Lok Sabha Question No. 1735 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-10
Subject: Road Over Bridges in Eluru District, Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1735 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2025

## ROAD OVER BRIDGES IN ELURU DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH.

## 1735. SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  for  the construction  of  Road  Over  Bridges  (ROBs)  at  Railway  Level Crossings LC No.83-E, LC No.86-E, LC No.91-E and LC No. 340 in Eluru Parliamentary Constituency, Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details and present status of each of these proposals;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any joint inspections/meetings with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and State Government officials to expedite these works;
- (d) if so, the outcome of such meetings and the timeline proposed for the commencement and completion of these ROB projects; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to accord priority sanction and  speedy  execution  of  the  above  ROBs  considering  the heavy vehicular traffic and frequent congestion at these level crossings and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e) : Sanctioning and execution of works of Road Over Bridges/ Road  Under  Bridges  (ROBs/RUBs)  is  a  continuous  and  ongoing process on Indian Railways. Such works are prioritized and taken up on  the basis of their  impact  on  safety  and  mobility  in train operations and impact on road users.

Nos. of ROBs/ RUBs constructed on Indian Railways during the period 2004-14 vis a vis 2014-25 (Oct'25) is as under:

| Period   | ROBs/ RUBs constructed                       |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|
| 2004-14  | 4,148 Nos.                                   |
| 2014-25  | 13,653 Nos. (including 799 Nos. in the State |
| (Oct'25) | of Andhra Pradesh)                           |

As on 01.11.2025, 4689 Nos. ROBs/ RUBs are sanctioned at the cost  of  ₹1,11,583  Cr  on  Indian  Railways  including  316  Nos.  Road Over  Bridge  (ROB)/Road  Under  Bridge  (RUB)  at  a  cost  of  ₹  11,686 crore in the State of Andhra Pradesh, which are at various stages of planning and execution.

The  details  of  ROBs/RUBs  works  at  the  mentioned  locations are as under:-

|   S.No. | LC No.                                                                 | Km     | section              | Remarks                                                                                                                                   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | LC No.83(E) between Atapaka to varahpatnam                             | 73/8-9 | Gudivada- Bhimavaram | The works of preparation of Technical Feasibility Report / Detailed Project Report (TFRs / DPRs) for the construction of ROB/RUB at these |
|       2 | LC No. 86 between Vadarllapadu Branch to Vadarllatapaka to Varahpatnam | 76/7-8 | Gudivada- Bhimavaram | have been                                                                                                                                 |

|   3. | LC No. 91 between Pallevada to Ramavaram   | 81/1-2     | Gudivada- Bhimavaram                                                                                                          |
|------|--------------------------------------------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    4 | LC No. 340 at Kokkirapadu Rice Mill        | 474/30- 32 | Vijayawada- Visakhapatn am This ROB work has been sanctioned. The work of preparation of Detailed Estimate has been taken up. |

Further,  Railways  have  taken  following  measures  to  expedite  the progress of work:

- i. Joint survey with concerned State Govt./Road Owning Authority  is  done  before  finalizing  the  General  Arrangement Drawing  (GAD) to ensure smooth execution.
- ii. Periodic meetings of Railway & State Government officials are done to resolve various issues related to ROB/RUB works.
- iii. Standardization of superstructure drawings for various combinations of span, skewness and width of road on Railway portion  has  been  done  to  avoid  delays  during  the  design approval.  This  has  been  issued  in  the  form  of  compendium, which  can  be  directly  adopted  for  Road  Over  Bridge  across Railway lines for expeditious planning.
- iv. ROB/RUB works are planned to be executed on a single entity basis by Railway wherever possible. In case any Road Owning authority/State Govt. wants then Railway may permit them to execute the work on a single entity basis.

Completion of any ROB/RUB work depends on various factors like, fixing  of  approach  alignment,  approval  of  General  Arrangement Drawing (GAD), land acquisition, removal of encroachment, shifting of infringing utilities, statutory clearances from various authorities, law and order situation in the area of project / work sites, number of working months in a year for particular project / work sites due to climatic conditions etc. All these factors affect the completion time of the projects / works.

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