Railway line from Tuni of Visakhapatnam

Railway line from Tuni of Visakhapatnam

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO 1726

ANSWERED ON 09.03.2018

Railway line from Tuni of Visakhapatnam

1726 Shri V. Vijayasai Reddy
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether it is a fact that there is a long pending demand from the people and public representatives for a third railway line from Tuni to Visakhapatnam via Narsipatnam, Chodavaram, Madugula and Kothavalasa, as this is a safe route, particularly during monsoons, and the existing track is very near to seashore; and

(b) if so, the steps Ministry has taken on this proposal, so far?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) & (b): A Survey for provision of a new BG single line from Tuni to Kothavalsa (155.34 Km) via Narsipatnam, Chodavaram, Madugula was sanctioned vide Blue Book 2016-17. Survey work of this new line from Kothavalasa to Tuni via Narsipatnam, Madugula has been completed at a cost of ? 3771.21 crore and ROR of (-) 4.14%. Survey report is under examination.