(a) whether certain Railway projects in Gujarat under the divisions of Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar are still pending for completion;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of amount spent thereon so far, project-wise; and
(d) the time by which these projects are likely to be completed?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) to (d): A statement is attached.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2348 BY SHRI
P.P. CHAUHAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03-12-2009 REGARDING PENDING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN
GUJARAT:
(a) to (d): The details of projects is not maintained division-wise. The details of projects
falling in these areas is as under:-
(RS. in crore)
S. Name of Projects Antic- Expend- Outlay Status and target date for No. ipated iture completion, wherever fixed cost upto March,09
1 Jetalsar-Wansjaliya 446.53 419.33 27.20 Rajkot-Veraval and Veraval-Somnath gauge conversion sections commissioned. On (90.61 km) with Jetalsar-Wansjaliya, gauge Rajkot-Veraval & conversion has been completed Veraval-Somnath recently and section commissioned for goods traffic.
2 Chhotaudepur-Dhar, 570.00 3.74 20.22 Earthwork, bridgework, land New line (157 km) acquisition, etc., have been taken in 40 km of length.
3 Pratapnagar- 227.52 179.90 35.00 Pratapnagar-Dabhoi section (35 km) Chhotaudepur, completed. Balance section of Dabhoi- Gauge conversion, Chhotaudepur (65 km) targeted for (99.27 km) completion during 2009-10.
4 Bharuch-Samni-Dahej, 165.66 15 45.65 Work taken up and likely to be Gauge Conversion completed during 2010-11. (62.36 km)
5 Rajpipla-Ankelshwar, 196.97 8.16 60 Earthwork, bridgework, etc., taken up. Gauge conversion Mega block for conversion has (62.89 km) also been taken up.
6 Surendranagar- 528.49 359.47 24 Gauge conversion of Surendranagar- Dhrangadhara Bhavnagar-Dhola-Dhasa-Mahuva with (34 km) & extension to Pipavav has been Surendranagar completed and commissioned. –Pipavav gauge Conversion of Surendrangar- conversion Dhrangadhara section has been taken up targeted for completion during 2009-10.