(a) the present status of Railway Project in Jammu & Kashmir as announced by
the Government;
(b) the details of steps Government is taking for speedy implementation of the project;
(c) the details of the areas of this State are likely to be connected by Railways after completion
of this project;
(d) whether the project is delayed due to non-cooperation of various departments of State
Government and Railway Ministry; and
(e) if so, the details thereof ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI R. VELU)
(a) to (e) : A statement is attached.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO. 1139 BY SHRI TUKARAM GANGADHAR GADAKH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA
ON 15.07.2004 REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY IN J&K.
(a)The present status of ongoing Railway projects in Jammu & Kashmir is as under:-
S.No. Name of Project Present Status
New Lines
1. Jammu-Udhampur (53.6 kms) The work has been completed and departmental goods traffic is running on this section.
2. Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla (287 kms) The work has been taken up in phases and the progress is given as under:-
i)Udhampur-Katra (km. 0-25): Earthwork, tunnelling and major/minor bridge works are in progress. The target date for completion of this section is December, 2005.
ii) Katra-Qazigund (km. 25-167): For km. 25-30, land acquisition has been completed and tunnelling work is in progress. For Km. 30-167, land acquisition, detailed construction survey is in progress. Tunnelling work is in progress between km. 30-50, where land is made available. The target date for completion of this section is 15.8.2007.
iii) Qazigund-Baramulla (km. 167-287): Earthwork, bridge works, etc. are in progress. Out of 14,898 kanals of land, 14,676 kanals of land has been acquired. This section is targetted for completion during 2005-06.
Doubling
1. Jalandhar-Jammu Tawi The work is in full swing and three sections viz. Suchipind-Bhogpur-Sirwal(26 kms),Mukerian-Mirthal(18kms) and Bharoli-Madhopur Punjab(13 kms) are targeted for completion during 2004-05.The whole project is targeted for completion during 2007-08.