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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2194 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020 UPGRADATION OF RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE †2194. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has made special efforts for the development and upgradation of rail infrastructure; (b) if so, the details thereof along with of the expenditure incurred on introducing new trains and to develop facilities therein, for the beautification of stations during the last five years; (c) the details of the new trains introduced for the stations falling under North Central Railway zone during the last five years; and (d) the details of the proposed rail projects for Bundelkhand? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL) (a) and (b). Yes, Sir. Presently, Indian Railway have taken up 498 Railway projects of 49,069 km length, costing `6.75 lakh crore, which are in different stages of planning/sanction/execution, out of which, commissioning of 8,979 km length has been achieved and expenditure of `1.53 lakh crore incurred upto March, 2019. Project-wise details are made available in public domain on Indian Railways website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in >Ministry of Railways >Railway Board >About Indian Railways >Railway Board Directorates >Finance (Budget). (c) During the period 2014-15 to 2018-19, 7 pairs of trains owned by North Central Railway have been introduced. However, being a zone sharing boundary with various other zonal railways, several trains bound for stations located in other zonal railways also serve the stations falling under the jurisdiction of North Central Railway. During the aforesaid period 69 pairs of such services have been introduced. (d) The Indian Railway projects are sanctioned zone-wise and not State-wise or area-wise. However, Bundelkhand is served by North Central Railway and West Central Railway. The details of projects sanctioned on these zones are available on Indian Railways website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in >Ministry of Railways >Railway Board >About Indian Railways >Railway Board Directorates >Finance (Budget). ***** .

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