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Railway Project Railway Project 1 Railway Project 1.0 Month of Review : December’2012 2.0 Salient Feature : 2.1 Name of the project : Gauge Conversion of Lunding-Silchar - Jiribam, Badarpur to Baraigram & Baraigram to Kumarghat (377.56 Km) & MM for GC of Baraigram-Dullabhchera (29.4 Km), Karimganj-Maishasan (10.3 Km) and Karimganj by pass line (3 Km) (National project) 2.2 Implementing Agency : N. F. Railway, Construction 2.3 Length of the Railway line : 420.26 Km 2.4 Estimated Cost : `4255.37 Crs. (Value revised as per material modification) 2.5 Date of Commencement : 1996-97 2.6 Schedule date of completion : Dec’2014 2.7 Brief description of project : Gauge Conversion of Lunding-Silchar - Jiribam, Badarpur to Baraigram & Baraigram to Kumarghat & MM for GC of Baraigram-Dullabhchera, Karimganj-Maishasan and Karimganj by pass line. This involves earthwork 722.32 lac cum, major bridges (substructure 102 Nos., superstructure 138 Nos.) and minor bridges 729 Nos. Tunneling 10745 RM & Cut & Cover 2022 m. 2 Measurable Milestone for Gauge Conversion of LundingLunding----SilcharSilchar --- Jiribam, Badarpur to Baraigram & Baraigram to KumarKumarghatghat (377.56 Km) & MM for GC of BaraigramBaraigram----DullabhcheraDullabhchera (29.4 Km), KarimganjKarimganj----MaishasanMaishasan (10.3 Km) and Karimganj by pass line (3 Km)Km) (National project) Sl. Activities/Sub section Duration Schedule Schedule % progress Reasons Revised Bottleneck/Remarks No (Days) Date of Date of Target Achieve - for delay date of (if any) . start finish up to ment up to completion Dec’2012 Dec’2012 1 Date of sanction of project 1996 -97 Dec’201 4 2 Detailed project report (FLS) Completed Section wise 3 Regulatory clearance (if any) 3.6 hect. of forest land in Dima Hasao district of Assam, 3.72 hect. of land in Karimganj district of Assam state and 0.2969 Acres of land in Dharmanagar district of Tripura is yet to be received. 4 Land acquisition (if involved) Out of 606.825 hect. 571.634 hect. land acquired. Section wise However, there is problem in doing work at acquired locations as per Annexure-I. 5 Construction i. Earthwork 30.11.13 699.54 681.385 Law & progress (Lac cum) (96.85%) (94.33%) Order (section wise) ii . Major Bridges: Sub - 31.10.13 95 87 problem & str.( No.) (93.14%) (92.55%) working Major Bridges: Super 30.11.13 120 100 condition of Less due to rain, welding system for steel girders Structure: (No.) (87.14%) (72.46%) Road & & very bad road & bridge condition affecting Bridge on transportation of fabricated component. iii. Track linking (KM) 25.12.13 308.02 214.397 NH-54-E Less due to d ifficulty in movement of Rail panels . (73.29%) (51.02%) from Dual gauge sleepers and ballast due to shortage Lanka- of MG BFRs, hoppers and Power. iv. Tunnelin g (M) 30.11.13 9447.48 7965.20 Lumding- Due to late finalization of Risk & Cost tender for (87.927%) (74.13%) Silchar. Tunnel No10 & worsening condition of Roads & Bridge in N. C. hills (now Dimahasao, Distt. of Assam), problems in transportation of materials due to rain. Frequent bandhs and uncertain security scenario have a detrimental effect on the progress of work. v. Commissioning 31.12.13 - - 3.0 Financial Monitoring 3.1 Sanctioned Cost of the project : `4255.37 Crs. (Revised) `1689.12 Crs. (original) 3.2 Cash-flow projections up to the month : `3291.16 Crs. (up to Dec’12) 3.3 Actual Expenditure up to the month : `3291.16 Crs. (up to Dec’12) 3.4 Variations (if any) : NIL 3.5 Reasons for 3.4 above : No variation. 3.6 Revised cost projects. : Revised estimate amount `4255.37 Crs. 3 Annexure-I Reasons for delay in execution of work: - (A) Technical reasons: (i) The main reason for the delay in the project is the slow pace of tunneling specially in tunnel nos 7 & tunnel 10. The tunneling operation is slow due to geological surprises such as squeezing nature of soil strata, loose strata resulting in cavities & chimney formation as well as presence of methane in the tunnels making welding & gas cutting work hazardous. (ii) Road conditions are generally poor in the NC Hills due to which transportation of construction materials is time consuming and costly. (B) Land acquisition problems : 1. 3.6 hectare of forest land has to be deserved in the NC Hills District. Matter is under correspondence since 2008 with the Forest authorities but final approval is yet to be achieved. Superstructure of bridge no.127 and ROB no129 are still to be constructed. 2. (a) Land acquisition of 2.53 hectares at Bhanga, and 0.29 hectares between Dharmanagar & Nadiapur under Dharmanagar district of Tripura state are required to be expedited for handing over to Railway. (b) For Karimganj-Moishasan under Karimganj Dist. of Assam 8.3 hector land is required to be handed over. For Baraigram-Dullabhchera – under Karimganj Dist. of Assam, Joint verification for land acquisition to be expedited. (C) (i) Law and order situation in N. C. Hills is poor with kidnapping of contractors engineers & workers occurring at frequent intervals and non availability of labour and supervisors in N.C. hills areas. (ii) Frequent bandhs and resultant work stoppages in Dima Hasao district of Assam affect progress of work. About 7 working days were lost in September 2012 due to Bandhs and curfew in Haflong area. (D) Allotment of funds to this project was initially very less due to which long lead items like tunnels could not be taken up. Fund allotment picked up only after 2004 when this project was declared as a National Project. In 2006-09 the project was hit by severe insurgency in the NC Hills in which a number of railway personnel were also killed. 4 Railway Project 1.0 Month of Review : December’2012 2.0 Salient Features : 2.1 Name of Project : Bogibeel bridge with linking lines between Dibrugarh & North bank (73 Km) (National Project ). 2.2 Implementing Agency : N. F. Railway (Construction Organisation) 2.3 Length of the Railway line : 73 Km. 2.4 Estimated Cost : `3378.82 Crs. - `3087.44 Crs (Work to be executed by Railway) - `291.385 Crs. (Work to be executed by PWD/NH, Assam) `4864.0 Crs. (Estimate under Revision) 2.5 Date of Commencement : 21 st April 2002 2.6 Schedule Date of Completion : Decmeber’2015 2.7 Brief description of Project : Rail-cum-Road bridge across river Brahmaputra at Bogibeel near Dibrugarh along with linking lines between Dibrugarh and North Bank line. 2.8 Scope of work : i. Bogibeel rail-cum-road main bridge – Length 4.940 Km (2x32.75m+39 x125m) ii. Raising & strengthening of north & south dykes for 9 Km on upstream & 7 km on down stream. iii. Rail link on south & north banks – 74 Km iv. NH road link 29.455 Km on north & south banks including 4.941 Km on Main Bridge. 5 Measurable mil estones for Bogibeel Bridge with linking lines between Dibrugarh & North Bank line Sl. Activities/Sub section Duration Schedule Schedule Progress Reasons Revised Bottleneck/ No. (Days) Date of Date Targeted Achieve - for delay date of Remarks start of finish up to ment up to comple- Dec’2012 Dec’2012 tion 1 Date of sanction of project 1997 -98 Dec’15 2 Detailed project report Completed Completed (FLS) Section-wise 3 Regulatory clearance CCEA Co mpleted (If any) clearance received Sept’97 4 Land acquisition (If involved) 505.94 505.94 Completed Section-wise (Hect ) (100%) (100%) 5 Construction progress (Section-wise) A. Earth Work (Lakh Cum) i) Embankment Feb’03 June’11 179.42 179.42 June’11 Completed. (100%) (100%) ii) Dykes Mar’04 June’10 58.37 57.50 Dec ’11 Strengthening of north & south dykes completed except 3 Km raising in South Dyke. (100%) (98.51%) iii) Guide Bunds Nov’08 June’11 50.73 50.73 June’11 Comp leted . (100%) (100%) B. Formation (Km) Feb’03 June’11 70.60 70.60 Mar’12 Completed . (100%) (100%) D. Bridges a) Minor Bridges (No.) Feb’03 Mar’11 104 104 Mar’11 Completed. (100%) (100%) b) Major Bridges(No) - Sub-Structure Nov’03 Dec’10 17 17 Mar’11 Completed. (100%) (100%) - Super Structure Nov’03 Dec ’10 17 17 Mar’11 Completed. (100%) (100%) E. Track Linking (Km) Jan’06 Dec ’1 3 75.20 45.40 Chalkhowa - Moranhat (44 Km) section of Bogibeel project commissioned on - South Bank (87.58%) (49.88%) Dec’13 8.12.2009 and the section has been handed over to open line on 29.01.2010. - North Bank Apr’12 Dec ’13 0.0 0.0 Dec’13 Track linking will be done to match completion of main bridge F. Boulder Supply Apr’02 Mar’11 22. 35 21. 381 Dec’13 Work in Progress at North Bank., South Bank completed. (1000 Cum) (100%) (95.66%) G. Main bridge a) Sub -structure (Nos.) i. Well Foundation(no) Oct’08 Sept’11 40 32 Mar’13 32 nos. of well fou ndations completed and balance are under progress. (95.24%) (76.19%) ii. Pier/Abutment(no) Oct’09 June’12 22.50 20 June ’13 Work in progress. (53.57%) (47.62%) b) Super structure (no. of span) July’10 Dec’13 0.0 0.0 Dec’1 5 Tender for Superstructure accepted in favour of M/s. HCC on 23.11.2011. Fabrication of girders will be started in Nov’2012. 6 3. Financial monitoring : 3.1 Sanctioned Cost of the Project : Pt. I detailed estimate - `371.14 Crs. (Sanctioned) Pt. II detailed estimate - `578.08 Crs. (Sanctioned) Pt. III detailed estimate - `516.35 Crs.
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