MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI MANOJ SINHA )
(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3451 BY SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 15.12.2014 REGARDING STATUS OF WORK ON RAILWAY TRACKS
(a): Five major projects as detailed below alongwith Deoghar-Dumka New Line (60 Km) have been taken up as per Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with the Government of Jharkhand in 2002 on cost sharing basis. Deoghar-Dumka New Line has already been completed and status of remaining five projects is as under:-
(figures in crores of Rupees) S.No Project Latest Exp. Out Present Status Anticipated Upto Lay In phase-I i.e. Koderma-Hazaribagh cost Mar’14 14-15 (80 km) section work has been completed. 1 Koderma-Ranchi 2957 1419 105 In phase-II, track linking has been New Line completed for 20 km in Barkakana-Sidhwar (203km.) and Tantisilwai-Hundur sections. Land acquisition, Earthwork, major & minor bridge works have been taken up in the remaining sections. 2 Koderma-Giridih 769 492 40 Koderma-Kawar (94 km) section has been New line completed. Land acquisition in balance (102 km.) portion has been taken up. 3 Koderma-Tilaiya 418 213 25 Land acquisition has been completed. (68 Km) Earthwork & bridges have been taken up. (Jharkhand Track linking work in Tilaiya-Kharaund portion -14 km) (24 Km) section has been taken up. S.No Project Latest Exp. Out Present Status Anticipated Upto Lay cost Mar’14 14-15 4 Dumka-Rampurhat 920 755 40 Mandarhill-Hansdiha (24km), Rampurhat (64 Km) of -Barapalasi (78 km) & Hansdiha-Bhaturia Rampurhat- -Barapalasi (28 km) except 3 km have been Mandarhill completed. via Dumka (130 km) with new MM for Rampurhat -Murarai (29 km)- 3rd line 5 Ranchi- 596 331 50 Ranchi-Lohardaga–Barkichampi (82 km) Lohardaga section completed. Earthwork, bridges Gauge and track linking works in remaining Conversion sections have been taken up. with Extension to Tori (113 km)
(b): The projects have been delayed due to limited overall availability of funds, delay in land acquisition, forestry clearances, adverse law & order condition and local demand of more and more accommodation works like Road Over Bridges/Road Under Bridges.
(c): Yes, Madam. A revised MOU with regard to extension of existing MOU proposing completion of ongoing projects by March 2017 with consolidated anticipated cost of Rs 5775 crore has been received.
(d): To expedite completion of projects, issues of forestry and other clearances have been taken up at highest level. Regular coordination meetings are held with State Government for providing adequate security at work sites. Empowerment of field units have also been taken up to expedite completion of projects.
Improvement of passenger amenities at railway stations is a continuous process and the same is undertaken based on the volume of passenger traffic handled at the station, inter-se priority of works, etc. subject to availability of funds. At present, 22 stations located in the State of Jharkhand have been identified for development/upgradation under the ‘Adarsh Station Scheme’.
A large number of trains are already going from/to Ranchi connecting important stations like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Guwahati, Patna, etc. Besides, in the Railway Budget 2014-15, two pair of trains namely Ranchi-New Jalpaiguri Express (weekly) and Rourkela-Hatia Passenger (daily) serving Ranchi/Hatia have also been announced. Moreover, introduction of a new train on Indian Railways is an ongoing process subject to operational feasibility, competing demands, traffic justification, availability of resources, etc.
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