(a) whether the Railways have any proposal for laying of double, triple and quadruple rail lines for reducing the passenger load on crowded rail routes in the country;
(b) if so, the steps taken by the Railways to adopt China model for investing in the Railways; and
(c) if so, the details in this regard along with the reaction of the Government thereto?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3404 BY SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE, SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO, SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL, SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD, SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV AND SHRI RAJESH RANJAN TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2015 REGARDING INVESTMENT IN RAILWAYS
(a): Ministry of Railways has taken up 158 doubling/tripling/quadrupling projects in the country at an anticipated cost of ` 63,522 Crore. To further enhance carrying capacity of Railway Network, 77 Doubling projects have been included in Railway Budget 2015-16 subject to requisite Government approval at an anticipated cost of ` 91,836 Crore. These projects have been identified as essential for debottlenecking, capacity augmentation etc. An allotment of ` 18,419 Crore has been made in 2015-16.
(b) & (c): No China model has been adopted for investment in Railways. The funding of any project in Railways is done from Gross Budgetary Support, Bilateral/Multilateral loans, Public Private Partnership route.
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