484 Railway projects of 51,165 Km length are in different stages of planning/sanction/execution
The Railway projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway wise and not State-wise as the Railway projects may spans across State boundaries. As of 01.04.2021, 484 Railway projects of 51,165 Km length, costing approx. `7.53 lakh crore are in different stages of planning/sanction/execution, out of which 10,638 Km length has been commissioned and expenditure of approx. `2.14 lakh crore has been incurred upto March 2021. These include:-
- 187 New line projects of 21,037 Km length, costing `4,05,916 crore, out of which commissioning of 2,621 Km length has been achieved and expenditure of `1,05,591 crore has been incurred upto March, 2021.
- 46 Gauge Conversion projects of 6,213 Km length, costing `53,171 crore, out of which commissioning of 3,587 Km length has been achieved and expenditure of `22,184 crore has been incurred upto March, 2021.
- 251 Doubling projects of 23,915 Km length, costing `2,93,471 crore, out of which commissioning of 4,430 Km length has been achieved and expenditure of `86,041 crore has been incurred upto March, 2021.
Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects including cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in the public domain on the Indian Railways website.
This information was given by Union Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
Disclaimer : This is an official press release by PIB.
