New Railway Line, Ongoing, Upcoming Railway Projects in Jharkhand
New Railway Line, Ongoing, Upcoming Railway Projects in Jharkhand
Railway Projects in Jharkhand
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1479
ANSWERED ON: 27.11.2019
Railway Projects in Jharkhand
Annpurna Devi
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:-
(a) the number of railway projects approved by the Government in Jharkhand during the last three years along with the details of those projects;
(b) the details of the projects out of above on which work has already been started; and
(c) the details of the funds allocated/utilized for the projects on which work has started during each of the last three years?.
ANSWER – MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1479 BY SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.11.2019 REGARDING RAILWAY PROJECTS IN JHARKHAND
(a) to (c): Presently, Railways have taken up 30 railway projects of New line/Doubling falling fully/partly in the State of Jharkhand at total cost of Rs.40,020 crore. These projects consist of 14 New Line projects having length of 1,463 Km with aggregate cost of Rs.25,535 crore and 16 Doubling projects having length of 1,145 Km with aggregate cost of Rs.14,485 crore.
Out of above projects, 10 projects (5 new line projects having length of 299 Km with aggregate cost of Rs.6,470 crore and 5 doubling projects having length of 202 Km with aggregate cost of Rs. 3,339 crore) have been included in last three years (2016-2019).
Details of projects including funds allotted/utilized are available in public domain on Indian Railways website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in > Ministry of Railways > Railway Board > About Indian Railways > Railway Board Directorates > Finance (Budget).
Review of 256 throughput enhancement projects has been carried out and with focused approach, the projects have been prioritized into Super Critical Projects (58 nos.), Critical Projects (68 nos.) and other throughput enhancement projects (130 nos.)
Presently, the balance length of Super Critical Projects is 2,347 Km, 5676 km of Critical Projects and 9,703 Km for other Projects. The throw-forward for these projects is of the order of Rs.1.84 lakh crore and all out sincere and focused approach is being adopted by Railways for quick execution of projects so as to get early returns to Railways.
For capacity enhancement projects, etc. institutional financing has been done by arranging loan of Rs.1.5 lakh crore, which has increased Railways’ capacity for committed fund provision for essential projects.