(a) the number of level crossings that exist all over the country at present;
(b) whether the Railways have previously removed any level crossings and if so, the number of crossings that have been removed in the last five years, year-wise;
(c) whether the Rail-Road Grade Separation Corporation of India has been instrumental in the identification and removal of level crossings; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
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. 1284 BY SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY AND DR. SHASHI THAROOR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 01.12.2014 REGARDING RAILWAY CROSSINGS
(a): At present, there are 30348 level crossings on Indian Railways across the country. Out of these, 18785 are manned and 11563 are unmanned level crossings.
(b): The number of level crossings that have been removed on Indian Railways in the last five years, year-wise, including the current year, are as follows:
S.N. Year Number of Level crossings removed 1 2009-10 633 2 2010-11 933 3 2011-12 706 4 2012-13 957 5 2013-14 1078 6 2014-15 485 (upto Oct’ 2014) Total 4792