(a) the details works undertaken to repair old bridges of Railways in the XIth Five Year Plan,
so far, zone- wise;
(b) the funds allocated and spent on them, zone-wise;
(c) whether any preference being accorded to rural and backward areas, State-wise, including Andhra Pradesh; and
(d) the details of Public-Private Partnership models adopted in such repairing of old bridges?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS(SHRI K. H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) & (b): Rehabilitation/rebuilding/strengthening of bridges is an ongoing process on Indian Railways. Railways undertake rehabilitation /rebuilding/ strengthening of bridges on the basis of their physical condition as ascertained during regular inspections carried out in the field.
Zone wise no. of bridges rebuilt /rehabilitated/ strengthened in the XI Five Year Plan till Mar’10 i.e., from 01.04.07 to 31.03.10 are as follows:
Railway No. of bridges rebuilt/ Allocation Expenditure rehabilitated/ (bridge works) (Rs. Cr.) Strengthened (Rs. Cr.)
CR 185 71.48 63.24
ER 506 301.05 235.44
ECR 129 213.39 151.54
ECoR 140 43.66 39.88
NR 527 111.40 76.88
NCR 182 37.84 30.88
NER 34 38.26 25.08
NFR 274 60.99 44.14
NWR 199 64.03 24.24
SR 282 87.93 50.44
SCR 229 120.67 105.02
SER 259 69.71 83.73
SECR 177 29.67 24.03
SWR 146 22.23 20.51
WR 310 171.65 160.51
WCR 311 65.54 72.57
Total 3890 1509.50 1208.13