GOVERNMENT OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:2410 ANSWERED ON:03.12.2009 RAIL PROJECTS IN Gutha Shri Sukender Reddy;Rao Shri Sambasiva Rayapati

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Railways have received any request from the Government of Andhra Pradesh for certain railway projects and also introduction of new express trains during the last three years and current year;

(b) if so, the details thereof, alongwith the funds allocated for the said projects; and

(c) the time by which these projects are likely to be started? Answer

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI K.H.MUNIYAPPA)

(a) to (c): A statement is attached.

STATEMENT RERFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2410 BY SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO AND SHRI GUTHA SUKHENDER REDDY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.12.2009 REGARDING RAIL PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH.

(a) to (c): The details of each and every demand received is not maintained. However, as per the available records, the proposals with their current status, received from the Government of Andhra Pradesh during the last three years and current year are as under:-

S.No. Name of the proposal Current Status

1 Manuguru-Ramagundam New Line (190Km) Survey completed. 2 Marakpur Road-Srisailam New Line (65Km) Survey taken up. 3 Cuddapah- New Line (255Km) Project has been taken up for execution. 50% cost of the project is being shared by Andhra Pradesh Government. Work of final location survey commenced.Rs.29 crore has been allotted in Budget 2009-10 4 Bhadrachalam Road- New Line (151Km) Survey completed. 5 Bhadrachalam Road- Bhavanapalem Survey completed. New Line (36Km) 6 Nadikudi-Srikalahasti New Line (307Km) Survey completed. 7 Akkanapet-Medak-Manoharabad New Line Survey completed. 8 Akkanapet-Medak-Patancheru New line Survey completed. 9 Pandurangapuram-Sarapaka New line Survey completed. 10 Jadcherla − Nandyal New Line (182Km) Survey completed. 11 Armoor New Line Survey completed. 12 Dharmavaram-Pakala gauge conversion Out of 227 km. Pakala_Madanapalle 82km completed and balance is nearing completion. 13 -Gudivada-Machilipatnam- Survey completed. / Narsapur-Nidadavolu Doubling & Electrification (175Km) 14 Bibinagar-Nadikudi /Macherla-Nallapadu Survey completed. (Guntur) Doubling & Electrification 15 Guntur-Tenali- Repalle (27Km)Doubling/ Survey not taken up. Electrification 16 Gadwal-Macherla (233Km) Survey taken up.

MULTI MODAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM (MMTS) 1 Secundereabad-Manoharabad Doubling & The proposal is under examination/ Electrification processing for sanction. 2 Falaknuma-Umdanagar Doubling & The proposal is under examination/ Electrification processing for sanction. 3 Secunderbad-Bhongir 3rd line & The proposal is under examination/ Electrification processing for sanction.

Project are taken up after examination of survey reports in the Ministry and approval as per rules.

The Express trains requested and the action taken is as under:-

S.No Train Requested Between Action Taken

1 /-Secunderabad- Yesvantpur Garib Rath introduced Bangalore overnight 2 Secunderabad/Hyderabad- Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam overnight Garib Rath introduced 3 Secunderabad/Hyderabad- Visakhapatnam-Mumbai Express via Mumbai overnight Secunderabad announced in Rail Budget2009-10 4 Secunderabad/Hyderabad- -Nizamabad Krishna Express Adilabad overnight extended to Adilabad 5 Secunderabad/Hyderabad-Goa Not found feasible 6 Visakhapatnam-Tirupati Intercity Not found feasible 7 Secunderabad/Hyderabad-Ahmedabad Madurai-Manmad Express extended (via Nizamabad) to Okha via Ahmedabad

8 Kacheguda-Ajmer Not found feasible 9 Visakhapatnam-Tirupati Not found feasible 10 Guntur- Intercity Not found feasible 11 Puttaparthi-Shirdi Not found feasible 12 Hyderabad-Pune Hyderabad-Usmanabad Express extended to Pune 13 Visakhapatnam-Chennai overnight Not found feasible 14 Adilabad-Nizamabad Tirupati-Nizamabad Krishna Express extended to Adilabad