(a) the total amount collected by the Government by commercial utilisation of railway
land/property during the last three years, zone-wise;
(b) whether the Railways have prepared any scheme to utilize waste land along rail tracks
to generate funds for completion of pending projects; and
(c) if so, the details thereof ?
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (SHRI NITISH KUMAR)
(a) to (c) : A statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF STARRED
QUESTION NO.154 BY SHRI HARIBHAI CHAUDHARY & SHRIMATI
RAJKUMARI RATNA SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON
28.11.2002 REGARDING UTILISATION OF WASTE LAND.
(a): Total amount collected in last 3 years is Rs. 34839.57 lacs. The break-up,
Zone wise and Year-wise is as under:
(in Rs. Lacs)
Railway 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02
Central 886.27 1112.81 951.60 Eastern 214.26 297.93 787.40 Northern 92.80 3501.17 16378.50 Northeastern 26.66 452.98 338.83 N.F. 299.07 317.08 16.52 Southern 627.06 1955.07 1479.00 South Central 566.97 902.28 668.94 South Eastern 195.54 281.88 1169.60 Western 12.11 438.59 147.86 Metro/Kolkata 116.15 190.18 414.46
Total 3036.89 9449.97 22352.71