(a) whether the Government of Orissa has made any demand for the additional allocation of funds for the various railway projects in Orissa;
(b) if so, the details thereof, and the reasons therefor, project-wise;
(c) the funds sanctioned for the said projects so far; and
(d) the time by which these projects are likely to be completed?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS
AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI O. RAJAGOPAL )
(a) : No demand has been received from Government of Orissa
in the current year for additional allocation of funds for
the railway projects in Orissa.
(b) : Does not arise.
(c) & (d) : Details of projects in Orissa including their
cost, anticipated expenditure upto March, 2002, and
outlay for 2002-03, along with the status of each
work is given at Appendix. Target dates of completion
whenever fixed are included in the status of the
projects.
APPENDIX
APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED
QUESTION 6619 FOR 9.05.2002
On-going Railway Projects in Orissa
S. Name of Rly. Latest Outlay Budget Status No. Project Antici expect Outlay p-ated ed to for Cost end of 2002- 2001- 03 02
(Amount in Crores of Rupees)
Doubling
1 Jharsuguda bye- SER 19.62 0.00 0.50 New work included in pass Budget 2002-03 and is being taken up. 2 Khurda Road- SER 47.29 6.80 5.00 Contract for earthwork Puri Phase-I and minor bridges for
(Khurda Road- section I covering 6.5 Delang) km. from Khurda Road and major bridge no.17 awarded and work is in progress. 3 Nergundi- SER 112.86 61.72 10.00 Detailed estimate for Cuttack- this work has been Raghunathpur sanctioned. Earthwork & bridges are in progress on Nergundi- Kendrapara Road section and Raghunathpur-Cuttack section. Nergundi- Kendrapara is planned for completion during 2002-03. 4 Raghunathpur- SER 67.99 65.19 0.68 Completed and Rahama commissioned. 5 Rahama- SER 40.95 24.06 10.00 Detailed estimate has Paradeep been sanctioned. Land acquisition in 27 villages has been takenover. Earthwork & minor bridges are in progress. 6 Rajatgarh- SER 166.16 0.05 5.00 Requisite clearances Barang have been obtained. Final location survey completed from Radhakishorepur to Barang. 7 Rajatgarh- SER 82.86 75.66 3.50 The section from Nargundi Rajatgarh to Salegaon has been completed. The balance section from Salegaon to Nergundi (6 km ) is targeted for completion during 2002- 03. 8 Sambalpur- SER 48.50 0.00 0.50 New work included in Rengali Budget 2002-03 and is being taken up. 9 Talcher- SER 104.26 5.33 20.00 2nd Bridge on Birupa Cuttack- River :- Soil Paradeep (2nd investigation and Bridges on detailed design has Mahanadi & been completed.The Birupa ) tender for bridge has been processed. 2nd bridge on Mahanadi River: Consultant has submitted the design and drawings. Tenders for bridge will be invited once design is finalised. 10 Titlagarh- SER 100.05 46.90 15.00 Earthwork and Bridges Lanjigarh are in progress. Kesinga - Norla Road
(23 km ) is targeted for completion during 2002-03.
Gauge Conversion
11 Naupada- SER 66.35 0.04 10.00 Work will be taken up Gunupur after obtaining the requisite clearances. 12 Rupsa- SER 78.94 11.90 5.00 In Ph- I, gauge Bangariposi conversion of Rupsa- Baripada section (52 km ) is planned. Earthwork and bridges are in progress.
New Lines
13 Angul-Sukinda SER 245.58 0.68 1.00 Final Location Survey Road has been completed. Soil exploration for all 17 major bridges has been completed. 14 Daitari- SER 537.74 345.77 40.00 The Line from Banspani Banspani to Joruli (11 km) has been completed. In the remaining portion, earthwork, bridgework and other works are in progress. Section from Joruli to Keonjhar is targeted for completion during 2002-03. 15 Haridaspur- SER 301.64 16.17 5.00 Final location survey Paradeep has been completed. Land acquisition plans and papers have been submitted to State Govt. Work would be progressed as per availability of resources. 16 Khurda Road- SER 700.00 14.16 5.00 The work of final Bolangir location survey is in progress . Land acquisition papers for 26 villages from Khurda end submitted to State Govt. The work in first 2.5 km of length from Khurda Road end has commenced where land has been handed over by State Govt. Rs.3.66 cr has so far been deposited with the State Govt. for land acquisition. 17 Koraput- SER 479.45 479.44 0.01 The work has been Rayagada completed and commissioned. 18 Lanjigarh Road- SER 100.05 16.93 2.00 In phase-I, work has Junagarh been taken up from Lanjigarh to Bhawanipatna (31 Km). Eathwork and bridge works are in progress. 19 Talcher- SER 478.51 455.01 0.01 Completed and Sambalpur commissioned.
Railway Electrification
20 Bhubaneshwar- SER 319.64 275.45 30.00 The entire section Kottavalasa energised and electric traction introduced. Electrification of Khurda Road-Puri section (44 RKM) as an extension of this project has been taken up which is likely to be completed by March, 03. 21 Bokarao Steel SER 269.81 265.24 4.57 Entire section City-Muri- energised till March, Hatia- 2002. Residual works Bondamunda- are in hand. The Bimlagarh- project has been Kiriburu/Barsu delayed due to bad law an incl. and order problem and Purulia- failure of OHE Kotshila contractor and delay in release of 132 KV supply by DVC/BSEB. 22 Kharagpur- SER 317.36 192.45 21.57 110 RKM energised Bhubaneswar till March, 2002. The including work is in progress Talcher- and targeted for Paradeep completion by March, 2003.