                 |            165   |
|       15 | Ajmer-Kota (Nasirabad- Jalindri)                   | 2013-14            | North Western      | Rajasthan                 |            145   |
|       16 | Pushkar-Merta                                      | 2013-14            | North Western      | Rajasthan                 |             59   |
|       17 | Thiyat-Hamira-Sanu                                 | 2013-14            | North Western      | Rajasthan                 |             58.5 |
|       18 | Mannuguru-Ramagundum                               | 2013-14            | South Central      | Andhra Pradesh            |            200   |
|       19 | Cumbam-Proddutur                                   | 2013-14            | South Central      | Andhra Pradesh            |            142   |
|       20 | Kondapalli-Kothagodum                              | 2013-14            | South Central      | Andhra Pradesh            |            125   |
|       21 | Raipur-Jharsuguda                                  | 2013-14            | South East Central | Chhattisgarh, Odisha      |            310   |

Length

|   S. No. | Project                                                                        | Year of sanction   | Zonal Railway      | State                     |   Length (in km) |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
|       22 | Barwadih-Chirmari                                                              | 2013-14            | South East Central | Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand   |            182   |
|       23 | Gevra Road-Pendra Road                                                         | 2013-14            | South East Central | Chhattisgarh              |            121.7 |
|       24 | Raigarh (Mand Colliery)- Bhupdeopur                                            | 2013-14            | South East Central | Chhattisgarh              |             63   |
|       25 | Sriperumbudur- Guduvanchery with Spur to IRUN, Kattukotti- Avadi-Sriperambudur | 2013-14            | Southern           | Tamil Nadu                |             60   |
|       26 | Gadag-Wadi                                                                     | 2013-14            | South Western      | Karnataka                 |            252   |
|       27 | Chickballapur- Putttaparthy-Sri Satya Sai Nilyam                               | 2013-14            | South Western      | Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh |            103   |
|       28 | Chickballapur- Gowribidanur                                                    | 2013-14            | South Western      | Karnataka                 |             44   |
|       29 | Srinivasapura- Madanapalli                                                     | 2013-14            | South Western      | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka |             75   |

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