MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
(a) to (f): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1052 BY SHRI NINONG ERING AND SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 02.03.2015 REGARDING NEW RAIL LINES
(a): The existing rail network figures, State/zone-wise, in the country, are given below:-
STATE-WISE ROUTE KILOMETRAGE AS ON 31.03.2014
S.No. NAME OF STATE ROUTE KILOMETRAGE B.G. M.G. N.G. TOTAL 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3592.67 0.00 0.00 3592.67 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 10.41 1.26 0.00 11.67 3 ASSAM 1763.81 703.84 0.00 2467.65 4 BIHAR 3164.61 474.12 0.00 3638.73 5 CHHATISGARH 1108.33 0.00 89.01 1197.34 6 DELHI 183.23 0.00 0.00 183.23 7 GOA 69.31 0.00 0.00 69.31 8 GUJARAT 3506.55 1193.04 558.90 5258.49 9 HARYANA 1613.07 13.58 3.41 1630.06 10 HIMACHAL PRADESH 50.48 0.00 245.78 296.26 11 JAMMU & KASHMIR 273.32 0.00 0.00 273.32 12 JHARKHAND 2181.93 0.00 0.00 2181.93 13 KARNATAKA 3281.00 0.00 0.00 3281.00 14 KERALA 977.65 72.09 0.00 1049.74 15 MADHYA PRADESH 4045.25 269.52 661.31 4976.08 16 MAHARASHTRA 5159.89 105.75 459.10 5724.74 17 MANIPUR 0.00 1.35 0.00 1.35 18 MEGHALAYA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19 MIZORAM 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.50 20 NAGALAND 11.13 1.72 0.00 12.85 21 ODISHA 2516.02 0.00 0.00 2516.02 22 PUNJAB 2257.61 0.00 11.66 2269.27 23 RAJASTHAN 4868.06 915.56 86.76 5870.38 24 SIKKIM 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25 TAMIL NADU 3570.63 456.33 0.00 4026.96 26 TELANGANA 1753.00 0.00 0.00 1753.00 27 TRIPURA 0.00 151.40 0.00 151.40 28 UTTARAKHAND 303.08 42.15 0.00 345.23 29 UTTAR PRADESH 8050.42 867.17 2.03 8919.62 30 WEST BENGAL 3827.61 63.31 179.05 4069.97 UNION TERRITORIES 1 CHANDIGARH 15.70 0.00 0.00 15.70 2 PUDUCHERRY 22.16 0.00 0.00 22.16
TOTAL: ALL INDIA 58176.93 5333.69 2297.01 65807.63
RAILWAY-WISE ROUTE KILOMETRAGE AS ON 31.03.2014
S.No. RAILWAYS B.G. M.G. N.G. Total 1 CENTRAL 3743.11 0.00 298.61 4041.72 2 EASTERN 2549.82 0.00 91.57 2641.39 3 EAST CENTRAL 3344.11 363.88 0.00 3707.99 4 EAST COAST 2678.87 0.00 0.00 2678.87 5 NORTHERN 6935.58 0.00 260.85 7196.43 6 NORTH CENTRAL 2915.25 11.48 288.59 3215.32 7 NORTH EASTERN 2824.79 1006.61 0.00 3831.40 8 NORTHEAST FRONTIER 2970.02 925.85 87.48 3983.35 9 NORTH WESTERN 4538.29 988.37 0.00 5526.66 10 SOUTHERN 4550.29 528.42 0.00 5078.71 11 SOUTH CENTRAL 5743.48 175.93 0.00 5919.41 12 SOUTH EASTERN 2716.33 0.00 0.00 2716.33 13 SOUTH EAST CENTRAL 1777.62 0.00 711.01 2488.63 14 SOUTH WESTERN 3322.12 0.00 0.00 3322.12 15 WESTERN 4547.54 1333.15 558.90 6439.59 16 WEST CENTRAL 2992.07 0.00 0.00 2992.07 17 METRO RAILWAY 27.64 0.00 0.00 27.64 GRAND TOTAL 58176.93 5333.69 2297.01 65807.63
(b) & (c): Rail network density of Assam is 7.92 km per lakh of population against the national average of 5.44 km. In area terms, the rail network density of Assam is 3.15 km per 100 sq.km. against national average of 2 km. However, rail network in other North- Eastern States is less as compared to national average because of extreme geological challenges in deep Himalayas.
(d) & (e): Surveys for new lines are undertaken on the basis of traffic needs, requests received from State Governments/public representatives etc. from time to time. 12 new line projects having a total cost of ` 33016 crore have been taken up in North Eastern region. Timelines for their completion cannot be given due to huge throwforward of ongoing projects, limited overall availability of funds, extreme geological challenges and law and order situation.
(f): Rail connectivity already exists for capital cities of Assam (Guwahati), Tripura (Agartala) and Arunachal Pradesh (Itanagar). Byrnihat-Shillong (108 km), Jiribam-Imphal (125 km), Dimapur-Kohima (88 km) and Bhairabi-Sairang (51 km) new line projects have also been taken up to provide rail connectivity to capitals of Meghalaya (Shillong), Manipur (Imphal), Nagaland (Kohima) and Mizoram (Aizawl) respectively. Sivok-Rangpo New Line has been taken up to connect Sikkim but the proposal to extend this line upto its capital i.e Gangtok has not been taken up.Download PDF Files
