(a) the progress made so far on the construction of Delhi-Katra railway line;
(b) the expenditure incurred on the project;
(c) the time schedule for completion of the said project;
(d) whether the construction work of the said route has been delayed;
(e) if so, the percentage of cost over run assessed on the said route;
(f) whether the Railways propose to run Shatabadi trains on this route; and
(g) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI R. VELU)
(a) & (b) : Railway line already exists from Delhi to Udhampur. Work for new rail line between Udhampur-Katra (25 kms.) is in progress as part of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link national project. The expenditure on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla project upto March, 2006 is Rs. 2986 crore and an outlay of Rs. 1700 crore has been allocated for the year 2006-07.
(c) to (e) : Udhampur-Katra is targeted for completion by March, 2007 but likely to get delayed due to geo-technical problem being faced in one of the tunnels. The cost over run on this account has not been assessed.
(f): No, Sir.
(g): Does not arise.