Doubling of railway lines in Uttarakhand
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 2538
ANSWERED ON 16.03.2018
Doubling of railway lines in Uttarakhand
2538 Shri Mahendra Singh Mahra
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether the elected representatives of the State of Uttarakhand have requested for doubling of railway lines in the State, if so, the names thereof;
(b) the amount earmarked for the financial year 2018-19 for the doubling of which railway lines in Uttarakhand along with the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the railway lines expected to be taken up for doubling in future?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
(a) to (c): Requests for doubling of railway line, both formal as well as informal, are received by Railways at various levels i.e. Railway Board, Zonal Railways and Divisional Headquarters, etc. As receipt of such requests/suggestions is a continuous and dynamic process, centralized compendium of such requests is not maintained.
Doubling of Haridwar-Laksar (27.03 km) falling fully/partly in the State of Uttarakhand has been taken up. An outlay of ` 75.00 crore has been proposed for this project for the year 2018-19.
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