Lok Sabha Question No. 3018 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-16
Subject: Ongoing/Pending Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3018 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2016

## ONGOING/PENDING PROJECTS

†3018. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  new/ongoing/pending  rail  projects  in  the  State  of Maharashtra and their current status, project-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  funds  allocated  for  each  project  and  the  funds utilised so far;
- (c) whether expenditure of these projects has increased significantly and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the  time-limit  fixed  for  completion  of  these  projects,  projectwise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (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. 3018 BY SHRI  ASHOK  MAHADEORAO  NETE  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  16.03.2016  REGARDING ONGOING/PENDING PROJECTS.

(a) to (c):   Projects are not sanctioned State-wise. However, 28 major projects consisting of 7 New Lines, 4 Gauge Conversion and 17 Doublings falling partly or fully in the State of  Maharashtra have been taken up.  Outlay in last three years of Maharashtra projects has been enhanced substantially. Details of the projects are as under:

( ` in crore)

| S. No.   | Name of the project (length)             | Anticipated cost 2015-16   | Expenditure as on 31.03.2015   | Outlay 2015-16   | Outlay proposed in 2016-17   | Status                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|----------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          | NEW LINE                                 |                            |                                |                  |                              |                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 1.       | Ahmednagar-Beed- Parle Vaijnath (261 km) | 2272                       | 195                            | 144              | 402                          | Ahmednagar-Narayandoh (15 km): Track linking completed. Narayandoh-Parli (246 km): Land acquired for 240 km out of 246 km. Earthwork & bridge works have been taken up.                      |
| 2.       | Baramati-Lonand (54 km)                  | 325                        | 128                            | 1                | 25                           | Lonand-Phalton (27 km): Work completed except Lonand & Phalton Yards remodeling. Phalton-Baramati (27 km): Alternate alignment approved and staking of revised alignment has been completed. |
| 3.       | Wadsa-Gadchiroli (50.km)                 | 469                        | 16                             | 80               | 90                           | Staking of alignment completed and land acquisition taken up.                                                                                                                                |

| 4.   | Wardha-Nanded (via Yavatmal-Pusood) (270 km)        | 2765   | 68   | 135   | 150   | Land for 33 km out of 284 km acquired. Bridge works taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------|------|-------|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 5.   | Amravati-Narkher (138 km)                           | 806    | 576  | 26    | 38    | Completed and commissioned on 17.07.2012. Electrification work has been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 6.   | Dighi Port-Roha (34 km)                             | 724    | -    | 0.01  | 11    | Work included in Budget 2015- 16. Project is at initial stage.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 7.   | Karad-Chiplun (112 km)                              | 1200   | -    | 0.01  | 11    | Work included in Budget 2015- 16 subject to requisite Government approvals.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|      | GAUGE CONVERSION                                    |        |      |       |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 1.   | Chhindwara-Nagpur (150 km)                          | 1101   | 740  | 400   | 150   | Land acquisition for entire 128 hec. of forest land has been completed and 154 hec. out of 206 hec. of revenue & private land has been acquired. Tree cutting in forest land completed. Earth work, bridge work, tunnel work & RUB work have been taken up.                                                                                          |
| 2.   | Jabalpur-Gondia including Balaghat Katangi (285 km) | 1544   | 845  | 366   | 224   | Gondia-Balaghat including MOIL Limited siding (43 km) and Balaghat-Katangi (47 km) sections have been completed and commissioned. (i) Balaghat-Nainpur-Jabalpur (188 km): Earthwork, bridges and ROBs/RUBs have been taken up. Track linking in Jabalpur-Nainpur has been taken up. Work on Nainpur- Balaghat section has been suffering for want of |

|    |                                                                             |      |     |       |     | forestry/wild life clearance. (ii) Katangi-Tirodi (15 km) (New Line): Final Location Survey has been completed. Land acquisition has been taken up.                                                                            |
|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-----|-------|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 3. | Nagbhir-Nagpur (106 km)                                                     | 401  | 1   | 0.001 | 25  | This work has been included in Capital Investment Programme of 2016-17 at a cost of ` 401 crore in anticipation of State Government coming forward to take up the project through Joint Venture.                               |
| 4. | Ratlam-Mhow- Khandwa-Akola (473)                                            | 2265 | 460 | 400   | 250 | Ratlam-Fatehabad- Laxmibainagar (116 km): completed. (i) Laxmibainagar-Indore (4km) & Rao-Mhow (6 km): Track linking completed. (ii) Indore-Rau (15 km) & Akola-Akot (43.5 km): Earthwork and bridge works have been taken up. |
|    | DOUBLING                                                                    |      |     |       |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 1. | Bhusawal-Jalgaon 3rd line (24 km)                                           | 235  | 15  | 210   | 100 | Contract for the work of construction of all the major bridges and minor bridges & earthwork have been awarded.                                                                                                                |
| 2. | Daund-Gulbarga doubling (225 km) and Pune-Guntakal Electrification (641 km) | 1513 | 324 | 675   | 296 | Track linking in Angar-Mohol (16 km), Hotgi-Tilati (9 km) and Madha-Vakav (7 km) completed. Earthwork, bridges, ballast supply works in balance section have been                                                              |

|    |                                             |      |      |      |     | taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|----|---------------------------------------------|------|------|------|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  3 | Godhani-Kalumna Chord (14 km)               |   65 |   27 |   32 |  13 | The work of doubling between Godhani to Godhani Chord Cabin (5 km) completed and Line commissioned for goods traffic on 29.12.2015.                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|  4 | Kalumna-Nagpur (6 km)                       |   32 |   27 |    4 |  10 | Earthwork, Minor bridges and ballast supply have been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|  5 | Kalyan-Kasara 3rd line (68 km)              |  800 |    7 |   63 | 160 | Project is at initial stage. Detailed estimate for ` 793 crore sanctioned. Tender for major bridges finalized.                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|  6 | Mudkhed-Parbhani (81 km)                    |  380 |    8 |  100 | 170 | Project is at initial stage. Detailed Estimate for ` 391 crore sanctioned. Bridge works have been taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|  7 | Pen-Roha (40 km)                            |  278 |  218 |  105 |  30 | Pen- Kasu-Nagothane (27 km): Commissioned and track linking in Nagothane-Roha (13 km) taken up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|  8 | Udhna-Jalgaon with electrification (307 km) | 1862 | 1109 | 1100 | 625 | (i) Vyara-Chinchapada (60 km) and Amalner-Dharangaon (25 km): completed & commissioned. (ii) Chalthan-Vyara (46 km), Chinchpada-Nandurbar (41 km), Nardana-Amalner (28 km) & Dharangaon-Jalgaon (30 km) sections completed. Finishing work taken up. (iii) Udhna-Chalthan (11 km): Work completed except 1 km track linking. |

|    |                                                   |      |    |     |     | (iv) Nandurbar-Dondacha (34 km): Track linking started. (v) Dondacha-Sindhkheda (20 km): 10 km track linking completed. (vi) Earthwork, bridges in Sindhkheda-Nardana taken up.   |
|----|---------------------------------------------------|------|----|-----|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  9 | Wardha (Sewagram)- Nagpur 3rd line (76 km)        |  561 | 10 | 105 |  70 | Detailed Estimate for ` 540.02 crore has been sanctioned.                                                                                                                         |
| 10 | Itarsi-Nagpur -3 rd line (267 km)                 | 2326 | -  | 153 | 150 | Work included in Budget 2015- 16 subject to requisite Government approvals.                                                                                                       |
| 11 | Kazipet-Balharshah - 3rd line (202 km)            | 2020 | -  |  46 |  50 | Work included in Budget 2015- 16 subject to requisite Government approvals.                                                                                                       |
| 12 | Pune-Lonavala - 3rd line (64 km)                  |  800 | -  |  18 |  80 | Work included in Budget 2015- 16 subject to requisite Government approvals.                                                                                                       |
| 13 | Pune-Miraj-Londa (467 km)                         | 4670 | -  | 207 | 325 | Work included in Budget 2015- 16 subject to requisite Government approvals.                                                                                                       |
| 14 | Rajnandgaon-Nagpur - 3rd line (228 km)            | 1273 | -  |  29 | 157 | Work included in Budget 2015- 16 subject to requisite Government approvals.                                                                                                       |
| 15 | Hotgi-Kudgi-Gadag (284 km)                        | 1618 | -  |  40 | 310 | All approvals obtained and work sanctioned in 2015-16.                                                                                                                            |
| 16 | Teegaon-Chichonda Ghat Section - 3rd line (17 km) |  141 | -  |   3 |  85 | All approvals obtained and work sanctioned in 2015-16.                                                                                                                            |
| 17 | Wardha-Ballarshah - 3rd line (132 km)             |  630 | -  |  14 |  90 | All approvals obtained and work sanctioned in 2015-16.                                                                                                                            |

Following new projects falling partly or fully in the State of Maharashtra have been included in Budget 2016-17 subject to requisite Government approvals:-

( ` in crore)

|   S.No. | Name of project              | Plan Head   |   Length (km) |   Anticipated Cost |   Outlay proposed |
|---------|------------------------------|-------------|---------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Pune-Nashik                  | New Line    |           265 |               2425 |              0.02 |
|       2 | Vaibhavwadi-Kolhapur         | New Line    |           107 |               2750 |              0.02 |
|       3 | Indore-Manmad via            | New Line    |           368 |               9968 |              0.02 |
|       4 | Jalgaon-Bhusawal - 4 th Line | Doubling    |            24 |                199 |              0.02 |
|       5 | Daund-Manmad                 | Doubling    |           236 |               1876 |              0.02 |
|       6 | Manmad-Jalgaon - 3 rd Line   | Doubling    |           160 |                854 |              0.02 |
|       7 | Wardha-Nagpur - 4 th line    | Doubling    |            76 |                912 |              0.02 |

Further, following new projects falling partly or fully in the State of Maharashtra have been included in Capital  Investment  Programme  of  2016-17  in  anticipation  of  State  Governments  coming  forward  to take up the project through Joint Venture.

( ` in crore)

| S.No.   | Name of project        | Plan Head   | Length (km)   | Anticipated Cost   | Outlay proposed   |
|---------|------------------------|-------------|---------------|--------------------|-------------------|
| 1.      | Jeur-Aashti            | New Line    | 78            | 1560               | 0.02              |
| 2.      | Latur-Nanded via Loha, | New Line    | 155           | 3100               | 0.02              |
|         | Ahmednagar             |             |               |                    |                   |
| 3.      | Gadchindur-Adilabad    | New Line    | 70            | 1500               | 0.02              |
| 4.      | Jalna-Khamgaom         | New Line    | 155           | 3000               | 0.02              |

In addition, following projects under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode are sanctioned in the State of Maharashtra:

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` in crore)

|   S.No. | Name of project     | Plan Head   |   Length (km) |   Anticipated Cost |
|---------|---------------------|-------------|---------------|--------------------|
|       1 | Digni-Jaigarh Port  | New Line    |            35 |                771 |
|       2 | Roha-Dighi Port     | New Line    |            34 |                724 |
|       3 | Hamrapur-Rewas Port | New Line    |            26 |                349 |

In  all  the  above  3  projects,  no  funding  of  Ministry  of  Railways  is  involved.  The  projects  are implemented through Joint Venture Route.

(d): Completion of projects depends on many factors such as availability of funds, land acquisition, forestry & wild life clearances, shifting of services, construction of road over and road under bridges by road maintaining agencies etc. As many of these factors are not within the control of Railways, it is not feasible to fix timelines for all the projects.  However, Railways have taken various measures to expedite completion of projects including substantial increase in allocation of funds, prioritization of projects,  delegation  of  powers  at  field  level,  inviting  the  State  Governments  to  participate  with Railways for resource mobilization for projects, nomination of nodal officers for improved co-ordination with the State Governments etc.

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