MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)
(a): No proposal for construction of Road Over Bridge (ROB) at Tirupati Railway station has been received. Moreover, work for construction of ROB at this location is technically not feasible. However, construction of Road under Bridge (RUB) in lieu of Level Crossing (LC) No. 104 in Tirupati station yard on cost sharing basis has been proposed for inclusion in budget 2019-20.
In addition of above, construction of 2 RUBs at Railway cost in lieu of LC No. 96 & 100 between Tirupati-Chandragiri station is also proposed for inclusion in Budget 2019-20.
(b) Details of the works in lieu of Level Crossing (LC) are as under:
(i) LC No. 107 at Km 158/6-8 between Venkatachalem to Vedayapalem: Work for construction of ROB has been sanctioned on cost sharing basis. Consent for sharing of cost, closure of LC and alignment plan is still awaited from State Government.
(ii) LC No. 16 at Km 38/23-25 at Venkatagiri Railway Station between Gudur-Renigunta: This LC has been closed by diversion through LC No. 14 at Km 35/31-33 with the consent of State Government.
(iii) LC No. 36 at Km 71/02-04 between Yerped and Venkatagiri (National Highway (NH) No. 565): This LC falls on National Highway (NH). As per Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on 10.11.2014, MoRTH/ National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will replace all Level Crossings on NH corridors by Road over Bridges (ROBs)/ Road under Bridges (RUBs) at their own cost on single entity basis.
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