Lok Sabha Question No. 2270 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-03
Subject: Rail Linkages in DMIC Area
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PARESH RAWAL, CHANDRAKANT RAGHUNATH PATIL, DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD, DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA, JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 2270 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2015

## RAIL LINKAGES IN DMIC AREA

2270.

SHRI PARESH RAVAL:

SHRI  C.R. PATIL:

SHRI  D.S. RATHOD:

SHRI DEVAJIBHAI G. FATEPARA:

SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether the Railways have received requests from State Government including State Government of Gujarat for development of Railway linkages in the influence area of Delhi- Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC);
- (b)    if so, the details thereof along with the number of surveys conducted during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State-wise  including Gujarat and the time by which it is likely to be completed;
- (c) the  status  of  upgradation  work  of  Ahmedabad-Botad-Bhavnagar  rail line project and the timeframe for its completion;  and
- (d) the status of doubling work of Viramgam-Samakhiyali-Gandhidham rail line project and the timeframe for its completion?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

ANSWER (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2270 BY SHRI PARESH RAVAL, SHRI C.R. PATIL, SHRI D.S. RATHOD,  SHRI  DEVAJIBHAI  G.  FATEPARA  AND  SHRIMATI  JAYSHREEBEN PATEL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.08.2015 REGARDING RAIL LINKAGES IN DMIC AREA

(a) & (b):   Ministry  of  Railways have received request from Government of Gujarat  for  development  of  rail  linkages  in  the  influence  area  of  DelhiMumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).

The details, item-wise, are furnished below:-

## GAUGE CONVERSION

|                                             | Rail Linkages Sought                     | Current Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Ahmedabad- Dholera Investment Region        | Ahmedabad-Botad- Bhavnagar               | Botad- Bhavnagar Section is already Broad Gauge. Gauge Conversion of Ahmedabad-Botad has been taken up. Final Location Survey completed. Other preliminary activities like processing of tender have been taken up. An outlay of ` 120 crore has been provided in the Budget 2015-16 for this work. |
| Dahej-Bharuch Investment Region             | Dahej-Samni-Bharuch                      | Gauge Conversion of this Section has been completed in 2011-12.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Palanpur- Siddhpur- Mehsana Industrial Area | Viramgam- Samakhiyali- Gandhidham-Kandla | Doubling of Viramgam-Samakhiyali has been taken up. Viramgam-Sadla Section has been commissioned. Works in balance section has been taken up. Samakhiyali- Gandhidham is already an existing Broad Gauge double line                                                                                |
|                                             | Maliya Miyana - Navlakhi -Rajkot         | Already converted to Broad Gauge.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                             | Mehsana-Patan                            | Already converted to Broad Gauge.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                             | Surendranagar - Viramgam- Mehsana        | Doubling of Surendranagar- Viramgam Section has been taken up. No Survey for doubling of Viramgam- Mahesana has been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                      |
|                                             | Gandhidham-Anjar- Mundra                 | Gandhidham-Adipur-Mundra & Adipur- Anjar-Bhuj are Broad Gauge lines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

## DOUBLING

|                                 | Particulars   | Current Status                                                                                                              |
|---------------------------------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Dahej-Bharuch Investment Region | Bharuch-Dahej | Gauge Conversion of this Section has been completed in 2011-12. At present, there is no proposal for doubling this section. |

| Palanpur- Siddhpur- Mehsana Industrial Area   | Surendranagar - Botad - Dhasa - Rajula-Pipavav   | Survey of this Project is not sanctioned                                                                                                                                                                        |
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                               | Surendranagar- Viramgam- Mehsana                 | The work of doubling of Viramgam - Surendranagar section has been taken up. No survey for doubling of Viramgam- Mahesana has been taken up.                                                                     |
| Mundra-Palanpur                               | Palanpur-Bhildi- Samakhiyali- Gandhidham- Mundra | Doubling of Palanpur-Bhildi-Samakhiyali has been taken up. The project is being funded by Kutch Railway Company Ltd. Samakhiyali-Gandhidham and Gandhidham - Adipur -Mundra is already Broad Gauge double line. |
|                                               | Gandhidham-Kandla                                | Doubling of this section has already been completed.                                                                                                                                                            |

## New Rail Lines

|                                      | Particulars                                 | Current Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Ahmedabad- Dholera Investment Region | Bhavnagar-Adhelai- Dholera- Vataman- Petlad | There is already an existing Broad Gauge line from Tarapur-Petlad- Anand Nagar. Further, survey for Bhavnagar to Tarapur New Line via Dholera, Vataman has been completed. Due to a large number of ongoing new line projects, this project has not been taken forward. |
|                                      | Bhimnath-Dholera                            | Survey for this New Line has been completed. Survey report has been sent to Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) to fund the project. In principle clearance has been given for implementation through Private Line Model.                 |
|                                      | Khambhat- Khambhat Port                     | Survey for this line was sanctioned in 2013-14 but could not be taken up, as Gujarat Maritime Board informed that Khambhat port will not be developed due to the construction of Kalpsar Dam at location of Khambhat Port.                                              |

## Other rail Infrastructure for Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)

| Port      | Spur Rail Connectivity for Ports   | Name of Section   | Current Status                                                                                                                            |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Hazira    | Surat - Hazira New Rail Link.      | Surat - Hazira    | After the Participative Policy of December 2012, in principle clearance has been given for development of the link on private line model. |
| Bedi Port | Bedi Port - Jamnagar Station       | Jamnagar - Rajkot | Survey has been taken up.                                                                                                                 |

| Porbandar Port                                            | Porbandar Port - Porbandar station                                                                          | Porbandar - Jamnagar                                                                                        | Survey has been taken up.                                                                                   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Chhara Port                                               | Chhara Port - Kodinar (extension of Veraval - Somnath BG line to Kodinar)                                   | Veraval - Rajkot                                                                                            | In principle clearance has been given for development of line on Private Line Model.                        |
| Mahuva Port, Kachhigadh Port and Nargol Port Connectivity | In principle clearance has been given for development of rail line to Nargol Port under Private Line Model. | In principle clearance has been given for development of rail line to Nargol Port under Private Line Model. | In principle clearance has been given for development of rail line to Nargol Port under Private Line Model. |

As most of the railway lines extend across one or more States, State-wise data is not maintained. However, zone-wise detail of surveys being carried out  and  completed  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  is  as detailed below: -

|   S.No. |   No. of Surveys completed |
|---------|----------------------------|
|       1 |                          9 |
|       2 |                          2 |
|       3 |                          4 |
|       4 |                         12 |
|       5 |                         16 |
|       6 |                          7 |
|       7 |                          3 |
|       8 |                         12 |
|       9 |                         18 |
|      10 |                         19 |
|      11 |                         10 |
|      12 |                          5 |
|      13 |                          5 |
|      14 |                         10 |
|      15 |                          5 |
|      16 |                          5 |

Surveys  require  investigation  of  one  or  more  routes,  in  consultation with State Governments & forest department, to decide the most technically  feasible  alignment,  interaction  with  State  Government,  trade and  industries  for  assessment  of  traffic  projections,  preparation  of  plans and  drawings  for  calculation  of  costs  etc.  Since  this  is  an  extensive exercise, it is not possible to fix time lines for both completion of all these surveys and the lines being made functional. (c)  &  (d):  Botad-  Bhavnagar  Section  is  already  Broad  Gauge.  Gauge Conversion of Ahmedabad- Botad has been taken up. Final Location Survey has been completed. Other preliminary activities like processing of tender have  been  taken  up.  An  outlay  of ` 120  crore  has  been  provided  in  the Budget 2015-16 for this work. No target for completion has been fixed. Doubling  of  Viramgam-Samakhiyali(  182  km)  has  been  taken  up. Viramgam-Sadla Section (21 km) has been commissioned. Track linking of Jatpipli-Vasadva  (12  km)  and  Chuli-Sukhpur  (10.5  km)  sections  has  been completed. Works in balance section have been taken up. Further Samakhiyali-Gandhidham  is  already  Broad  Gauge,  double  line  section.  No target for completion has been fixed.

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