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Lok Sabha Question No. 1837 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: Land Acquisition for DFC
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SANJAY JAISWAL, RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 1837 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2016

## LAND ACQUISITION FOR DFC

1837. DR. SANJAY JAISWAL: SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  process  of  land  acquisition  for  the  Dedicated  Freight Corridor (DFC) has been completed so far;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c)
- if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  the  Railways  has  identified  the  major  challenges  that  are hindering the pace of the project and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps being taken by the Railways to find out and implement an amicable solution to the problems of all stakeholders in acquiring land for DFC and expedite the process of land acquisition?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to  (d):  No,  Madam. Compensation Award for 10125 Hectare out of the total  land  11765  Hectare  to  be  acquired  has  been  given  on  both  Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors(DFC).  In Uttar Pradesh out of the total  4198 Hectare of land to be acquired, Compensation Award for 3507 has been given.

The  main  reasons/challenges in implementation of DFC  Project include delay in environmental/forest clearance for land situated in reserve forest/sanctuary, delays in land acquisition, resistance in physical handing over of land by Project Affected Persons mainly demanding  higher compensation  and  jobs,  elimination  of  level  crossing  gates  by  Rail  Over Bridge/Rail Under Bridge, shifting of structures/utilization by various public/private bodies coming in the alignment of DFC. (e):  Progress  of  the  Dedicated  Freight  Corridor  (DFC)  Project  is  regularly reviewed. In order to resolve the land acquisition issues regular meetings at  the  field  level,  with  land  owners,  their  representatives  and  concerned State Government officials such as Commissioner, District Magistrates are held.  Follow  up  meetings  with  Chief  Secretaries  of  concerned  State Governments are also held. As a result, critical issues affecting work such as land acquisition etc. are identified and resolved.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1836 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: Automatic Door Closure in Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1836 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2016

## AUTOMATIC DOOR CLOSURE IN TRAINS

1836.

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV: SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO: DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of persons killed while travelling in foot board in trains especially students during the last three years;
- (b) whether the Government has any plan to have passenger coaches with automatic door closure facilities;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has commissioned coaches with automatic door closure on an experimental basis; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the coaches with automatic door closure facility will be commissioned?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(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 UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1836 BY SHRI SATAV RAJEEV, SHRI MOHITE PATIL  VIJAYSINH  SHANKARRAO,  DR.  HEENA  VIJAYKUMAR  GAVIT  AND DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.07.2016 REGARDING AUTOMATIC DOOR CLOSURE IN TRAINS

(a):  The  details  of  the  persons  along  with  the  number  of  students  died while  travelling  on  foot  board  of  trains  during  the  years  2013,  2014  and 2015 are as under:-

|   Year |   Total number of persons died due to travelling on footboard of trains |   Number of students died due to travelling on footboard of trains |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2013 |                                                                    2603 |                                                                 42 |
|   2014 |                                                                    2443 |                                                                 54 |
|   2015 |                                                                    2582 |                                                                 49 |

(b) and (c):

1. Integral  Coach  Factory  (ICF),  Chennai  has  turned  out  coaches  for Kolkata Metro with Automatic door closure mechanism.
2. Automatic  Entrance  doors  have  been  provided  in  the  design  of coaches  of  one  Linke  Hofmann  Busch  (LBH)    rake  with  a  higher speed potential of upto 200 kmph.
3. One air-conditioned EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) rake with Automatic doors,  has  been  manufactured  at  ICF,  Chennai  and  dispatched  to Central Railway.
4. (d)  and  (e):  Kolkata  Metro  coaches  have  been  commissioned  with provision of Automatic door closures on regular measure and a total of 251 such coaches with Automatic door closure mechanism have been turned by ICF, Chennai so far.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1835 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: Indian Railway Project Management Unit
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1835 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2016

## INDIAN RAILWAY PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT

1835.  DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  has  decided  to  disband  the  Indian  Railway Project Management Unit, a centralized unit that was monitoring the execution of a project aimed at preventing head-on collisions, if so, the details thereof and the reasons behind the move;
- (b) whether this will not affect execution of a project aimed  at preventing head-on collisions and if so, the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c) the other steps taken by the  Government  to  prevent  head-on collisions and avoid train accidents?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) & (b)  No, Madam. The Railway has decided to merge Indian Railway Project Management Unit (IRPMU) with Chief Signal & Telecommunication Engineer/Project unit of North Central Railway (NCR), Allahabad and the Headquarter of IRPMU is shifted with all its officers/staff from New Delhi be to Allahabad except bare minimum  strength of officer/staff to maintained at Delhi for completion of on-going residual works.

IRPMU  was  primarily  created  as  a  pre-requisite  for  funding  of  the Project  of  'Modernisation  of  Signalling  system  in  Ghaziabad-Kanpur section'  by  KfW,  Germany  Bank.  As  KfW  Bank  funding  is  no  longer available  and  major  portion  of  the  project  is  already  completed,  it  has been decided to merge IRPMU with Chief Signal & Telecom Engineer/Project unit of NCR. Since the organisation has not been disbanded, this will not affect the execution of any project in any way.

(c) To avoid train accidents, technological improvements like Electrical/Electronic Interlocking with Centralized operation of points and signals, Multiple Aspect Colour Light Signalling with LED Signals, Complete  Track Circuiting of the stations, Block Proving by Axle Counters,  Interlocking  of  Level  Crossing  Gates  etc.  are  being  provided progressively as per the availability of resources. Also, to prevent head-on collisions,  Railways  have  taken  up  various  new  technologies  such  as Train  Protection  Warning  System  (TPWS)/  Train  Collision  Avoidance System (TCAS) as means of Automatic Train Protection on pilot section.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1833 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: Capacity Constraints
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, Shrirang Appa Barne, DHARMENDRA YADAV, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b)  &  (c)  Due  to  socio-economic  considerations,  passenger  services are under-priced resulting in low availability of resources for network expansion and replacement of assets.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1833 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2016

## CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS

1833. DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE :

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways is the lifeline of the nation and making a contribution to the country's growth;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Railways  only  enables  recovery  of  costs  and does   not leave enough resources for investment in network   expansion and   replacement of assets and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Railways has failed to make significant investment and if so, the reasons  therefor;
- (d) whether  high  density  network  of  the  Indian  Railways  is  facing acute capacity constraints; and
- (e) if  so,  the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Railways  to enhance its market share and improve quality of service?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(d) Yes, Madam.

(e)  Initiatives  taken  to  enhance  the  market  share  in  freight  and improve quality of service include removal of busy season surcharge, port  congestion  charge  and  withdrawal  of  dual  iron  ore  policy.    In passenger  segment,  measures  include  increased  availability  of  train accommodation  within  the  capacity  constraints,  improved  quality  of service  through  introduction  of  new  trains/Special/Suvidha  trains, augmentation  of  popular  trains  by  attachment  of  extra  coaches, introduction  of  Alternate  Train  Accommodation  Scheme  (known  as VIKALP) on pilot basis and augmentation of ticket dispensing capacity through  online  ticketing,  mobile  ticketing,  Automatic  Ticket  Vending Machines  (ATVM)  and  ticketing  agents  like  Jan  Sadharan  Ticket Booking Sewaks (JTBS), Station Ticket Booking Agents (STBA), Yatri Suvidha Kendra (YTSK) etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1832 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: Average Speed of Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, Shrirang Appa Barne, DHARMENDRA YADAV, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1832 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2016

## AVERAGE SPEED OF TRAINS

1832.    SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  has  fixed  minimum  average  speed  for  the corridors developed by the private developers and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the private developers have to maintain railway system to achieve  the  minimum  average  speed  of  the  goods  trains  on quarterly basis;
- (c)  if  so,  whether  there  is  any  provision  in  the  agreement  to  impose damages on the developers for not achieving the Key Performance Indicator and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether all the security related requirements of the Railways would be  applicable  to  the  developers  in  all  the  phases  of  construction, operation and maintenance and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (c): As per the Model Concession Agreement of Non- Government Railway (NGR) and Joint Venture (JV) model, the developer/ concessionaire has to maintain the Rail System to achieve specified average speed  of freight train on a quarterly basis as a  Key Performance  Indicator. In  case  of  noncompliance  the  developer/ concessionaire  is  required  to  pay  damage  at  the  rate  of  1%  (one percent) of the User Fees for the quarter for every 10% (ten percent) shortfall  subject  to  a  maximum  of  5%  of  the  total  User  fee  for  the quarter.

(d): The applicability of specific security related requirements of Indian Railways  in  all  phases  of  construction,  operation  and  maintenance during  the  concession  period  will  depend  on  project  to  project. However,  as  per  Model  Concession  Agreement  of  Non-  Government Railway and Joint Venture model, the developer/concessionaire shall abide  by  and  implement  any  instructions  of  Ministry  of  Railways  for enhancing the security within and around the Rail System.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1831 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: R&D in Telecom
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: ANANDRAO  ADSUL, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1831 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  JULY, 2016

## R&D IN TELECOM

1831.  SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  proposed  to  set  up  three  funds  with  a combined  corpus  of  Rs.17,500  crore  to  boost  local  research  and  manufacturing  of telecom products;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the Governing bodies for the funds;
- (c) the extent to which it is likely to cut dependence on imports at a time when the current account deficit has widened to a record and is also likely to reduce security concerns posed by such imports, particularly from China; and
- (d) the details of plan prepared for utilization of corpus funds?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) to (d) The  Working  Group  for  the  Telecom  sector  in  the  12th  Plan  had proposed to create the following three funds with a total corpus of Rs. 17,500 Crore for  promoting  Research  &  Development  (R&D)  and  manufacturing  of  telecom equipments during the 12th Five Year Plan period:

-  Telecom Manufacturing Promotion Fund (TMPF) of Rs. 10,000 Crore
-  Telecom Entrepreneurship Promotion Fund (TEPF) of Rs. 2,500 Crore
-  Telecom Research Development Fund (TRDF) of Rs. 5,000 Crore

However, the Cabinet on 10th  December 2014 approved a proposal of DeitY (Department  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology)  to  establish  an  Electronic Development Fund (EDF). The EDF is a Venture Capital Fund in the nature of 'Fund of Funds' to participate in professionally managed 'Daughter Funds' which in turn will provide  risk  capital  to  companies  developing  new  technologies  in  the  area  of electronics including telecommunications, nano-electronics and Information Technology. The EDF will also help attract venture funds, angel funds and seed funds towards R&D and innovation in the specified areas. Setting up of EDF is one of the important strategies which would enable creating a vibrant ecosystem of innovation and research and development.  Since the EDF would also take care of R&D and manufacturing of telecom products, the proposal to set up three separate funds was dropped.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1830 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: MoUs between Railways and International Financial Institutions
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL, MANOJ KUMAR TIWARI, PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1830 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2016

## MOUS BETWEEN RAILWAYS AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

1830.    SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways has signed any Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with international financial institutions to fund the proposed 'Bullet Train Project';
- (b)  if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c)  the  details  about  the  plan  outlay,  project  status,  financial  targets and  field  surveys/Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  status  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (c):  Based on the  MoU and negotiations held with Government (JICA), Government  of  India  has  sanctioned  Mumbai-Ahmedabad  high  speed train project at an estimated cost of ₹ 97,636 crore with the financial and technical assistance from Government of Japan for commissioning of Japan and Japan International Cooperation Agency targeted in 2023-24.

Government  of  Japan  will  provide  high  speed  rail  technologies  of Shinkansen  trains  and  provide  Japanese  (Yen)  loan  upto  81%  of  the project cost at 0.1% per annum, to be repaid in 50 years with 15 year moratorium. The feasibility study of the project was completed in 2015. For  implementation  of  the  project  Ministry  of  Railways  has  set  up National  High  Speed  Rail  Corporation  Limited  (NHSRC)  in  February, 2016. NHSRC is entrusted with  planning,  construction  and  maintenance  of the project and also with operation of trains on the system.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1829 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: NIS trained Coaches
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: SUBHASH PATEL, ALOK SANJAR, JANARDAN MISHRA, RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1829 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2016

NIS trained Coaches

†1829. SHRI SUBHASH PATEL:

SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the practice of providing services of National Institute of Sports (NIS) trained coaches under Central as well as State schemes has been discontiued by Sports Authority of India (SAI) and if so, the reasons thereof;
- (b) whether there is any proposal to revive the practice;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  scheme  to  discover  hidden sporting talents among tribal boys/girls aged 9 to 14 and to give them intensive  training  by  opening  academies  for  popular  sports  in  their States and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

- (a) & (b):          As Sports Authority of India (SAI) had been facing shortage of coaches for its own sports promotional schemes, the Governing Body of SAI in its 44 th  Meeting  held on 25.05.2015 decided to redeploy SAI coaches  posted  in  State  Coaching  Centres  (SCCs)  of  the  State Governments.

The State Governments were advised that if they required the services of SAI coaches for their SCCs, they could take them on deputation basis.  However,  some  SAI  coaches are  still  working  with SCCs.

- (c)               Yes, Madam. SAI implements Sports Promotional Schemes to identify and nurture young sports talent amongst rural & tribal youths in the country. Major Sports Promotional Schemes implemented by SAI in this regard are as under:
-  SAI Training Centre (STC)
-  Special Area Games (SAG)
-  Army Boys Sports Company (ABSC)

Under these Schemes, boarding, lodging, sports kit, competition exposure,  medical  insurance,  equipment,  stipend    etc.,  is  provided. Scientific coaching is imparted.    Centres under these Schemes are spread all over the country. Special  Area  Games  (SAG)  Scheme  is  specifically  focused  on identifying and nurturing talent from amongst rural, tribal, coastal and other  genetically  talented  and  gifted  sportspersons,  and  honing  the skills to international level excellence.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1828 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: Neutrino Observatory
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH, VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, K. GOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1828 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27/07/2016

## NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY

1828.  SHRI BHARAT SINGH: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK: DR. K. GOPAL:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the present  status of the project related to the  India  based  Neutrino Observatory  (INO);
- (b) the time limit, budget, sponsoring scheme and the objectives of the projects undertaken in the observatory;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  additional  observatories  for nuclear  physics research and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government is looking into the issues that stalled the construction of the observatory and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  PERSONNEL,  PUBLIC  GRIEVANCES  AND PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH) :

- (a) The work at the India based Neutrino Observatory (INO) site at Pottipuram is held  up  because  of  a  Public  Interest  Litigation  (PIL)  pending  before  the Madurai  bench  of  the  Madras  High  Court.  The  bench  has  asked  for  a submission of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board clearance which has been sought by INO in May 2015 which is not received. As  of now  the  26 hectare site has been fenced, a large water storage tank installed and a water pipeline  laid  from  a  river  source  about  20  kms  away.  The  approach  road including  a  bridge  and  some  road  widening  and  strengthening  work  is  only partially  complete  and  halted  due  to  the  above  stay  order.  The  prototype detector lab at the Inter Institutional Centre for High Energy Physics (IICHEP) Madurai is subject to reclassification of land by the Tamil Nadu Government.

- (b) The project has been sanctioned at a total overall cost of ` 1583.05 crore with a  schedule  of  completion  by  December  2019.  This  is  a  collaborative  effort between DAE and Department of Science and Technology (DST).  The cost of the main detector will be shared equally by DAE and DST.

The objectives of the laboratory are :

- To study the properties of the fundamental particle, the neutrino, using cosmic ray produced "atmospheric neutrinos".
- Develop skilled human  resources for carrying out front ranking experimental programmes in the area of particle and nuclear physics.
- Development of state of the art particle detectors for basic science and societal application including medical imaging.
- (c) No Sir.
- (d) Yes Sir, the project proponents are constantly in touch with the Tamil Nadu Govt. authorities for getting the above clearances at an early date.

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