Question : RAIL PROJECTS IN KERALA

(a) the details of proposals received by the Railways from the Government of Kerala and the Members of Parliament regarding construction of new railway lines, gauge conversion, doubling of railway lines and electrification during the last three years;

(b) the steps taken by the Government thereon;

(c) the details of the each of the new and on-going projects along with the funds allocated and expenditure incurred thereon so far; and

(d) the target fixed for completion of these projects, project-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI BANDARU DATTATRAYA)

(a) to (d): A statement is attached.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 547 BY SHRI VARKALA RADHAKRISHNAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.7.2003 REGARDING RAIL PROJECTS IN KERALA.

(a)&(b): The details of new proposals received from the State Government during the last three years are as under:-

Sl.No.	Proposal	Action taken
NEW LINE
1	Chenganur-Kottarakara	Not taken up.
2	Extension of Kottayam-Erumeli	Updating survey is in progress.	line upto Punalur
3	Extension of Tirur/Guruvayur	Survey has been completed and the survey report is being	line upto Ernakulam/Cochin	updated in view of the traffic likely to be generated at	Vallarpadam Container Freight Terminal for which a survey	is in progress.
4	Nilambur Road-Nanjangud	Survey is in progress.
5	Extension of Madurai-Bodinayakanur	Not taken up.	line upto Ernakulam
6	Tellicherry-Mysore	Survey has been completed. The cost of 298 Km. line has	been assessed as Rs. 864 crore. Due to acute constraint	of resources, the proposal could not be taken up.
DOUBLING
1	Ernakulam-Kayankulam	Doubling of Ernakulam-Mulanturutti, Mavelikara-Kayankulam	and Cheppad-Kayankulam included in the budget.
2	Thiruvananthapuram-Nagercoil-	Not taken up.	Kanniyakumari
ELECTRIFICATION
1	Shoranur-Mangalore	Not taken up.

Sl.No.	Project	Outlay 2003-04	Likely expenditure	Target date for completion	(Rs. in crore)	incurred upto March,	2003 (Rs. in crore)
NEW LINE
1	Tanur(Kuttipuram)-Guruvayur	3	0.77	Not yet fixed.
2	Angamali-Sabarimala	10	4.95	Not yet fixed.
3	Kottayam-Erumeli	2	0.10	Not yet fixed.
GAUGE CONVERSION
1	Quilon-Tirnelveli-Trichendur	25	61.51	Virudunagar-Rajapalayam section has	and Tenkasi-Virudunagar	been completed and commissioned.	Rajapalayam-Tenkasi is targeted for	completion by 31.3.2004. For remaining	section, no target date has yet	been fixed.
DOUBLING
1	Shoranur-Kuttipuram-Calicut	30	75.18	30 Km. doubling is targeted for	completion in 2003-04.
2	Calicut-Mangalore	25	506.00	Work completed except Cannanore-	Valapattanam.
3	Ernakulam-Mulanturutti	8	10.05	Not yet fixed.
4	Ernakulam Jn.-Marshaling Yard	0.01	6.37	Work completed.
5	Mavelikara-Kayankulam	5	-	Not yet fixed.
6	Cheppad-Kayankulam	5	-	Not yet fixed.
ELECTRIFICATION
1	Ernakulam-Trivandrum	21.97	56.96	March, 2004 subject to availability	of resources.