(a) the details and the present status of the ongoing railway projects in West Bengal;
(b) the expenditure incurred thereon so far, project - wise; and
(c) the time by which these projects are likely to be completed ?
(a) the details and the present status of the ongoing railway projects in West Bengal;
(b) the expenditure incurred thereon so far, project - wise; and
(c) the time by which these projects are likely to be completed ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI DIGVIJAY SINGH)
(a) to (c) : Present status of the ongoing railway projects in
West Bengal including the expenditure incurred on each of
these projects till March 2000 is given in Appendix.
Target dates for completion wherever available have been
indicated in the status of the project.
APPENDIX
APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 720 FOR 23.11.2000
Sl. Project Cost Expendi- Budget REMARKS No ture Outlay Upto 2000-01 March, 2000 (Amount in Crores of Rupees)
On-Going Railway Projects in West Bengal
New Lines
1 Tarakeshwar- 260.00 0.00 22.00 New work included in the Bishnupur Budget 2000-01.Final location survey has been taken up. Land acquisition is in progress.
2 Bongaon- 6.70 3.70 1.00 The work has been completed. Petrapole Work for station yard and electrification of Bongaon and Petrpole has been sanctioned as material modification to main work.
3 Eklakhi- 128.00 46.90 50.00 Earthwork and bridge work Balurghat have been completed in the first block section from Eklakhi to Gazol(14 km) .80% of earthwork has also been completed from Gazol to Buniadpur (km 14 to 28) Where land was available in patches. Land acquisition has been completed for 72 Kms. Balance 14 Kms is likely to be completed by January, 2001. Tenders for earthwork and bridges are under finalistion. Eklakhi- Gazol (14 km) will be completed as per target by 31.3.2001.
4 Howrah-Amta 120.00 37.42 17.00 Howrah-Bargachia was completed long ago. Bargachia to Munshirhat (8 km) has been completed. Land acquisition papers have been submitted for Munshirhat- Amta (11 km). Work will be proposed as soon as land becomes available. Final Location Survey for Bargachia-Champadanga will be taken up next year.
5 Laxmikantapur- 105.92 56.21 15.00 The work is in progress in Namkhana phases, first phase being Laxmikantapur to Kakdweep. The section from Laxmikantapur to Kashinagar ( 31 km) has already been opened to traffic. The work is in progress between Kashinagar and Kakdweep (3.5 km). All land has been acquired. The phase -I work will be completed by 30.11.2000. The land acquisition for Phase-II from Kakdweep to Namkhana (13.5 km) has been taken up and is likely to be taken over by 28.02.2001.
6 Mandarhill- 170.47 4.46 4.00 Final location survey has Rampurhat via been completed. Preparation Dumka of land acquisition plan & papers is in progress constract for 2 major bridge has been awarded. Land acquisition papers for 23 km stretch from Mandarhill side have been submitted to State Government. The work would be started once the land is made available by the State Government.
7 New Maynaguri- 733.00 0.00 6.00 New work included in the Jogigopa Budget 2000-01.Preliminary arrangements for starting FIS are on.
8 Tamluk-Digha 225.00 50.79 100.00 Earthwork and minor bridges are in good progress. Land has been acquired for entire length. Fabrication of girders is in progress. Substructure of Haldi bridge has been completed. Superstructure is in progress.The work is targeted to be completed in financial year 2000-01.
Gauge Conversion
1 Bankura- 100.00 3.00 40.00 Earthwork and minor bridges Damodar River have been finalised for Project Sections I to X & XII. MR has desired completion of this work in 2 years time and all efforts are being made to do so, subject to availability of funds in the coming years.
2 New Jalpaiguri- 535.88 48.00 80.00 Requisite clearances have Siliguri since been received. Contract for earthwork and bridge over 230 kms has been awarded and work is in progress. The tenders for another 50 km stretch are under finalisation.For fabrication of steel girders, orders have been placed on Engineering Workshops of Central, Western and Eastern Railways.
Doubling
1 Barasat- 27.00 0.00 5.00 New work included in the Hasanabad Budget 2000-01. Tenders doubling with floated. electrification PH-I (Barasat- Sondalia)
2 40.00 0.00 5.00 New work included in the Kalinarayanpur- Budget 2000-01.FIS Krishnanagar completed. Tender for earth work and bridges completed.
3 Panskura – 48.00 0.00 2.00 New work included in the Haldia PH-I Budget 2000-01. Detailed (Panskura- planning has been taken up. Rajgoda)
4 Sonarpur 36.00 0.00 6.00 New work included in the canning PH-1 Budget.2000-01. FIS (Sonarpur- completed. Tenders for earth Ghutiari work and bridges finalised Sharif) and work commanced.
5 Aluabari Road- 49.30 44.30 5.00 The work has been completed Kishanganj and commissioned.
6 Baruipur- 49.00 0.00 5.00 New work included in the Lakshmikantpur Budget 2000-01. FIS PH-I(Baruipur- completed. Tender for earth Dakshni work and bridges finalised Barasat) and work commenced.
7 Bolpur- 49.00 0.00 1.80 New work included in the Ahmedpur Budget 2000-01.Preparation of Plans and estimate is under progress.
8 Budge Budge- 10.37 5.37 5.00 The work has been completed Akra PH I and commissioned.
9 Chandanpur- 23.82 13.82 10.00 Work is in progress and Gurup 3rd line Cheragram -Gurap (5km) has been commissioned. Chandanpur -Belmuri section is targeted to be completed by Dec- 2000. The work is targeted for completion by 28.02.2002 subject to availability of resources.
10 Gurup- 41.53 4.10 10.00 The plans have been Shaktigarh 3rd finalised.Tenders are being line finalised.
11 Guskara-Bolpur 28.02 20.25 7.00 The work is in progress. The PH III section from Guskara to Pitchkuridhal (5.5 km) has been completed & work in the rest of the sections will be completed by 31.03.2001.
12 Jhapatardal- 11.46 10.46 0.33 Work has been completed. Guskara PH II 13 Khana-Santhia 12.07 11.07 1.00 This work was earlier held phase I up first due to court case and contractual problems and then due to release of excess water by DVC leading to flooding of area. Substructure of fly-over bridge completed. The work is now expected to be completed by Dec.`2000.
14 Kishanganj- 43.73 28.73 15.00 Two block sections Kisanganj- Dalkolha Hatwar-Kanki (14 kms) have been commissioned and rest will be completed by Dec.` 2000.
15 New Alipur- 16.17 2.00 10.00 The plans have been Akra Ph-I finalised. . Tender for earth work blanketing and minor bridges awarded.
16 Sahibganj-New 62.35 61.35 1.00 The work has been completed Farakka-Malda and commissioned.
17 Tarakeshwar- 41.00 0.00 2.00 New work included in the Sheoraphulli Budget 2000-01.FIS PH-I completed. Tender for earth (Sheoraphulli work and bridges are under -Nalikul) finalisation.
Metropolitan Transport Project
1 Circular 192.90 48.94 45.00 Work has commenced in Railway Princepghat-Majerhat including Dum- section. Alighnment from Dum Dum-Tala Dum to NSC Bose Airport has electrification been finalised. Negotiations with M/s. Jessop & Co. are in progress for acquisition of land for the project. Target date for completion of the project is March, 2004.
2 Dum-Dum-Garia 2401.69 1676.86 150.50 Metro Railway from Dum Dum Design and to Tollyganj was construction commissioned on 27. 9.1995. of Rapid Extension of project from Transit System Tollyganj to Garia is in progress at various stages. Target date for Completion of the Project is March, 2005.
3 Electrification 37.70 4.50 25.00 Contracts for all works - Hasanabad already awarded. Casting of to Barasat foundations and raising and extension of platforms is in progress. Target date for the completion of the project is March, 2002.
4 Ranaghat- 14.78 9.01 5.00 Wiring work started. Target Bangaon date for the completion of Electrification the project is March, 2001.
5 Ranaghat-Gede 32.35 16.29 15.00 Mast erection and cantilever Electrification assembly work is in final stage.Target date for the completion of the project is March, 2001.
Railway Electrification
1 Adra-Midnapur 84.41 70.24 5.00 Works completed and residual job is in hand.
2 Bandel-Katwa 49.26 44.43 2.54 Work completed. Residual jobs in hand.
3 Kharagpur- 323.48 115.45 40.05 This work was earlier Bhubaneswar planned under BOLT. However, incl. Talcher- owing to high rates and Paradeep unacceptable conditions, it has been decided in Feb., 97 to take up the work with railway funds. 56 RKMs energised upto 31.3.2000. This work is now targeted for completion by March, 2003.
4 Krishnanagar- 72.12 0.00 5.50 New work included in the Lalgola Budget.Detailed estimate to be submitted by Railway in Board office.