(a) the number of cases for extension of new railway lines along with the time since which these are pending, State/UT-wise and Zone-wise;
(b) the number of such new rail lines for which survey work is pending along with the present status thereof, State/UT-wise and Zone-wise including Chhattisgarh; and
(c) the time by which survey work is likely to be completed and new railway lines to be functional?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1945 BY SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 09.03.2015 REGARDING EXTENSION OF NEW RAILWAY LINES
(a) to (c): Requests for new lines, both formal as well as informal, are received by Railways at various levels i.e. Railway Board, Zonal Railways and Divisional Headquarters etc. As receipt of such complaints/suggestions is a continuous and dynamic process, centralized compendium of such letters is not maintained. Moreover, new lines generally straddle over more than one State and details of ongoing surveys is not maintained State-wise. However, zone-wise number of ongoing surveys for new lines, including those falling in Chhattisgarh, is as under:-
Zonal Railway No. of ongoing survey for New Lines Central 24 East Coast 18 East Central 25 Eastern 4 North Central 12 North Eastern 19 Northeast Frontier 6 Northern 39 North Western 11 South Central 14 South East Central 36 South Eastern 4 Southern 15 South Western 21 West Central 13 Western 27 Total 288