(a) whether the Government has completed the works of land acquisition for construction of railway line from Basiyarpur to Mananpur via Haweli, Khadagpur, Laxmipur Barhat and from Sultanganj to Banka via Tarapur, Belhar of Jamalpur-Bhagalpur rail section under Eastern Railway which is approved for ten years; and
(b) if so, the funds released for construction of both the said rail sections and the timeline fixed for completion of the projects?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
(a) & (b): Details of two Railway projects in the Bhagalpur-Jamalpur section are as under:-
(i) The Bariarpur-Mananpur via Kharagpur, Lachimpur-Barahat (69 km) new line project was sanctioned in 2007-08. Latest cost of the project is `250.55 crore. An expenditure of `19.23 crore has been incurred upto March, 2018 and an outlay of `0.10 crore made for the year 2018-19. Land acquisition process has not been completed for this project.
There is no such project of Basiyarpur-Mananpur new line.
(ii) The Sultanganj-Katuria via Asarganj, Tarapur & Belhar (76.5 Km) new line project was sanctioned in 2007-08. Latest cost of the project is `1261.34 crore. An expenditure of `9.31 crore has been incurred upto March, 2018 and an outlay of `0.1 crore made for the year 2018-19. Land acquisition process has not been completed for this project. Katuria is already connected with Banka.
Completion of projects depends upon several factors like complete handing over of encumbrance-free land by the State Government, forestry clearances, shifting of utilities, clearance for Road over/under bridges, canal & electrical crossings, etc. Hence, no time-frame has been fixed for completion of these projects.
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