Lok Sabha Question No. 871 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-04
Subject: Shrirampur-Parli Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 871 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026

## SHRIRAMPUR-PARLI RAILWAY LINE

## †871. SHRI BHAUSAHEB RAJARAM WAKCHAURE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Rate  of  Return  (RoR)  of  the  Ahmednagar-Beed-Parli  line (RoR-5.04),  Baramati-Lonand  via  Phaltan  line  (RoR-3.22)  and  SolapurTuljapur-Osmanabad line (RoR-4.35) are negative and despite this, both the Central and State Governments have approved these railway lines and work is underway in Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has also approved the Shrirampur-Parli railway line, pending since the British period, whose RoR is nominally negative on the same line; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d):   Railway projects are sanctioned based on various criteria such as  remunerativeness,  traffic  projections,  last  mile  connectivity,  missing links  and  alternate  routes,  augmentation  of  congested/saturated  lines, demands  raised  by  State  Governments,  Central  Ministries,  Members  of Parliament, other public representatives, Railway's own operational requirement,  socio-economic  considerations  etc.  depending  upon  throw forward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

Belapur (Shrirampur) and Parli are existing stations and are connected via Ankia, Jalna and Parbhani. Moreover, a work of additional connectivity is also taken up between Belapur (Shrirampur) and Parli Vaijnath via Beed.

To further improve the Railway Infrastructure in the state of Maharashtra, following works have been taken up:-

|   S.No. | Name of the project                               | Name of the project   | Name of the project   | Cost (₹ In crore)   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar)-Beed-Parli Line (261 Km) | Vaijnath              | New                   | 4,957               |
|       2 | Baramati-Lonand New Line (64 Km)                  |                       |                       | 1,844               |
|       3 | Wardha-Nanded New Line (284 Km)                   |                       |                       | 3,445               |
|       4 | Indore-Manmad New Line (360 Km)                   |                       |                       | 18,529              |
|       5 | Wadsa-Gadchiroli New Line (52 Km)                 |                       |                       | 1,886               |
|       6 | Jalna-Jalgaon New Line (174 Km)                   |                       |                       | 5,804               |
|       7 | Daund-Manmad Doubling (236 Km)                    |                       |                       | 3,037               |
|       8 | Kalyan-Kasara 3rd line (68 Km)                    |                       |                       | 1,433               |
|       9 | Wardha-Nagpur 3rd line (76 Km)                    |                       |                       | 698                 |
|      10 | Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd line (132 Km)               |                       |                       | 1,385               |
|      11 | Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km)                   |                       |                       | 2,450               |
|      12 | Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd line (228 Km)              |                       |                       | 3,545               |
|      13 | Wardha-Nagpur 4th line (79 Km)                    |                       |                       | 1,137               |
|      14 | Jalgaon-Manmad 4th Line (160 Km)                  |                       |                       | 2,574               |
|      15 | Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km)          |                       |                       | 3,285               |
|      16 | Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad New line (95 Km)       |                       |                       | 2,933               |

## 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.

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