(a) the status of ongoing/pending projects, doubling and gauge conversion of
rail lines, survey for laying the new rail lines and ROB/RUB in Kerala alongwith the
target fixed for their completion;
(b) the amount allocated and spent thereon till date, project-wise; and
(c) the details of broad gauge and metre gauge railway lines in the country?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS(SHRI K. H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) to (c): A Statement is attached.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3522 BY
SHRI KODIKKUNNIL SURESH, SHRI ANTO ANTONY AND SHRI M.I.SHANAVAS TO BE ANSWERED IN
LOK SABHA ON 10.12.2009 REGARDING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN KERALA.
(a) & (b): Details of the ongoing new line, gauge conversion & doubling projects,
surveys for laying of new lines and Road Over/Under Bridges falling fully/partly in
the State of Kerala, outlay provided during 2009-10, expenditure incurred thereon
and target date for completion, wherever fixed, are given as under:-
I. ONGOING PROJECTS
(Rs. in Crore) S.No. Name of Expenditure Outlay Status & Target date Project incurred upto 2009-10 for completion wherever March,2009 fixed
NEW LINE
1. Tirunavaya 8.74 26.74 Local people are objecting to -Guruvayur the alignment being fixed for (35 km) this new line.Final location survey held up due to public protest.
2. Angamali 45.12 15.00 State Government is yet to -Sabarimala hand over required land to (116 km) Railways.Hon’ble High Court of Kerala has directed Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Environment & Forest to examine the representations received from local people.
GAUGE CONVERSION
1. Dindigul 54.20 31 Work on Podanur-Coimbatore -Pollachi (6 Km)section has been -Palghat completed and work on & Podanur Pollachi-Palghat (58 Km) -Coimbatore & Dindigul-Pollachi (141 Km) (224.88 Km) sections have been taken up.
2. Quilon- 473.55 70 Virudhunagar-Tenkasi-Sengottai Tirunelveli (131 Km) and Tirunelveli -Tiruchendur -Tiruchendur (61 Km) & Tenkasi sections completed. -Virudhunagar Work on Quilon-Punalur (357 Km) (45 Km) section is targeted for completion during 2009-10.
DOUBLING
1. Mulanturutti 21.03 15.00 State Government is yet to -Kuruppantara hand over required land (24 km) to Railways.Bridge works taken up.
2. Kuruppantara 2.82 15.00 Final location survey -Chingavanam completed.Requisition for 30 (26.54 km) hectare of land has been submitted to State Government. No land is handed over.
3. Chengannur 9.03 26.00 Requisition for 18.88 hectare -Chingavanam of land has been submitted (26.5 km) to State Government.No land is handed over.
4. Mavelikara 40.66 10.00 Work is slow due to -Chengannur frequent stoppages of (12.3 km) earthmoving vehicles by local people and State Authorities. Work is targeted for completion during 2009-10.
5. Cheppad 27.22 11.00 Contracts for all works have -Kayankulam been finalised.Work is (7.76 km) affected due to frequent interruption by local people. Work is targeted for completion during 2009-10.
6. Cheppad 12.98 8.00 Work is slow due to frequent -Haripad stoppage of earth moving (5.28 km) vehicles by locals and failure of contracts. New contracts have been processed. Work is targeted for completion during 2009-10.
7. Ambalapuzha 1.98 10.00 Requisition for 16 hectare of -Haripad land has been submitted (18.13 Km) to State Government.No land is handed over.
II. ONGOING SURVEYS FOR NEW RAIL LINES
S.No. Survey Length Status and expected in Km. target date for completion
1. Madurai 211 Survey taken up.March,2010. (Bodinayakkanur) -Kottayam
2. Madurai-Ernakulam 200 New survey included in the (Cochin) budget 2009-10.
3. Erumeli-Pathanamthita 136 New survey included in the -Punalur- budget 2009-10. Thiruvananthapuram
4. Idappalli-Guruvayur 77 Updating survey taken up.