Important railway projects for Rajasthan
Proposed railway projects in Rajasthan
Important railway projects for Rajasthan
New railway line from Pipar Road railway station to Nagaur via Bhopalgarh Asop
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 12
ANSWERED ON 21.06.2019
Proposed railway projects in Rajasthan
12 Shri Ram Narain Dudi
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether the Ministry is considering or has proposed important railway projects for Rajasthan, namely, new railway line from Pipar Road railway station to Nagaur via Bhopalgarh Asop, as proposed earlier, Bilara to Bar railway line, as proposed earlier, and Merta Road to Ajmer via Merta City and Pushkar;
(b) if so, by when these projects would be completed; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF STARRRED QUESTION NO.12 BY SHRI RAM NARAIN DUDI ANSWERED IN RAJYA SABHA ON 21.06.2019 REGARDING PROPOSED RAILWAY PROJECTS IN RAJASTHAN
(a) to (c): Yes, Sir. Ministry of Railways has included 12 New Line, gauge conversion and doubling projects since 2014-15 falling partly/fully in the State of Rajasthan. As on date, 11 New Lines, 06 Gauge Conversion and 13 Doubling projects worth Rs.42,820 Crore are under different stages of execution/sanction.
(i) Pipar Road Station Nagour via Bhopalgarh, Asop new railway line (96 Km): Survey for new Broad Gauge line from Pipar Road-Bhopalgarh-Asop-Shankwas-Nagour has been completed in 2014-15. As per survey report, the cost was assessed as Rs.293 crore with the negative rate of return of 9.46%. Project could not be taken forward as the project is financially unviable.
(ii) Bilara-Bar new line (47 Km): Survey for Bilara-Bar new line was completed in 2016-17. As per survey report, cost of (47 Km) new line was Rs.368 crore with negative rate of return of 26.93%. However, an updating survey for construction of new line from Bilara-Bar has been sanctioned in December, 2018. Survey taken up.
(iii) Merta Road-Ajmer via Merta City and Pushkar (59 Km): Railway line already exists between Merta Road-Merta City and Pushkar-Ajmer. The project for Merta City to Pushkar was included in Railway Budget 2013-14 subject to requisite approvals. As per survey report, the cost of the project was approx Rs.323 crore (2010-11 price level) with negative rate of return of 7.65%. Project could not be taken forward as it is financially unviable.