(a) whether the railways have formulated any comprehensive policy for commercial
utilisation of land and air space of the railways;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the total amount/ revenue earned by railways during the last three years by commercial
utilisation of railway land and air space Zone-wise ; and
(d) the target set for revenue generation during the current financial year from commercial
use of railway land and air space?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI R. VELU )
(a) to (d): A Statement is attached.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 4227 BY SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK
SABHA ON 21.04.2005 REGARDING COMMERCIAL UTILISATION OF LAND.
(a) & (b): Railways have in place policy on commercial utilisation of railway land and
air-space. As per this, the Railways put its vacant land/air-space for various commercial
uses like plantation, pisciculture, way-leave etc. Some sites, where potential exists are
also taken up for property development through transparent bidding procedure. The land
is also given on long lease to Govt. Deptts./Public Sector Undertakings. Apart from
commercial development of railway land/air-space, the vacant railway land which is not
required for immediate operational and maintenance purpose, is utilised for short-term
licensing for purposes connected with railway working (e.g., bulk oil installations,
sidings, commercial, plots etc.)
(c) Total revenue earned by Railways during the last three years from land including
property developments is given below zone-wise:
Rlys. Amount in Rs. ’000 (in thousands)
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Up to Jan.’05
Central 113290 101384 84016 Eastern 81930 64716 39896 East Central # 1520 3792 East Coast # 15394 51397 Northern 349463 301521 592447 North Central # 15914 19806 North Eastern 31681 57665 19251 Northeast Frontier 27302 81296 44821 North Western # 66017 71716 Southern 126685 177396 145479 South Central 37275 74278 68934 South Eastern 50575 32830 17353 Southeast Central # 21461 10059 South Western # 11181 18946 Western 12974 50552 42172 West Central # 275 18653 Metro 2973 767 0
TOTAL 834148 1074167 1248738
# = Booking under these New Railways started from 2003-04.