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Latest News in Tamil Nadu Railway Projects

January 3, 2019 by indiaadmn456 Leave a Comment


Latest News in Tamil Nadu Railway Projects

Special allocation for railway infrastructure development in Tamil Nadu

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 1898
ANSWERED ON 28.12.2018

Special allocation for railway infrastructure development in Tamil Nadu

1898 Dr. V. Maitreyan
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether Government has made any special allocation for development of railway infrastructure in Tamil Nadu;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the funds allocated under various heads in the last four years, head-wise and year-wise; and

(c) whether Government has any plans for the commercial utilisation of railway land and if so, the details thereof
ANSWER

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

(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. 1898 BY DR. V. MAITREYAN ANSWERED IN RAJYA SABHA ON 28.12.2018 REGARDING SPECIAL ALLOCATION FOR RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN TAMIL NADU

(a) and (b): Allocation of funds for projects is provided Zonal Railway-wise. Some Railway projects stretch into more than one State.
08 New Line Projects covering a length of 849 km at a cost of Rs.11,405 crore, 05 Gauge Conversion projects covering a length of 1,051 Km at a cost of Rs.4,667 crore and 09 Doubling Projects covering a length of 596 km at a cost of Rs.5,718 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Tamil Nadu are under different stages of planning/sanction/execution. The aggregate cost of these projects is Rs.21,790 crore.
Project-wise details including expenditure incurred thereon and Budget allocations made for the projects over the years are available in Budget documents presented to the Parliament and also available on Indian Railways’ website (i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in).
(c): The vacant Railway land which is not required for Railways’ Infrastructure Development in immediate future and amenable for commercial development is entrusted to Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) for this purpose. In State of Tamil Nadu, 35.46 Ha land has been entrusted to RLDA for commercial development.



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