GOVERNMENT OF INDIA RAILWAYS LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO:123 ANSWERED ON:09.12.2004 NEW RAIL LINES Singh Shri Sitaram Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) the details of the new railway lines which have been surveyed but not laid till now, State-wise ; (b) the steps taken to lay the new railway lines ; and (c) the time by which this work is likely to be completed ? Answer MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (SHRI LALU PRASAD) (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha. STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO.123 ASKED BY SHRI SITARAM SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 09.12.2004 REGARDING NEW RAIL LINES. (a) to (c) : The details of new line surveys completed in the past few years since 1997-98 but where projects have not been taken up s o far, is given in the Appendix attached. It has not been feasible to take up construction of all the surveyed lines due to unremunerative nature, heavy throwforward of ongoing projects and constraints of resources. APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 123 ASKED BY SHRI SITARAM SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 09.12.2004 REGARDING NEW RAIL LINES. (a) to (c ): Survey of New Lines Completed in the last few years since 1997-98 but projects not taken up so far. (Rupees. in Crore) S.n Name of Survey State Kms Cost as per survey report 1 Port Blair-Diglipur Andaman (UT) 239 867 2 Zaheerabad-Secunderabad Andhra Pradesh 120 166 3 Patancheru - Adilabad Andhra Pradesh 317 526 4 Pattancheru-Jogipet Andhra Pradesh 45 108 5 Pandurangpuram-Bhadrachalam Andhra Pradesh 12 32 6 Chandrampalem - Sarpavaram Andhra Pradesh 12 20 7 Ongole-Donakonda Andhra Pradesh 87 135 8 Gadag-Wadi via Yelburga Andhra Pradesh 252 458 9 Kachiguda to Chityal Andhra Pradesh 87 156 10 Armoor to Adilabad Andhra Pradesh 136 273 11 Cuddapah to Nellore via Andhra Pradesh 181 355 Badvel, Atmakur and Butchireddipalem 12 Patancheru to Akkanapet Andhra Pradesh 102 183 13 Kurnool- Kamalapuram Andhra Pradesh 180 153 14 Motumari-Jaggayapeta BG Andhra Pradesh 57 103 line to Miryalguda 15 Bhadrachellam Rd Andhra Pradesh 277 1025 (Kothagudem) and Vishakapatnam 16 Kovvur to Bhadrachalam Andhra Pradesh 151 244 17 Nadikudi to Srikalahasti Andhra Pradesh 308 539 via Karempudi, Vinukonda, Kanigiri, Podili and Darsi 18 Yerraguntala to Dharmavaram Andhra Pradesh 120 224 via Pulivendla 19 Kantakapalli-Kottavalasa - Andhra Pradesh 33 123 Anakapalle bye pass line 20 Mantralayam Road- Kurnool Andhra Pradesh 111 241 via Yemmanagar 21 Falaknuma-Umdanagar-Airport Andhra Pradesh 20 56 22 Ponduru-Rajam Andhra Pradesh 19 53 23 Jaggayyapet-Miryalgudda Andhra Pradesh 66 135 24 Donakonda-Vodarevu Andhra Pradesh 113 229 25 Dharwad- Belgaum via Andhra Pradesh, 97 229 Bailhongal and Kitur Karnataka 26 Cuddapah to Madanapalli via Andhra Pradesh, 172 420 Bangalore, Lakkireddipalli, Karnataka Rayachoti and Vayalpadu 27 Cuddapah to Bangarapet via Andhra Pradesh, 255 579 Madanapalle Karnataka 28 Chittor -Bangarapet Andhra Pradesh, 140 356 Karnataka 29 Lekhapani - Kharsang, Tirap Assam 31 85 - Lekhapani 30 Barpeta Rd - Tihu. Assam 58 127 31 Sarthabari - Changasari Assam 60 153 32 Makum -Shikohaghat Assam 6 15 33 Dangri-Dhola Assam 6 15 34 Karimganj- Maishashan Assam 10 16 35 Murkongselek - Passighat Assam, Arunachal 30 68 Pradesh 36 Digaru - Byrnihat Assam,Meghalaya 20 93 37 Azra-Byrnihat Assam,Meghalaya 30 223 38 Dimapur-Kohima Assam, Nagaland, 88 912 Manipur 39 Banka-Nawadah Bihar 148 393 40 Koparia- Bihariganj via Bihar 56 98 Alamnagar 41 Badlaghat-Alamnagar- Bihar 150 402 Bhawanipur-Purnea-Dalkhola 42 Sitamarhi -Jayanagar Bihar 117 264 43 Supaul-Araria Bihar 92 218 44 Pratapganj − Bhimnagar − Bihar 57 126 Bathanaha 45 Madhepura to Pratapganj via Bihar 60 126 Singheswasthan and Triveniganj 46 Bihariganj − Chattarpur Rd. Bihar 85 199 via Murliganj 47 Kursela-Rupali-Saharsa Bihar 91 179 48 Hajipur-Samastipur via Bihar 63 91 Nathuwa 49 Hasanpur - Barauni Bihar 43 105 50 Deoria Sadar-Padrauna Bihar 63 116 51 Darbhanga -Saharsa - Bihar 94 166 Kukeshwarasthan 52 Laheria Sarai- Bihar 55 119 Kusheshwarasthan 53 Muktapur - Bihar 54 117 Kusheshwarasthan 54 Salauna - Alauli via Bihar 20 30 Bakhri 55 Koparia-Bihariganj Bihar 64 160 56 Janakpur Road-Madhubani via Bihar 50 126 Benipatti 57 Motihari - Sitamarhi Bihar 77 137 58 Hajipur - Motipur Bihar 67 106 59 Simri Bakhtiarpur - Bihar 54 98 Bihariganj 60 Arariya-Galgalia Bihar 100 190 61 Muzzaffarpur-Darbhanga Bihar 66 118 62 Hathua-Deoria via Line Bihar 85 200 bazar, Salarkhurd, Phulwaria 63 Gaya-Chatra Bihar, Jharkhand 82 284 64 Katihar - Tejnarainpur via Bihar, West 57 142 Manihari with extention Bengal upto Baluka Road 65 Chunar - Sasaram Bihar/Uttar 124 211 Pradesh 66 Bijwasan- Bahadurgarh Delhi, Haryana 36 112 67 Maripet-Tuglakabad Delhi, Uttar 36 288 Pradesh 68 Kodinar to Pipavav Gujarat 99 120 69 Dahod-Banswara Gujarat 120 321 70 Porbander to Porbander port Gujarat 5 13 71 Dahanu Road − Nasik Road Gujarat, 168 821 Maharashtra 72 Modasa-Shamlaji Gujarat,Rajasthan 23 43 73 Sirsa-Hissar Haryana 93 166 74 Jakhal-Fatehabad Haryana 80 210 75 Rewari-Bahadurgarh via Haryana 77 167 Jhajjar 76 Rohtak to Hissar via Meham Haryana 68 158 and Hansi 77 Kaithal − Yamuna Nagar via Haryana 128 296 Karnal 78 Abohar -Tohana via Bhuna & Haryana, Punjab 207 475 Fatehabad. 79 Rewari-Bhiwadi Haryana, 27 105 Rajasthan 80 Patiala- Narwana Haryana,Punjab 93 134 81 Panipat − Muzzafarnagar Haryana, Uttar 93 256 Pradesh 82 Panipat - Meerut Haryana, Uttar 104 275 Pradesh 83 Una-Jaijon Doaba Himachal Pardesh, 40 270 Punjab 84 Baramulla to Kupwara Jammu & Kashmir 39 359 85 Udhampur/Katra to Jammu & Kashmir 224 3860 Bhairawah, Doda to Kishtwar 86 Jammu - Poonch Jammu & Kashmir 223 4574 87 Gaya -Daltanganj Bihar, Jharkhand 135 359 88 Dehri on Sone-Jadunathpur Jharkhand 39 50 (Akbarpur) 89 Fatuah-Danapur via Punpun Jharkhand 46 88 90 Lohardaga to Korba Jharkhand,Chhatti 326 622 sgarh 91 Bagalkot-Kudachi Karnataka 111 242 92 Bijapur-Athani-Shedbal. Karnataka 112 214 93 Nipani-Raibag via Chikodi Karnataka 97 107 94 Almatti to Yadgir Karnataka 154 303 95 Gulbarga-Hospet. Karnataka 262 511 96 Dudda- Tiptur Karnataka 37 69 97 Bangalore City -Belur- Karnataka 99 281 Mudigere-Sringeri 98 Medikeri-Channarayapatna Karnataka 117 212 via Holenarsipur 99 Kushalnagar-Channarayapatna Karnataka 80 108 via Kananur 100 Davangere- Bhadravati via Karnataka 90 141 Channagiri 101 Pandavapura to Karnataka 60 88 Shravanabelagola 102 Talguppa-Honavar Karnataka 82 412 103 Tumkur to Davangere Karnataka 210 300 104 Bisanatam to Marikuppam Karnataka 12 32 105 Mysore-Mangalore via Karnataka 272 1138 Medikeri 106 Gadag and Harihar via Karnataka 94 128 Harpanahalli 107 Hyderabad-Raichur Karnataka, Andhra 190 456 Pradesh 108 Thakazhi-Tiruvalla − Kerala 50 131 Pathanamthitta 109 Kayankulam- Kerala 103 268 Thiruvananthapuram via Adoor and Kottarakkara 110 Nilambur Road and Feroke Kerala 69 159 via Manjeri and Mavur 111 Guruvayar-Idapalli Kerala 77 185 112 Edappalli to Tirur Kerala 77 185 113 Punalur to Kerala 72 197 Thiruvananthapuram 114 Vaikam-Vaikam Road Kerala 10 23 115 Nilambur Road-Nanjangud Kerala, Karnataka 236 1112 116 Tellicherry-Mysore via Kerala, Karnataka 298 864 Coorg 117 Nanjangod and Badagara via Kerala, Karnataka 230 835 Vyitri-Poozhi-Hithod. 118 Sabarimala to Dindigul Kerala, Tamil Nadu 201 750 119 Pune-Nasik Maharashtra 265 1044 120 Wardha-Pusad-Nanded Maharashtra 260 460 121 Kalyan to Ahmednagar via Maharashtra 240 772 Murbad 122 Dhule-Nardana-Shirpur Maharashtra 62 111 123 Kopargaon to Shirdi. Maharashtra 17 34 124 Manmad-Dhule via Malegaon Maharashtra 98 144 125 Kolhapur to Ratnagiri on Maharashtra 211 1273 Konkan Rly via Talwade 126 Ghatnandur-Ambajogai Maharashtra 21 24 127 Beed-Jalna Maharashtra 111 192 128 Wadsa-Armori-Gadchiroli Maharashtra 50 77 129 Jalna-Khamgaon Maharashtra 155 369 130 Latur Road-Mudkhed Maharashtra 138 359 131 Rotegaon-Puntamba Maharashtra 27 47 132 Goregaon-Borivali Maharashtra 7 128 133 Kurla-Mahul Maharashtra 6 35 134 Dhule-Nardana-Shirpur Maharashtra 62 165 135 Manmad to Indore via Maharashtra, 350 1001 Malegaon & Dhule Madhya Pradesh 136 Indore and Budhni Madhya Pradesh 223 576 137 Jabalpur to Panna via Damoh Madhya Pradesh 245 444 138 Katangi to Tirodi Madhya Pradesh 15 35 139 Bilaspur to Jabalpur. Madhya Pradesh, 372 1284 Chhattisgarh 140 Pendra Rd-Korba/Gevra Rd Madhya Pradesh, 122 344 Chhattisgarh 141 Ramtek - Gotegaon via Madhya Pradesh, 275 528 Khawasa, Seoni and Dhuma Maharashtra 142 Ujjain-Ramganjmandi via Madhya Pradesh, 190 273 Agar, Susner Jhalawar. Rajasthan 143 Rajnandgaon-Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh, 427 1135 Chhattisgarh 144 Khandwa to Nardana via Madhya Pardesh, 225 520 Khargone, Sendhwa Maharashtra 145 Agartala to Sabroom Tripura 110 370 146 Puri-Konark Orissa 35 89 147 Jeypore-Kottametta Orissa 148 618 148 Phulbani to Barhampur Orissa 170 505 149 Nawapara to Baragarh Road Orissa 136 346 via Padamapur 150 Jeypore to Navarangpur Orissa 38 197 151 Ambikapur-Barwadih Orissa 182 407 (Barwadih-Chirmiri) 152 Jaypore-Malkangiri Orissa 130 562 153 Raipur-Jharsuguda via Orissa,Chattisgarh 310 1060 Khartapalan, Baloda Bazar, Batgaon and Sarangarh 154 Sanehwal - Ladhowal Punjab 31 118 155 Badowal-Sahnewal Punjab 29 92 156 Kapurthala- Beas Punjab 19 20 157 Ferozpur Cantt.-Taran Taran Punjab 47 122 158 Sarna-Madhopur Punjab 12 47 159 Hoshiarpur - Una Punjab, Himachal 40 143 Pradesh 160 Chandigarh to Dehradun via Punjab,Haryana, 217 604 Jagadhari Uttar Pradesh 161 Jalore-Falna Rajasthan 72 160 162 Churu-Taranagar Rajasthan 48 76 163