Lok Sabha Question No. 57 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-03
Subject: Bahraich-Jarwal Road New Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Anand Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 57 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2025

## BAHRAICH-JARWAL ROAD NEW RAILWAY LINE

- †*57. DR. ANAND KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  of  the  Bahraich-Jarwal Road  new  railway  line  has  been  prepared  given  the  fact  that survey work for the said railway line has been completed;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and  if not, the timeline for the completion of DPR of the said project;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to start the construction work of the said railway line soon, if so, the timeline fixed for the said work;
- (d) whether the Government has allocated budget for the construction  work  of  the  said  new  railway  line  in  the  current financial year; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  timeline  fixed  for  the allocation of budget for the construction work of the said railway line?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (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  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 57 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2025

(a) to (e): Bahraich and Jarwal Road are already connected via Gonda Junction on the existing railway network. To improve the connectivity, following works have been sanctioned:

|   S. No. | Project                                    |   Length (in Km) |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Burhwal-Jarwal Road-Gonda Kacheri 4th Line |               56 |
|        2 | Burhwal- Jarwal Road-Gonda 3rd Line        |               62 |
|        3 | Barabanki-Burhwal 3rd Line                 |               27 |
|        4 | Bahraich- Khalilabad New Line              |              240 |

Further,  to  provide  direct  connectivity,  a  survey  for  construction  of Bahraich-Jarwal  Road  new  railway  line  (70  Km)  was  sanctioned.  The survey has been completed and Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been prepared.

After preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR), sanctioning of project requires consultation with various stake-holders including State Governments  and  necessary  approvals  viz.  appraisal  of  NITI  Aayog, Ministry  of  Finance  etc.  As  sanctioning  of  projects  is  a  continuous  and dynamic process, exact timelines depend upon appraisals and approvals by various stakeholders.

## Uttar Pradesh

Budget allocation in the recent years has increased significantly. Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                          |
|----------|---------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,109 crore/year               |
| 2025-26  | ₹19,858 crore (Nearly 18 times) |

The details of commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:

| Period   | New Track Commissioned   | Average Commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 996 Km                   | 199 Km/year                           |
| 2014-25  | 5272 Km                  | 479 Km per year (More than 2 times)   |

As on 01.04.2025, 49 projects (10 New Line, 02 Gauge Conversion and 37 Doubling) of 3,807 Km length, costing ₹62,360 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh are sanctioned, out of which 1,323 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹30,611 crore  has  been incurred  upto  March' 2025.  The summary is as under:-

| Category               |   No of sanctioned Projects |   Total Length (Km) |   Length Commissioned Upto Mar'25 (Km) |   Exp upto Mar'25 (Rs. in Cr.) |
|------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| New Line               |                          10 |                1227 |                                    340 |                          10517 |
| Gauge Conversion       |                          02 |                  67 |                                      0 |                            281 |
| Doubling/Multitracking |                          37 |                2513 |                                    983 |                          19813 |
| Total                  |                          49 |                3807 |                                   1323 |                          30611 |

Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh are as under:

|   S. No. | Project                                                                             |   Cost (Rs. in Cr.) |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Domingarh-Gorakhpur-Kusumhi - 3rd Line and Gorakhpur-Nakaha Jungle Doubling (21 Km) |                 508 |
|        2 | Bahraich-Nanpara-Nepal Ganj Gauge Conversion (56 Km)                                |                 342 |
|        3 | Ballia-Ghazipur city Doubling (65 Km)                                               |                 650 |
|        4 | Ghazipur city-Tarighat New Line (17 Km)                                             |                1766 |
|        5 | Gonda-Gorakhpur Loop Gauge Conversion (260 Km)                                      |                 863 |
|        6 | Gonda-Bahraich Gauge Conversion (60 Km)                                             |                 318 |
|        7 | Barabanki-Akbarpur Doubling (161 Km)                                                |                1700 |
|        8 | Kaptanganj-Thawe-Chhapra Gauge Conversion (234 Km)                                  |                 819 |
|        9 | Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur Gauge Conversion (83 Km)                                      |                 589 |
|       10 | Indara-Dohrighat Gauge Conversion (34 Km)                                           |                 213 |
|       11 | Lucknow-Pilibhit Gauge Conversion (263 Km)                                          |                1634 |
|       12 | Bhadoi-Janghai Doubling (31 Km)                                                     |                 168 |
|       13 | Lahota-Bhadoi Doubling (39 Km)                                                      |                 184 |

|   14 | Meerut-Muzaffarnagar Doubling (55 Km)                |   430 |
|------|------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|   15 | Phaphamau-Prayagraj Doubling (14 Km)                 |   212 |
|   16 | Muzaffarnagar-Tapri Doubling (52 Km)                 |   525 |
|   17 | Utretia-Raibareilly Doubling (66 Km)                 |   662 |
|   18 | Raibareilly-Amethi Doubling (60 Km)                  |   668 |
|   19 | Alamnagar-Utretia Doubling (20 Km)                   |   358 |
|   20 | Bhimsen-Jhansi Doubling (206 Km)                     |  2620 |
|   21 | Etawah-Mainpuri New Line (58 Km)                     |   313 |
|   22 | Malhaur-Daliganj Doubling (13 Km)                    |   183 |
|   23 | Ruma Chakeri- Chandari 3 rd Line (13 Km)             |   177 |
|   24 | Bareilly-Pilibhit-Tanakpur Gauge Conversion (102 Km) |   313 |
|   25 | Rosa-Sitapur Cantt-Burhwal Doubling (181 Km)         |  2094 |
|   26 | Jaunpur- Akbarpur (Tanda) Doubling (77 Km)           |   676 |
|   27 | Ramna- Renukut-Singrauli Doubling (160 Km)           |  2436 |
|   28 | Janghai- Phaphamau Doubling (47 Km)                  |   414 |
|   29 | Varanasi-Madhosingh-Prayagraj Doubling (120 Km)      |  2018 |
|   30 | Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling (32 Km)           |   763 |
|   31 | Deoband (Muzzafarnagar)-Roorkee (27 Km)              |  1289 |
|   32 | Agra-Etawah New Line(110 Km)                         |   427 |

Some  of  the  projects  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh which have been taken up are as under:

|   SN. | Project                                                      |   Cost (Rs. in Cr.) |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|     1 | Barabanki-Burhwal 3rd Line (27 Km)                           |                 426 |
|     2 | Burhwal- Gonda Kacheri 4 th line (56 Km)                     |                 796 |
|     3 | Burhwal-Gonda 3rd Line (62 Km)                               |                1118 |
|     4 | Bahraich- Khalilabad New Line (240 Km)                       |                4940 |
|     5 | Katra-Ayodhya Dham Doubling (10 Km)                          |                 466 |
|     6 | Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya- Prayagraj 3rd Line (150 Km)        |                2649 |
|     7 | Billi-Chunar Doubling (102 Km)                               |                1424 |
|     8 | Chhapra-Ballia Doubling (65 km)                              |                1046 |
|     9 | Unchhar-Amethi New Line (66 Km)                              |                1229 |
|    10 | Etah-Kasganj New Line ( 29 Km)                               |                 389 |
|    11 | Phephna-Indara, Mau-Shahganj Doubling (150 Km)               |                1778 |
|    12 | Gorakhpur- Valmikinagar Doubling (96 Km)                     |                1121 |
|    13 | Varanasi-Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya 3 rd and 4 th Line (15 Km) |                2464 |

|   14 | Jhansi-Khairar-Manikpur & Khairar-Bhimsen Doubling (431 Km)   |   4330 |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|   15 | Sahjanwa-Dohrighat New Line (81 Km)                           |   1320 |

In last three years 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and current financial year 2025-26, 119 surveys (33 New  Line, 84 Doubling and 02 Gauge Conversion)  covering  a  total  length  of  6,414  Km  have  been  sanctioned falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

Sanction of any railway project depends upon many parameters/factors which include the following:

-  Anticipated traffic projections and remunerativeness of the proposed route
-  First and last mile connectivity provided by the project
-  Connection of missing links and providing additional route
-  Augmentation of congested/saturated lines
-  Demands  raised  by  State  Governments/Central  Ministries/Public representatives,
-  Railway's own operational requirements
-  Socio-economic considerations
-  Overall availability of funds

Completion  of  Railway  project/s  depends  on  various  factors  which include the following:

-  Land acquisition
-  Forest clearance
-  Shifting of infringing utilities
-  Statutory clearances from various authorities
-  Geological and topographical conditions of area
-  Law and order situation in the area of project site
-  Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc.

All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s.

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