Question : MANNING OF UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS

(a) the number of manned and unmanned level crossings in the country till date, State-wise;

(b) the steps taken/to be taken by the Government for manning all the unmanned level crossings in the country; and

(c) the details of unmanned level crossings to be manned during the current year alongwith funds provided in this regard, State/zone- wise?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI R. VELU)

(a) to (c): A statement is attached.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1487 BY SHRI SUBHASH SURESHCHANDRA DESHMUKH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 09.12.2004 REGARDING MANNING OF UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS.

(a): Number of manned and unmanned level crossings (State-wise) as on 31.3.2003.

Sl. State Manned Unmanned
No. (including â€˜Dâ€™ class)
1. Assam 358 551

2. Andhra Pradesh 1232 1380

3. Bihar 977 1196

4. Chattisgarh 218 348

5. Delhi 54 3
6. Gujarat 1445 2895

7 Haryana 602 294

8. Himachal Pradesh 40 299

9. Jammu & Kashmir 20 32
10. Jharkhand 395 560
11. Karnataka 615 828
12. Kerala 399 133
13. Madhya Pradesh 1206 1121
14. Maharashtra 1210 1349
15. Manipur 0 3
16. Mizoram 0 1
17. Nagaland 1 0
18. Orissa 340 982
19. Punjab 773 991
20. Rajasthan 1506 2060
21. Tamil Nadu 1241 1281
22. Tripura 2 17
23. Uttar Pradesh 2865 2923
24. Uttaranchal 62 18
25. West Bengal 1153 1404
26. Chandigarh 6 1
27. Pondicherry 9 9
28. Goa 12 3
Total	16741 20682

(b): As per extant rules, in case an unmanned level crossing provided initially and maintained at the cost of the railways needs manning, the cost both initial as well as recurring and maintenance has to be borne by the State Government/Road Authority concerned. However, keeping in view the grave consequences of accidents at unmanned level crossings, Railways have decided to man certain level crossings based on the traffic volume and visibility conditions at the unmanned level crossings.

(c): Planning for safety works at level crossings including their manning where required is done - Railway wise and not State-wise and the statistics are maintained zone-wise. A statement giving planning of unmanned level crossings to be taken up for manning during 2004-05 is given below: -

Sl. Railway No. of No. of No. of No. of Funds
No. unmanne unmanne unmanned unmanned allocated in d level d level level level Plan Head 29 crossin crossin crossings crossing for Safety gs gs qualifying s Works at (includ qualify the targeted Unmanned ing â€˜Dâ€ ing the criteria for Level class) criteri for manning manning Crossings a for already during including manning sanctioned the year manning (in 04-05 crores)
1. Central 725 13 9 9 5.89
2. Eastern 571 11 11 11 13.06
3. Northern 2252 372 116 35 10.00
4. North Eastern 1813 94 55 20 10.00
5. Northeast 1164 35 15 10 Frontier 6.41
6. Southern 1404 149 89 30 13.74
7. South Central 1413 132 35 10 13.44
8. South Eastern 1073 31 31 10 10.00
9. Western 3045 111 44 15 10.80
10. East Central 1064 36 5 5 10.00
11. East Coast 687 62 45 15 6.39
12. North Central 2121 35 21 10 8.35
13. North Western 971 97 38 15 8.40
14. Southeast 1031 34 21 10 8.60 Central
15. South Western 912 60 25 10 6.00
16. West Central 436 7 4 3 8.90	Total 20682 1282 557 211 150.00

Question : MANNING OF UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS

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