Railway projects

The Minister of State for Shipping, Pon. Radhakrishnan has informed the Lok Sabha recently about the railway routes were identified for survey for electrification, doubling, tripling, four-laning during the last three years. These projects are given below: -

State (s)	Routes
Bihar, Jharkhand	Pakur–Sahibganj –Kiul including Bhagalpur –Mandar Hill
Karnataka, Maharashtra	Londa–Miraj –Pune including Miraj –Kolhapur
Madhya Pradesh	Vijaypur and Guna –Gwalior
Andhra Pradesh,	Bibinagar(Pagidipalli)-Nallapadu
Telangana
Haryana	Kurukshetra–Kaithal –Narwana
Assam,Nagaland	Guwahati–Tinsukhia via Lumding
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh	Jhansi–Manikpur (including Khairar –Kanpur)
Karnataka	Hospet–Gadag –Hubli
Karnataka	Mysore,–Hassan –Mangalore (including Hassan –Arsikere)
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana	–Mudkhed –Lingampalli –Dhone
Uttar Pradesh	Unchahar-Utratia–Balamau-Sitapur
Jharkhand	Ranchi–Lohardaga-Tori
Karnataka, Goa	Bangalore-Tumkur–Hubli – Londa –Vasco da Gama (including Birur –Talguppa)
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh	Chikajur-Bellary
Harayana, Punjab	Hisar-Jakhal-Ludhiana
Uttar Pradesh	Moradabad-Aligarh including Bareilly –Chandausi
Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat	Hisar–Bathinda –Suratgarh –Phalodi –Jodhpur-Bhildi (including Phalodi –Jaisalmer and Samdari –Munabao)
Maharashtra	Panvel-Pen-Roha
Tamil Nadu	Erode–Karur-Tiruchchirappalli & Karur-Dindigul
Tamil Nadu	Karaikkal/Karaikkal port Thiruvarur – Thanjavur - Tiruchchirappalli & Nagapattinam -Velankani

ii) Doubling, Tripling, Four-laning:As most of the railway lines extend across one or more States, State-wise data is not maintained. However, Zonal Railway-wise details of surveys undertaken during the last three years in respect of doubling, tripling, four-laning are as detailed below:-

Details of routes on which electrification, doubling, tripling, four-laning has started/ proposed to be started in the last three years are given below:

Zonal Railway	No.of Surveys undertaken for doubling, tripling & quadrupling
Central	9
Eastern	0
East Central	6
East Coast	6
Northern	13
North Central	2
North Eastern	4
Northeast Frontier	0
North Western	4
Southern	5
South Central	8
South Eastern	5
Southeast Central	2
South Western	1
Western	7
West Central	2

(i) Railway Electrification:

State(s)	NAME OF PROJECT	Route Kilometer (RKM),TOTAL
Andhra Pradesh/ Karnataka	Guntakal-Bellary-Hospet section including Tornagallu-Ranjitpura branch line	138
Andhra Pradesh	Nallapadu-Guntakal	426
Bihar	Manpur-Tilaiya-Bakhtiarpur	132
Delhi,Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat	Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Rewari-Phulera-Palanpur-Ahmedabad including Kalol-Gandhinagar Khodiyar & Alwar-Bandikui-Jaipur-Phulera	1087
Haryana	Manheru-Hisar	74
Haryana	Jakhal-Hisar	79
Haryana, Punjab	Jakhal-Dhuri-Ludhiana	123
Jharkhand/ Madhya Pradesh/ Uttar Pradesh	Garwa Road-Chopan-Singrauli	257
Madhya Pradesh/ Maharashtra	Amla-Chhindwara-Kalumna	257
Madhya Pradesh/ Uttar Pradesh	Itarsi-Katni-Manikpur-Chheoki including Satna-Rewa	653
Odisha	Sambalpur-Angul	156
Odisha	Jharsuguda-Sambalpur-Titlagarh section including Jharsuguda-Ib (By pass line)	238
Odisha	Damanjodi- Singapur Road	152
Punjab	Rajpura-Dhuri-Lehra Muhabhat	151
Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore,North-Mettupalayam	33
Bihar,Uttar Pradesh	Chhapra-Ballia-Ghazipur-Varanasi-Allahabad	330
West Bengal/Jharkhand	Kumedpur-Malda-Singhabad and Pakur-Malda	153
West Bengal	Andal-Sitarampur via Jamuria-Ikra and Sripur	57
West Bengal	Katwa-Azimganj-Nalhati & Azimganj-Tildanga/New Farakka incl. Nalhati & Azimganj bypass line	200

There is no delay in commencement of Railway Electrification projects on the above routes.

(ii) The zone-wise details of doubling, tripling & four-laning of projects under Plan Head Doubling started / proposed to be started in last three years are as under:-

Railway	Project	length (in km)
Central	Wardha (Sewagram) - Nagpur 3rd line	76.3
Eastern	Bazar Sau-Azimganj Jn.(42.15 km)	42.15
Eastern	Monigram-Nimtita (34.3 km)	34.3
Eastern	Sagardigi-Azimganj Cabin (16.3 km)	16.3
East Central	Jarangdih-Danea Patch Doubling (29.2 km)	29.2
East Central	Danea-Ranchi Road (25.2 km)	25.2
East Central	Garhwa Road-Ramna (32.32 km)	32.32
East Central	Hajipur-Ramdayalu Nagar (47.72 km)	47.72
East Central	Katreah-Kursela Patch Doubling incl. bridge on river Kosi (7.24 km)	7.24
East Coast	Bhadrak-Nergundi 3rd line (80 km)	80
Northern	Raibareilly-Amethi	60.1
Northern	Meerut-Muzaffarnagar	55.47
Northern	Haridwar-Lakshar (27.03 km)	27.03
Northern	Anand Vihar-Tilak Bridge 3rd & 4th line (9.77 km)	9.77
North Central	Bhimsen--Jhansi	206
North Eastern	Ghazipur-Aunrihar	40
North Eastern	Chhapra-Ballia Patch Doubling (65 km)	65
Northeast Frontier	Lumding-Hojai Patch Doubling (44.92 km)	44.92
Northeast Frontier	Northeast Frontier	29.32
North Western	Alwar-Bandikui (60.3 km)	60.3
North Western	Rani-Marwar Jn Patch DL (54.5 km)	54.5
North Western	Bangurgram-Guria Patch DL (47 km)	47
Southern	Chennai Central-Basin Br. Jn. - Provision of 5th & 6th Line (2.2 km)	2.2
South Central	Kazipet-Vijaywada 3rd line with electrification (219.64 km)	219.64
South Eastern	Manoharpur-Bondamanda 3rd line (30 km)	30
South Eastern	Rajkharswan-Chakradharpur 3rd line (20 km)	20
South Eastern	Kharagpur-Narayangarh 3rd line (20 km)	20
South Eastern	Andul-Baltikuri (7.25 km)	7.25
South Western	Hotgi-Gadag	284
Western	Palanpur-Samakhayali (274.73 km)	274.73
Western	Vatva-Ahmedabad-3rd line with Automatic Signalling (7.5 km)	7.5
West Central	Barkhera-Habibganj 3rd line (41.42 km)	41.42
West Central	Itarsi-Bhudni 3rd line (25.09 km)	25.09
West Central	Ghat Pindrai-Belkhera Patch DL (5.56 km)	5.56

The Minister informed that there is no delay in commencement of doubling, tripling and four-laning projects on the above routes.