Question : New SCoR Zone

(a) the date of appointment of the Officer on Special Duty(OSD/SCoR), appointed to undertake planning and preparatory work for the formation of the South Coast Railways Zone(SCoR);

(b) the date of submission of Detailed Project Report (DPR) by the OSD for setting of a new SCoR zone;

(c) whether the DPR has been examined by the Ministry and if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon;

(d) if not, the reasons for delay along with the deadline for completing the examination of DPR;

(e) the proposed date of make SCoR operational along with the budget allocated for the SCoR and exclusively for Rayagada Division; and

(f) the details of funds that were utilized by the respective zones out of these individual allocations?

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a): Officer on Special Duty, South Coast Railway (OSD/SCoR) was posted on 08.03.2019.

(b) to (f): Detailed Project Report (DPR) for setting up of new South Coast Railway (SCoR) Zone was submitted to this Ministry on 26.08.2019. Accordingly, an Umbrella work titled “Creation of new South Coast Railway Zone and new Rayagada Division in East Coast Railway” has been included in Budget 2020-21 at an estimated cost of `170 Cr. An outlay of `40 lakhs has been allocated for this work in 2021-22.

No time-frame can be fixed for operationalisation of the new Zone.

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