(a) the details of the Railway lines in Southern States which have been doubled during the last three years, State-wise and Zone-wise;
(b) the details of the railway lines in Southern States on which doubling works are in progress alongwith time schedule for the completion of each project, State-wise, Zone-wise; and
(c) the amount spent to each project so far?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI K. H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) to (c): A Statement is attached.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4440 BY
SHRI D.B.CHANDRE GOWDA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 22-04-2010 REGARDING DOUBLING OF
RAILWAY LINES IN SOUTHERN STATES
(a) to (c): Southern States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh are
covered under Central, Southern, South Central, South Western and East Coast Railways.
Details of rail lines doubled during the last three years i.e. 2007-08 to 2009-10 in
these five Zonal Railways are as under:-
Sl.No. Rail Line Length (In Km) Railway Zone
1. Pakni-Mahol 17 Central
2. Diva-Kalyan 5th & 6th line 11 Central
3. Ernakulam-Mulanturutti 17 Southern
4. Kayankulam-Mavelikara 8 Southern
5. Tiruvallur-Arakkonam 3rd line 27 Southern
6. Dindigul-Kodaikannal Road-Madurai 62 Southern
7 Guntur-Mangalagiri-Krishna Cannal 27 South Central
8. Pullampet- Hastavaram-Bhakarapeta 42 South Central
9. Kadapa-Kamlapuram 23 South Central
10. Samalkot-Kakinada Port 15.6 South Central
11. Bidadi -Ramanagaram 14 South Western
12. Gollahalli-Tumkur 42 South Western
13. Hubli-Hebsur 19 South Western
14. Dharwad-Mugad 15 South Western
15. Mahanadi bridge 3 East Coast
16. Khurda Road-Delang 15 East Coast
17. Sambalpur-Sason 18 East Coast
18. Kesinga-Titlagarh 13 East Coast
19. Jharsuguda Bye-pass 9 East Coast
Sl. No. Project/Section Railway Zone Target date of completion, wherever fixed
1. Attipattu- Southern Korukkupet-Ennore (12 km) commissioned. Korukkupettai Ennore-Attipattu (6 km) is targeted 3rd line (18 km) for completion during 2010-11.
2. Irugur-Coimbatore Southern All works completed except 65 metre (18 km) length, target is 30-06-2010.
3. Calicut-Mangalore Southern Work on 218 km completed. Netravati- (221 km) Kankanadi (3 km) target is 2010-11.
4. Cheppad-Kayankulam Southern Target is 2010-11. (7.76 km)
5. Mavelikara-Chengannur Southern Target is 2010-11. (12.30 km)
6. Cheppad-Haripad Southern Target is 2010-11. (5.28 km)
7. Arsikere-Birur South Western Target is 2010-11. (44.28 km)
8. Dharwad-Kambarganvi South Western Dharwad -Mugad completed. (26.68 km) Balance target is 31-03-2011.
9. Ramanagaram-Mysore South Western Ramanagaram-Sethihalli (18 km) (91.5 km) and Mysore-Naganahalli (8 km) are targeted for completion during 2010-11.
10. Gooty-Renigunta South Central 65 km completed. Further, 62 Km. is (Phase-II) (151.04 km) targeted for completion during 2010-11.
11. Raichur-Guntakal South Central 20 km is targeted for completion (81.1 km) during 2010-11.
12. Kottavalasa-Simhachalam East Coast Target is 2010-11. 4th line (16.69 Km)
13. Rajatgarh-Barang East Coast Target is 2010-11. (20 km)
14. Sambalpur-Rengali East Coast Sambalpur-Sason completed. Balance (22.7 km) targeted for 2010-11.
15. Cuttack-Barang East Coast Target is 2010-11. (12 km)
16. Khurda Road-Barang East Coast Target is 2010-11. 3rd line ( 35 km)