Lok Sabha Question No. 555 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Expediting Pending Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: E. T. MOHAMMED BASHEER, NEELAM SONKER, VISHNU DAYAL RAM, A.P. JITHENDER REDDY, BANSHILAL MAHTO, ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE, RADHESHYAM BISWAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 555

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## EXPEDITING PENDING PROJECTS

555.   SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER: SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM: SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY: DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO: SHRI ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE: SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the State/project-wise details of under construction/pending railway projects in various States of the country including Chhattisgarh, UP, Bihar, Telangana and West Bengal at present;
- (b)
- the status of these projects as on date;
- (c) the details of the projects running behind schedule along with the reasons therefor and the details of the cost-escalation in respect of these projects, project-wise during each of the last three years;
- (d) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated/spent  so  far  in  these  projects, project-wise during the last three years; and
- (e) the steps being taken for timely completion of these projects?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (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 UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  555  BY  SHRI  E.T.  MOHAMMED  BASHEER, SHRIMATI  NEELAM  SONKER,  SHRI  VISHNU  DAYAL  RAM,  SHRI  A.P. JITHENDER REDDY, DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO, SHRI ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE AND SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.12.2015 REGARDING EXPEDITING PENDING PROJECTS

(a)  to  (d):    Since  railway  projects  generally  straddle  over  more  than  one State, details of ongoing projects is not maintained State-wise. However, Zone-wise/project-wise details including their cost, upto date expenditure &  amount  allocated  in  last  three  years  of  all  the  ongoing  projects  that inter-alia  include  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh,  UP,  Bihar,  Telangana,  West Bengal are available on Indian Railways' website (i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in)  and  have  also  been  tabled  before  the  House during presentation of Railway Budgets 2013-14, 2014-15 & 2015-16.

Completion  of projects  depends  on  many  factors  such  as  land acquisition, forestry & wild life clearances, shifting of services, construction  of  road  over  and  road  under  bridges  by  road  maintaining agencies etc., apart from availability of funds. As many of these factors are not within the control of Railways, it is not feasible to fix timelines for all the  projects.  As  a  result,  most  of  the  ongoing  projects  are  facing  cost overrun.

(e):      Various  measures taken to expedite completion of projects include substantial  increase  in  allocation  of  funds,  prioritisation  of  projects, delegation  of  powers  at  field  level,  inviting  the  State  Governments  to participate with Railways for resource mobilisation for projects, nomination  of  nodal  officers  for  improved  co-ordination  with  the  State Governments etc.

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