MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY)
(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 845 BY SHRI
IJYARAJ SINGH, SHRI RATAN SINGH, SHRI ANJAN KUMAR M. YADAV, SHRI P. C. MOHAN AND SHRI P. L.
PUNIA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 08.08.2013 REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF ROB/RUB
(a) It is presumed that the question is regarding Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and Road Under
Bridges (RUBs). Railway is not maintaining the data state-wise. However, the number of Road
Over Bridges (ROBs), Road Under Bridges (RUBs) in lieu of Level Crossings under construction
on cost sharing basis/totally on Railway’s cost, are as under:
Zone-wise ROBs/RUBs/Subways sanctioned as per PINK BOOK 2013-14
SN Zone ROBs RUBs/Subways Total
1 Central Railway 35 73 108
2 Eastern Railway 110 101 211
3 East Central Railway 78 185 263
4 East Coast Railway 24 111 135
5 Northern Railway 198 498 696
6 North Central Railway 123 474 597
7 North Eastern Railway 25 30 55
8 North East Frontier Railway 6 157 163
9 North Western Railway 61 1567 1628
10 Southern Railway 226 339 565
11 South Central Railway 83 50 133
12 South Eastern Railway 34 4 38
13 South East Central Railway 21 223 244
14 South Western Railway 97 177 274
15 Western Railway 120 524 644
16 West Central Railway 48 363 411 Total 1289 4876 6165
(b) The complete proposal for construction of ROBs/RUBs/FOBs in lieu of level crossing
received from State Government on cost sharing basis, in-time, is invariably included/sanctioned
in Railway Works Programme.
(c) ROBs/RUBs/Subways completed on cost sharing basis/totally on Railway’s cost, funds
allocated and utilised for the purpose in last three years (2010-13) including current year,
zone-wise are as under:
S N Zone No. of Fund allocated Fund utilised ROBs/RUBs/ in last 3 years in last 3 Subways (2010-13) years (2010-13) completed in including including last 3 years current year current year (2010-13) (Rs. in crore) (upto June’13) including (Rs. in crore) current year
1 Central Railway 83 131.6 59.61
2 Eastern Railway 156 235.58 86.63
3 East Central Railway 84 303.1 111.73
4 East Coast Railway 53 249.38 89.44
5 Northern Railway 182 731.74 580.36
6 North Central Railway 77 429.95 208.8
7 North Eastern Railway 53 131.85 83.86
8 North East Frontier 140 114.94 64.94 Railway
9 North Western Railway 234 483.53 224.59
10 Southern Railway 242 517.63 388.3
11 South Central Railway 299 552.67 335.75
12 South Eastern Railway 17 122.24 47.06
13 South East Central 185 244.17 97.87 Railway
14 South Western Railway 288 197.95 159.01
15 Western Railway 51 209.43 100.8
16 West Central Railway 142 293.74 137.43 Total 2286 4949.5 2776.18
# Railway and State Govt. share the end to end construction cost of ROBs/RUBs, sanctioned
on cost sharing basis in the ratio of 50:50.
# Normally, Railway Bridge Portion is being constructed by Railways and Approaches are
being constructed by State Govt.
# Generally, the cost of the Railway Portion of the work is around 20% of the total
construction cost of ROBs/RUBs, where as railway shares the 50% of the cost that means railway
contributes to the extent of 30% of the cost to the State Govt. for the construction of their
portion (approaches) of work and hence there is no contribution from State Govt. for the
construction of ROBs/RUBs in Railway Portion.
(d) As per Pink Book 2013-14, there are 6,165 sanctioned works of ROBs/RUBs on Indian Railways.
Out of the above 1,289 are ROBs and 4,876 are RUBs. These works are in various stages of
planning, estimation & construction.
(e) Railway has taken pro-active measures in close coordination with various stake holders
to expedite the construction of ROBs/RUBs are as under:
# joint survey with all concerned including State Govt. to finalise the tentative GAD
(General Arrangement of Drawing),
# circulation of check list and guidelines for preparation of GAD to State Govt. to
avoid any back reference from Railway to State Govt.
# standardization of drawings for various spans to avoid delay in designing.
# nomination of nodal officer for single window clearance of GAD from Railway side
# use of pre-cast /pre-fabricated components of the bridge.
# engaging single agency for construction of Railway Bridge as well as the approaches.
