(a) the details of the proposals of railway projects submitted by the Government of Rajasthan which are still pending for approval;
(b) the time by which the pending projects are likely to be cleared by the Government; and
(c) the details of the estimated cost thereof, project-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI BANDARU DATTATRAYA )
(a) to (c) : A statement is attached.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF THE
UNSTATRRED QUESTION NO. 3406 ASKED BY SHRI KAILASH MEGHWAL
TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 13.03.2003 REGARDING
PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY RAJASTHAN
(a) to (c) : The details of the proposals of the railway
projects received from Government of Rajasthan for which the
works have not been approved are as under:-
a) Where surveys have been conducted but in view of
unremunerative nature of the project and acute constraint of
resources, it has not been found feasible to take up the work.
New Lines
S.N Name of Year of Cost Remarks o. project completi Km. (Rs. on of in survey crore)
1. Gangapur City- 1998 144.60 153.44 A survey for gauge Dholpur conversion of Dholpur-Sirmuttra narrow gauge line to broad gauge and its extension from Sirmuttra to Gangapur City was conducted.
2. Dungarpur- 2003 176.47 920.56 Survey for new line Banswara - from Dungarpur to Ratlam new Ratlam via Banswara line and was conducted. extension to Nimbahara
3. Bilara to Bar 1997 49.00 54.00
4. Ajmer - Merta 1999 65.00 209.00 The work of Rd. via construction of new Pushkar line between Ajmer to Pushkar has been taken up in the Budget 2000-01.
Gauge conversion
1. Phulera- 1998 673.00 645.82 Ringas- Rewari, Jaipur-Ringas- Sikar-Churu, Sikar-Loharu
2. Bikaner- 1999 605.49 542.65 The work of gauge Ratangarh- conversion of Rewari- Churu- Sadulpur has already Sadulpur- been taken up. Loharu- Gauge conversion of Rewari, Hisar-Sadulpur has Ratangarh - been approved as a Degana. part of this project.
b) Where surveys have been sanctioned and are in progress.
i) To link Bhiwadi to Delhi-Ahmedabad line (27 km.)
ii) Jaisalmer-Barmer new line ( 170 Km ) .
iii) Udaipur ( Umra) –Ahmedabad via Dungarpur gauge conversion (346.09 Km).
c) Where no survey has been conducted.
S.N Project Km.
1. New line between Jaisalmer and Sonu via Hamira 50.00
2. New line between Bhiwani and Churu via Loharu, 165.00 Pilani, Mandrela, Alsisar and Bisau
3. New line between Jaipur and Nathdwara via 365.00 Ganganagar, Bhilwara, Baneda, Shahpur, Kekri, Malpura, Diggi, Fagi and Sanganer
4. New line between Anupgarh and Jaisalmer via 390.00 Khajuwala and Ramgarh.
The approximate cost in the case of construction of new line is about Rs. 3 crore per km.