Statement

03.12.2025 780 Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has assessed the current status of passenger safety, punctuality and cleanliness and if so, the details thereof; (b) the steps taken/being taken by the Government during the last three years to modernise stations, introduce digital ticketing and improve passenger amenities, State/UT-wise; (c) whether plans exist to expand connectivity to remote, hilly and border regions to promote regional development and if so, the details thereof; (d) the measures implemented/being implemented to reduce fright delays and promote cost-effective transport for farmers and small businesses; (e) the funds allocated for new projects to Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh including Balaghat Lok Sabha Constituency during the last three years and the current year in Mumbai suburban network, Project-wise; and (f) whether a long-term roadmap exists for sustainable operations including 100 per cent electrification and carbon footprint reduction and if so, the details thereof? THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS; MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW): (a) to (f) Safety is accorded the highest priority on Indian Railways. As a consequence of various safety measures taken over the years, there has been a steep decline in the number of accidents. Consequential Train Accidents have reduced from 135 in 2014-15 to 31 in 2024-25 as shown in the graph below. It may be noted that the Consequential Train Accidents during the period 2004- 14 was 1711 (average 171 per annum), which has declined to 31 in 2024-25 and 03.12.2025 781 further to 11 in 2025-26 (upto November, 2025). Another important index showing improved safety in train operations is Accidents Per Million Train Kilometer (APMTKM) which has reduced from 0.11 in 2014-15 to 0.03 in 2024-25, indicating an improvement of approx. 73% during the said period. Safety Measures: The various safety measures taken to enhance safety in train operations are as under: 1. On Indian Railways, the expenditure on Safety related activities has increased over the years as under: Expenditure/Budget on Safety related activities (Rs. in Cr.) 2013-14 (Act.) 2022-23 (Act.) 2023-24 (Act.) 2024-25 2025-26 39,463 87,327 1,01,651 1,14,022 1,16,470 234 165 135 55 22 35 48 40 31 11 No. of Consequential Train Accidents 03.12.2025 782 2. Electrical/Electronic Interlocking Systems with centralized operation of points and signals have been provided at 6,656 stations up to 31.10.2025 to reduce accident due to human failure. 3. Interlocking of Level Crossing (LC) Gates has been provided at 10,098 Level Crossing Gates up to 31.10.2025 for enhancing safety at LC Gates. 4. Complete Track Circuiting of stations to enhance safety by verification of track occupancy by electrical means has been provided at 6,661 stations up to 31.10.2025. 5. Kavach is a highly technology intensive system, which requires safety certification of highest order. Kavach was adopted as a National ATP system in July 2020. Kavach is provided progressively in phased manner. Initially, Kavach Version 3.2 was deployed on 1465 RKm of South Central Railway and 80 RKm of North Central Railway. Kavach specification Version 4.0 was approved by RDSO on 16.07.2024.After extensive and elaborate trials, Kavach Version 4.0 has been successfully commissioned on Palwal-Mathura-Kota-Nagda section (633Rkm) on Delhi-Mumbai route and on Howrah-Bardhaman section (105RKm)on Delhi- Howrah route. Kavach implementation has been taken up in balance sections of Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah route. Further, Kavach implementation has been taken up on 15,512 RKm covering all GQ, GD, HDN and identified sections of Indian Railways. 6. Detailed instructions on issues related with safety of Signalling, e.g. mandatory correspondence check, alteration work protocol, preparation of completion drawing, etc. have been issued. 03.12.2025 783 7. System of disconnection and reconnection for S&T equipment as per protocol has been re-emphasized. 8. All locomotives are equipped with Vigilance Control Devices (VCD) to improve alertness of Loco Pilots. 9. Retro-reflective sigma boards are provided on the mast which is located two OHE masts prior to the signals in electrified territories to alert the crew about the signal ahead when visibility is low due to foggy weather. 10. A GPS based Fog Safety Device (FSD) is provided to loco pilots in fog affected areas which enables loco pilots to know the distance of the approaching landmarks like signals, level crossing gates, etc. 11. Modern track structure consisting of 60kg, 90 Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) rails, Prestressed Concrete Sleeper (PSC) Normal/Wide base sleepers with elastic fastening, fan shaped layout turnout on PSC sleepers, Steel Channel/H- beam Sleepers on girder bridges is used while carrying out primary track renewals. 12. Mechanisation of track laying activity through use of track machines like PQRS, TRT, T-28 etc. to reduce human errors. 13. Maximizing supply of 130m/260m long rail panels for increasing progress of rail renewal and avoiding welding of joints, thereby improving safety. 14. Ultrasonic Flaw Detection (USFD) testing of rails to detect flaws and timely removal of defective rails. 15. Laying of longer rails, minimizing the use of Alumino Thermic Welding and adoption of better welding technology for rails i.e., Flash Butt Welding. 03.12.2025 784 16. Monitoring of track geometry by OMS (Oscillation Monitoring System) and TRC (Track Recording Cars). 17. Patrolling of railway tracks to look out for weld/rail fractures. 18. The use of Thick Web Switches and Weldable CMS Crossing in turnout renewal works. 19. Inspections at regular intervals are carried out to monitor and educate staff for observance of safe practices. 20. Web based online monitoring system of track assets viz. Track database and decision support system has been adopted to decide rationalized maintenance requirement and optimize inputs. 21. Detailed instructions on issues related with safety of Track, e.g. integrated block, corridor block, worksite safety, monsoon precautions, etc. have been issued. 22. Preventive maintenance of railway assets (Coaches & Wagons) is undertaken to ensure safe train operations. 23. Replacement of conventional ICF design coaches with LHB design coaches is being done. 24. All unmanned level crossings (UMLCs) on Broad Gauge (BG) route have been eliminated by January 2019. 25. Safety of Railway Bridges is ensured through regular inspection of Bridges. The requirement of repair/rehabilitation of Bridges is taken up based upon the conditions assessed during these inspections. 26. Indian Railways has displayed Statutory “Fire Notices” for widespread passenger information in all coaches. Fire posters are provided in every coach so as to 03.12.2025 785 educate and alert passengers regarding various Do’s and Don’ts to prevent fire. These include messages regarding not carrying any inflammable material, explosives, prohibition of smoking inside the coaches, penalties etc. 27. Production Units are providing Fire detection and suppression system in newly manufactured Power Cars and Pantry Cars, Fire and Smoke detection system in newly manufactured coaches. Progressive fitment of the same in existing coaches is also underway by Zonal Railways in a phased manner. 28. Regular counselling and training of staff is undertaken. 29. Concept of Rolling Block introduced in Indian Railways (Open Lines) General Rules vide Gazette notification dated 30.11.2023, wherein work of integrated maintenance/repair/replacement of assets is planned up to 52 weeks in advance on rolling basis and executed as per plan. The details of the Safety related works related to better maintenance practices, Technological improvements, better infrastructure and rolling stock etc. undertaken by Railways are tabulated below: S.N. Item 2004-05 to 2013-14 2014-15 to 2024-25 2014-25 Vs. 2004-14 Technological Improvements 1. Use of high-quality rails (60 Kg) (Km) 57,450 Km 1.43 Lakh Km More than 2 times 2. Longer Rail Panels (260m) (Km) 9,917 Km 77,522 Km Nearly 8 times 3. Electronic Interlocking (Stations) 837 Stations 3,691 Stations More than 4 times 4. Fog Pass Safety Devices (Nos.) As on 31.03.14: 90 Nos. As on 31.03.25: 25,939 Nos. 288 times 03.12.2025 786 Punctuality: Indian Railways makes all possible efforts to run trains on time. Several factors affect punctual running of trains which include foggy weather, path constraints, asset maintenance, alarm chain pulling, agitations, cattle run over and other unforeseen circumstances. Based on assessments of factors affecting the punctual running of trains, remedial measures, both short term and long term, are taken which include capacity 5. Thick Web Switches (Nos.) Nil 28,301 Nos. Better Maintenance Practices 1. Primary Rail Renewal (Track Km) 32,260 Km 49,941 Km 1.5 times 2. USFD (Ultra Sonic Flaw detection) Testing of Welds (Nos.) 79.43 Lakh 2 Cr. More than 2 times 3. Weld failures (Nos.) In 2013-14: 3699 Nos. In 2024-25: 370 Nos. 90 % reduction 4. Rail fractures (Nos.) In 2013-14: 2548 Nos. In 2024-25: 289 Nos. More than 88% reduction Better Infrastructure and Rolling Stock 1. New Track KM added (Track Km) 14,985 Km 34,428 Km More than 2 times 2. Flyovers (RoBs)/ Underpasses (RUBs) (Nos.) 4,148 Nos. 13,808 Nos. More than 3 times 3. Unmanned Level crossings (Nos.) on BG As on 31.03.14: 8,948 As on 31.03.24: Nil (All eliminated by 31.01.19) Removed 4. Manufacture of LHB Coaches (Nos.) 2,337 Nos. 42,677 More than 18 times 03.12.2025 787 augmentation of rail network, upgradation of track and signaling system, removing operational bottlenecks, yard remodeling etc. Due to the above measures, the overall punctuality of trains during 2025-26 (upto October, 2025) has been about 80%. Cleanliness: I. Cleanliness and housekeeping of trains & stations is a continuous process and Indian Railways make every endeavor to keep trains & stations in properly maintainedandcleancondition. II. To ensure cleanliness, regular checks/surprise checks/surprise checks are conducted by supervisors/senior officials at Divisional, Zonal & Headquarter level with special focus on general class. III. Special Cleanliness Campaigns under Swatch Bharat Abhiyan and cleanliness drives/campaigns are organized regularly over Indian Railways with the objective to achieve significant and sustainable improvements in cleanliness standards. IV. Regular monitoring is also ensured through Rail Madad portal which has been developed to enable passengers to highlight their needs and seek assistance on passenger amenities, cleanliness, etc. Station Modernisation and Passenger Amenities: Modernization/upgradation of Railway Stations is undertaken under various modernization schemes. At present, stations are developed under ‘Amrit Bharat Station Scheme’ which envisages development of stations on a continuous basis with a long term approach. Ministry of Railways has launched ‘Amrit Bharat Station Scheme’ for redevelopment of stations with a long-term approach. 03.12.2025 788 The scheme involves preparation of master plans and their implementation in phases to improve the stations. The master planning includes:-  Improvement of access to station and circulating areas  Integration of station with both sides of city  Improvement of station building  Improvement of waiting halls, toilets, sitting arrangement, water booths  Provision of wider foot over bridge/air concourse commensurate with passenger traffic  Provision of lift/escalators/ramp  Improvement/Provision of platform surface and cover over platforms  Provision of kiosks for local products through schemes like ‘One Station One Product’  Parking areas, Multimodal integration  Amenities for Divyangjans  Better passenger information systems  Provision of executive lounges, nominated spaces for business meetings, landscaping, etc. keeping in view the necessity at each station. The scheme also envisages sustainable and environment friendly solutions, provision of ballastless tracks etc. as per necessity, phasing and feasibility and creation of city centre at the station in the long term. So far, 1,337 stations have been identified for development under ‘Amrit 03.12.2025 789 Bharat Station Scheme’, out of which 132 stations are located in the State of Maharashtra and 80 stations are located in the State of Madhya Pradesh. The names of stations identified for development under ‘Amrit Bharat Station Scheme’ in the State of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh are as following: State No. of Amrit Stations Names of Amrit Stations Maharashtra 132 Ahmednagar, Ajni (Nagpur), Akalkot Road, Akola, Akurdi, Amalner, Amgaon, Amravati, Andheri, Badnera, Balharshah, Bandra Terminus, Baramati, Belapur, Bhandara Road, Bhokar, Bhusawal, Borivali, Byculla, Chalisgaon, Chanda Fort, Chandrapur, Charni Road, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Chinchpokli, Chinchwad, Dadar (CR), Dadar (WR), Dahisar, Daund, Dehu Road, Devlali, Dhamangaon, Dharangaon, Dharashiv, Dharmabad , Dhule, Diva, Dudhani, Gangakher, Godhani, Gondia, Grant Road, Hadapsar, Hatkanangale, Hazur Sahib Nanded, Himayatnagar, Hinganghat, Hingoli Deccan, Igatpuri, Jalgaon, Jalna, Jeur, Jogeshwari, Kalyan Jn, Kamptee, Kandivali, Kanjur Marg, Karad, Katol, Kedgaon, Kinwat, Kopargaon, Kurduwadi Jn, Kurla Jn, Lasalgaon, Latur, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Lonand Jn, Lonavla, Lower Parel, Malad, Malkapur, Manmad Jn, Manwath Road , Marine Lines, Matunga, Miraj Jn, Mudkhed Jn, Mumbai Central, Mumbra, Murtizapur Jn, Nagarsol, Nagpur Jn, Nandgaon, Nandura, Nandurbar, Narkher Jn, Nashik Road, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Pachora Jn, Palghar, Pandharpur, Panvel Jn, Parbhani Jn, Parel, Parli Vaijnath, Partur , Phaltan, Prabhadevi, Pulgaon Jn, Pune Jn, Purna Jn, Raver, Rotegaon , Sainagar Shirdi, Sandhurst Road, Sangli, 03.12.2025 790 State No. of Amrit Stations Names of Amrit Stations Satara, Savda, Selu, Sewagram, Shahad, Shegaon, Shivaji Nagar Pune, Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur, Solapur, Talegaon, Thakurli, Thane, Titvala, Tumsar Road, Umri, Uruli, Vadala Road, Vidyavihar, Vikhroli, Wadsa, Wardha, Washim, Wathar Madhya Pradesh 80 Akodia, Amla, Anuppur, Ashoknagar, Balaghat, Banapura, Bargawan, Beohari, Berchha, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Bijuri, Bina, BiyavraRajgarh, Chhindwara, Dabra, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Gadarwara, Ganjbasoda, Ghoradongri, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Harpalpur, Indore Jn, Itarsi Jn, Jabalpur, Junnor Deo, Kareli, Katni Jn, KatniMurwara, Katni South, Khachrod, Khajuraho Jn, Khandwa, Khirkiya, Laxmi Bai Nagar, Maihar, Maksi Jn, Mandla Fort, Mandsor, MCS Chhatarpur, Meghnagar, Morena, Multai, Nagda Jn, Nainpur Jn, Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad), Narsinghpur, Nepanagar, Nimuch, Orchha, Pandhurna, Pipariya, Ratlam, Rewa, Ruthiyai, Sanchi, Sant Hirdaram Nagar, Satna, Saugor, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Shamgarh, Sheopur Kalan, Shivpuri, Shridham, Shujalpur, Sihora Road, Singrauli, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha, Vikramgarh Alot Development works at railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in the state of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh have been taken up at a good pace. Details of works completed in the states are as under: State No. of Stations completed Name of Stations Maharashtra 15 Amgaon, Chanda Fort, Chinchpokli, Devlali, Dhule, 03.12.2025 791 Kedgaon, Lasalgaon, Lonand Jn, Matunga, Murtizapur Jn, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction, Parel, Savda, Shahad, Vadala Road Madhya Pradesh 06 Katni South, Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad), Orchha, Seoni, Shajapur, Shridham The works at other stations have also been taken up at good pace and progress of some of the above stations is as given below: Maharashtra:  Wathar Station: The works of new portico, improvement of station building, water booth, new main entry gate, parking area, circulating area, improvement of entrance lobby, compound wall of parking area, platform shelter at platform no. 1, platform surfacing, improvement of waiting room, signages and station illumination have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.  Nandgaon Station: The works of entrance and exit gate, platform surfacing, platform shelter, improvement of station building, booking office, Foot Over Bridge, boundary wall, circulating area, parking area, signage and lighting have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.  Nandura Station: The works of platform surfacing, platform shelter, booking office, entrance gate, improvement of waiting hall, toilet, station building, circulating area, parking area, signages, coach indication board, station illumination and boundary wall have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.  Hadapsar Station: The works of new station building, waiting hall, 12 m Foot 03.12.2025 792 Over Bridge, underground tank, platform shelter, improvement of platform surfacing, circulating area, station illumination, signages, lifts, escalators and landscaping have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.  Baramati Station: The works of platform shelter, septic tank, toilet, compound wall, water booth, improvement of booking office, platform surfacing, waiting room, portico, circulating area, signages and station illumination have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up. Madhya Pradesh:  Nainpur Station: The works of improvement of station building, waiting hall, circulating area, toilet, platform shelters, platform surfacing, coach indication board, train indication board and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.  Umaria Station: The works of improvement of station building, waiting hall, Passenger Reservation System (PRS), parking area, approach roads, toilet, signages, coach indication board, train indication board and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.  MCS Chhatarpur Station: The works of improvement of station building, waiting hall, platform shelter, platform surfacing, toilet, circulating area, parking area and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.  Mandla Fort Station: The works of improvement of station building, waiting hall, parking area, platform shelters, platform surfacing, signages, Passenger 03.12.2025 793 Announcement System, lifts and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up.  Junnor Deo Station: The works of booking office, waiting hall, porch, platform shelter, improvement of station building, circulating area, parking area, lifts, signages and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been completed. The finishing works have been taken up. Further, development/redevelopment/upgradation/modernization of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and ongoing process and works in this regard are undertaken as per requirement, subject to inter-se priority and availability of funds. The priority for development/redevelopment/upgradation/modernisation of stations is accorded to higher category of station over lower category of station while sanctioning and executing the works. Development/upgradation/modernisation of stations including under ‘Amrit Bharat Station Scheme’ is generally funded under Plan Head-53 ‘Customer Amenities’. The details of allocation and expenditure under Plan Head-53 are maintained Zonal Railway-wise and not work-wise, or station-wise or state-wise. The state of Maharashtra is covered under the jurisdiction of four railway zones, namely, Central Railway, South Central Railway, South East Central Railway and Western Railway. For the last three years and the current year, ₹ 11,190 Cr. has been allocated while an expenditure of ₹ 9,198 Cr. has been incurred during the last three years and current year (up to October, 2025). The state of Madhya Pradesh is covered under the jurisdiction of seven railway 03.12.2025 794 zones, namely, Central Railway, East Central Railway, North Central Railway, South Central Railway, South East Central, Western Railway and West Central Railway. For the last three years and the current year, ₹ 17,294 Cr. has been allocated while an expenditure of ₹ 14,008 Cr. has been incurred during the last three years and current year (up to October, 2025). Development/Upgradation of railway stations is complex in nature involving safety of passengers & trains and requires various statutory clearances such as fire clearance, heritage, tree cutting, air-port clearance etc. The progress also gets affected due to brownfield related challenges such as shifting of utilities (involving water/sewage lines, optical fiber cables, gas pipe lines, power/signal cables, etc.), infringements, operation of trains without hindering passenger movement, speed restrictions due to works carried out in close proximity of tracks and high voltage power lines, etc. and these factors affect the completion time. Therefore, no time frame can be indicated at this stage. Improvement in passenger amenities at Railway Station is a continuous and ongoing process and works in this regard are undertaken as per requirement feasibility, inter-se priority and availability of funds. Digital Ticketing: Indian Railways has launched RailOne App on 01.07.2025, which combines all the public facing services of Indian Railways eliminating the need of downloading multiple apps of Indian Railways for different purposes. The app provides single sign- on facility meaning that user need not remember multiple login credentials for availing different services of Indian Railways. The app has its own e-wallet (R-wallet) which 03.12.2025 795 can be used for purchase of reserved, unreserved and platform tickets. Special security measures have been built to safeguard the app against vulnerabilities and potential attacks. RailOne App provides a smooth payment facility at par with the leading travel apps. Expansion of Rail Connectivity: Railway projects are surveyed/ sanctioned/executed Zonal Railway wise and not State-wise/Area wise/Parliamentary constituency-wise as the Railway’ projects may span across State boundaries. Railway projects are sanctioned on the basis of remunerativeness, traffic projections, last mile connectivity including hilly and border regions, missing links and alternate routes, augmentation of congested/saturated lines, demands raised by State Governments, Central Ministries, Members of Parliament, other public representatives, Railway’s own operational requirement, socio-economic considerations etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds. During the last three years i.e. FY 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the current FY 2025-26, 284 New Line surveys of a total length of 27,492 km have been sanctioned throughout the country including hilly and border regions. As on 01.04.2025, across Indian Railways, 431 Railway infrastructure projects (154 New Line, 33 Gauge Conversion and 244 Doubling) of total length 35,966 Km, costing approx. `6.75 lakh crore are sanctioned including hilly and border regions, out of which, 12,769 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of approx. `2.91 lakh crore has been incurred upto March, 2025. The summary is as under: 03.12.2025 796 Category No of Projects Total Length NL/GC/DL (Km) Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (Km) Total Exp upto Mar'25 (in Crore) New Lines 154 16,142 3,036 1,45,318 Gauge Conversion 33 4,180 2,997 22,753 Doubling/ Multitracking 244 15,644 6,736 1,22,858 Total 431 35,966 12,769 2,90,929 Zone-wise/year-wise details of all Railway projects are made available in public domain on Indian Railway’s website. The details of commissioning/laying of new track across Indian Railways are given below: Period New track Commissioned Average commissioning of new tracks 2009-14 7,599 Km 4.2 Km/day 2014-25 34,428 Km 8.57 Km/day ( more than 2 times) In 2024-25, 3248 km sections have been commissioned across Indian Railways and in current FY 2025-26, 895 km sections have been commissioned. Madhya Pradesh: Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion Project (300 km), passing through Balaghat parliamentary constituency has been recently commissioned. To further improve connectivity in Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency, survey for doubling of Jabalpur-Gondia line (231 km) has been completed. Detailed project report has been 03.12.2025 797 prepared with the project having an estimated cost of Rs. 4,671 crore. Budget allocation in the recent years has increased significantly. Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh is as under: Period Outlay 2009-14 ₹632 crore/year 2025-26 ₹14,745 crore (More than 23 times) The details of commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under: Period New Track Commissioned Average Commissioning of new tracks 2009-14 145 Km 29 Km/year 2014-25 2651 Km 241 Km/year (More than 8 times) As on 01.04.2025, 24 Railway projects (08 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 14 Doubling), of total length of 4,740 Km costing ₹89,543 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh, are sanctioned, out of which 2,092 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹41,401 crore has been incurred upto March 2025. The status of work is summarized as under: 03.12.2025 798 Plan Head No. of projects Total Length (in Km) Length Commission ed (in Km) Expenditure upto March 2025 (₹in Cr.) New Lines 8 1914 544 15,069 Gauge Conversion 2 809 430 6,766 Doubling/Multitracki ng 14 2017 1118 19,566 Total 24 4,740 2,092 41,401 Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh are as under: S.No. Name of Project Latest Cost (₹in Crores) 1. Guna- Etawah New Line (348 Km) 683 2. Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km) 2005 3. Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km) 1512 4. Chhindwara-Mandla Fort Gauge Conversion (182 Km) 1268 5. Ghat Pindari-Balkheda Doubling (6 Km) 29 6. Guna-Ruthiyai Doubling (20 Km) 175 7. Khodri – Anuppur Doubling (62 Km) 489 8. Jukhei Chord line, Bye Passing the Katni Yard (2 Km) 12 9. Sontalai-Bagratawa Doubling (7 Km) 110 03.12.2025 799 S.No. Name of Project Latest Cost (₹in Crores) 10. Itarsi-Budhni 3rd line (25 Km) 286 11. Teegaon-Chichonda Ghat Section 3rd line (17 Km) 176 12. Bhopal-Bina 3rd line (145 km) 1075 13. Barkhera-Bhopal 3rd line (41 km) 473 14. Nagda-Ujjain Doubling of Gambhir Bridge (2 Km) 28 15. Pendra Road-Anuppur 3rd line (50 Km) 394 16. Bina-Kota Doubling (283 km) 2477 17. Nimach-Chittaurgarh Doubling (56 Km) 560 18. Khodri-Anuppur Doubling with flyover at Bilaspur (72 Km) 792 19. Budhni-Barkhera 3rd line (27 Km) 1703 20. Indore-Dewas-Ujjain Doubling (79 Km) 757 21. Powerkheda-JujharpurRail flyover (16 Km) 443 22. Anuppur-Katni 3rd line (165 Km) 2311 23. Ramna-Singrauli doubling (160 Km) 2436 24. Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling(32 Km) 763 25. Malkhedi-Mahadeokhedi Doubling (12 Km) 59 03.12.2025 800 Some of major projects falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh which have been taken up are as under: S. No Project Cost (₹in Crores) 1. Manmad - Indore New Line (360 Km) 18529 2. Ramganjmandi-Bhopal New Line (277 Km) 5073 3. Indore-Budni New Line (198 Km) 7474 4. Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli&Mahoba-Khajuraho New Line (541 Km) 8914 5. Nimach-Badi Sadri New Line (48 Km) 495 6. Gwalior-Sheopurkalan Gauge Conversion with extension to Kota (284 Km) 2913 7. Itarsi- Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km) 2450 8. Jhansi-Bina 3rd line (153 Km) 2002 9. Mathura-Gwalior-Jhansi 3rd line (274 Km) 5924 10. Katni - Bina 3rd line (260 Km) 3138 11. Katni- Grade separator / Bypass (35 Km) 2300 12. Katni- Singrauli Doubling (257 Km) 4377 13. Satna-Rewa Doubling (50 Km) 590 14. Shahdol-Singhpur4th Line (6 Km) 54 15. Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km) 3285 In last three years, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and current financial year 2025- 26, 61 surveys (18 New Line & 43 Doubling) covering a total length of 5,901 Km has been sanctioned falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh. 03.12.2025 801 Maharashtra: Budget allocation in the recent years has increased significantly. Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra is as under: Period Outlay 2009-14 ₹ 1,171 crore/year 2025-26 ₹ 23,778 crore (More than 20 times) Commissioning of sections (New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling) falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra during 2009-14 and 2014-2025 is as under:- Period New track Commissioned Average commissioning of new tracks 2009-14 292 Km 58.4 Km/year 2014-25 2,292 Km 208.36 Km/year (more than 3 times) As on 01.04.2025, 38 projects (11 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 25 Doubling), of a total length of 5,098 km, costing ₹ 89,780 crore, falling fully/partly in Maharashtra, are sanctioned, out of which 2,360 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of₹39,407 crore has been incurred upto March’ 2025. The summary is as under: Category No. of sanctioned Projects Total Length NL/GC/DL (in Km) Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (in Km) Total Exp upto Mar'25 (₹ in Cr.) New Lines 11 1,355 234 10,504 Gauge Conversion 02 609 334 4,286 03.12.2025 802 Doubling / Multitracking 25 3,134 1,792 24,617 Total 38 5,098 2,360 39,407 Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in Maharashtra are as under: S.No. Project Cost (₹ in crore) 1. Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km) 2,005 2. Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km) 1512 3. Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 Km) 263 4. Panvel-Roha Doubling (75 Km) 31 5. Pen-Roha Doubling (40 Km) 330 6. Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 Km) 2,448 7. Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 Km) 673 8. Bhusawal – Jalgaon 3rd Line (24 Km) 325 9. Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4th line (24 Km) 261 10. Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 Km) 3,182 11. Pune-Miraj-Londa Doubling (466 Km) 6,463 12. Manmad- Jalgaon 3rd line (160 Km) 1,677 Some of the main projects falling fully/partly in the Maharashtra which have been taken up are as under: 03.12.2025 803 S.No. Name of the project Cost (₹ in crore) 1. Ahalyanagar-Beed-Parle Vaijnath New Line (261 Km.) 4,957 2. Baramati-Lonand New Line (64 Km.) 1,844 3. Wardha-Nanded New Line (284 Km.) 3,445 4. Manmad-Indore New Line (360 Km.) 18,529 5. Wadsa-Gadchiroli New Line (52 Km) 1,886 6. Jalna -Jalgaon New Line (174 Km.) 5,804 7. Daund-Manmad Doubling (236 Km.) 30,376 8. Kalyan-Kasara - 3rd line (68 Km.) 1,433 9. Wardha -Nagpur 3rd line (76 Km.) 698 10. Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd line (132 Km.) 1,385 11. Itarsi- Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km.) 2,450 12. Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd line (228 Km.) 3,545 13. Wardha-Nagpur 4th line (79 Km.) 1,137 14. Jalgaon-Manmad 4th Line (160 Km) 2,574 During the last three years i.e. FY 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the current FY, 98 Surveys (29 New Line , 2 Gauge Conversion and 67 Doubling) of total length 8603 Km falling fully/ partly in the State of Maharashtra, have been sanctioned. To improve the connectivity in Mumbai suburban area and to meet the future demands of passengers, Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-II costing ₹8,087 crore, MUTP-III costing ₹10,947 crore and MUTP-IIIA costing ₹33,690 crore have been sanctioned. These projects include following works in 03.12.2025 804 Mumbai Suburban Area: S. No. Name of project Cost (₹ in crore) 1. 6th Line Mumbai Central-Borivali (30 km) 919 2. Extension of Harbour Line Goregaon-Borivali (7 km) 826 3. Virar-Dahanu Road 3rd & 4th Line (64 km) 3,587 4. 5th & 6th Line CSTM-Kurla (17.5 km) 891 5. Panvel-Karjat Suburban Corridor (29.6 km) 2,782 6. Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) Suburban Corridor link (3.3 km) 476 7. 5th & 6th line Borivali-Virar (26 km) 2,184 8. 4th line between Kalyan-Asangaon (32 km) 1,759 9. 3rd & 4th line between Kalyan-Badlapur (14.05 km) 1,510 10. Kalyan Yard-Segregation of Main Line & Suburban 866 11. Vasai bye pass line (Double line) between Naigaon and Juchandra (5.73 Km) 176 12. Trespass Control Measures such as FOBs etc. (34 locations) 551 To enhance sub-urban rail capacity, a total of 238 rakes of 12 car have also been sanctioned under MUTP-III & IIIA at a cost of ₹19,293 crore. The process for procurement of these rakes has been taken up. Measures to reduce Freight Delays: In order to ensure smoother and quicker transit of freight trains and faster turnaround times, Indian Railways have taken measures to increase network capacity including infrastructure projects such as Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) to create 03.12.2025 805 dedicated freight path to give exclusive access to freight trains. Further, the capacity enhancement works and rolling stock programs are planned and being executed, which upon completion, will reduce transit time of freight trains and lead to better speed. The details are as under:- a. Doubling/Multi-Tracking on critical sections and high-density network. b. Provision of Rail flyover and Bypass lines at junction stations. c. Induction of higher horsepower locomotives. d. Induction of higher capacity and high speed wagons. e. Improvement to terminals and their connectivity to trunk routes. Cost Effective Transport: The following measures have been taken to promote cost effective transport: I. Joint Parcel Product-Rapid Cargo Service (JPP-RCS) Scheme:- This scheme offer tailor-made logistics to meet specific needs of the customer and provide door-to-door parcel services. Under the scheme, provision has been made for online booking of parcel space in these services through Aggregators (in addition to India Post) on ‘Virtual Aggregation Platform (VAP)’. II. Short term leasing of leased SLR and lease VPs has been permitted through e-auction. III. Utilization of BCN/BCNA stock lying idle as deemed VPU (where parcel vans are not available) for carriage of parcel traffic has been permitted. Power has been delegated to Zonal Railways to reduce the composition 03.12.2025 806 of Parcel Rakes for transportation of mixed perishables goods traffic including fruits and vegetables upto 15 Parcel vans plus 1 SLRs instead of standard composition of 20 Parcel vans plus 1 SLRs. Orange, Mango and Banana traffic when moved in BCN/BCNA/BCX/BCXN Rakes are charged at scale-P minus 50%. Electrification and Carbon Footprint Reduction: Electrification of railway network on Indian Railways has been taken up in mission mode. So far, about 99.1% of Broad Gauge (BG) network has been electrified. The electrification in remaining network has been taken up. Electrification carried out during 2014-25 and before 2014 is as under: Period Route Kilometer Before 2014 (about 60 years) 21,801 2014-25 46,900 In Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, entire existing BG network has been electrified. Further, all new line/multitracking projects are being sanctioned and constructed with electrification. Indian Railways is committed to sustainable operation through near total Railway Electrification combined with use of renewable energy sources, a combination of solar, wind and other renewable sources based on strategic power procurement planning, thus contributing to carbon footprint reduction. CONSTRUCTION OF ROBS/RUBS IN BALLARI LOK SABHA CONSTITUENCY 667. SHRI E. TUKARAM: 03.12.2025 807 Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has examined the proposals for construction and widening of Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and Road Under Bridges (RUBs) in the Ballari Lok Sabah Constituency, including (i) Bridge No. 265A at Ballari Yard (Mothi Circle) for conversion to double line, (ii) LC No. 8 between Bannihatti–Ranajithpura, (iii) LC No. 90 between Papinayakanahalli–Bailavaddigeri, (iv) LC No. 37 between Hagaribommanahalli–Mariyammanahalli, (v) Bridge No. 39 between Yashwanthanagar–Ramaghada, and (vi) LC Nos. 10 and 5 between Hospet–V.C. Stations. (b) whether these works have been approved/sanctioned by the South Western Railway and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor along with the steps taken for early approval and execution; and (c) the details of budget allocation, sanction status and expected completion timeline for each proposal? THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS; MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW): (a) to (c) Sanctioning and execution of works of Road Over Bridges/ Road Under Bridges (ROBs/RUBs) is a continuous and ongoing process on Indian Railways. Such works are prioritized and taken up on the basis of their impact on safety and mobility in train operations and impact on road users. Nos. of ROBs/ RUBs constructed on Indian Railways during the period 2004-14 vis a vis 2014-25 (Oct’25) is as under: 03.12.2025 808 Period ROBs/ RUBs constructed 2004-14 4,148 Nos. 2014-25 (Oct’25) 13,653 Nos. (including 703 Nos. in the State of Karnataka) As on 01.11.2025, 4689 Nos. ROBs/ RUBs are sanctioned at the cost of ₹1,11,583 Cr on Indian Railways including 127 Nos. Road Over Bridge (ROB)/Road Under Bridge (RUB) at a cost of ₹ 3,920 crore in the State of Karnataka, which are at various stages of planning and execution. Out of 127 Nos. works of ROBs/RUBs, 07 Nos. are situated on Railway tracks in Ballari Lok Sabha Constituency. The details of ROBs/RUBs works at the mentioned locations are as under: S.No. Locations & Name of the work Remarks 1 Bridge No. 265A at Ballari Yard (Mothi Circle) Road over Bridge No. 265-A is situated near Ballari Railway station towards Guntakal end. ROB (No.262A) at Ballari Yard (Mothi Circle) is located at Km 207/3-4 between Ballari Cantonment and Ballari stations at Ballari Junction end, The widening work of this ROB is to be executed by State Government (Municipal Corporation, Ballari).State Govt. has submitted a conceptual plan to Railway for widening of existing ROB No.262A.The conceptual plan has been 03.12.2025 809 scrutinized and state government has been advised to deposit applicable Plan and Estimate charges on 17.03.2025. Reply from State Government is awaited. 2 LC No. 8 at Km 9/800-900 between Bannihatti and Ranajithpura A Road Over Bridge in lieu of LC No. 8 at Km 9/800-900 has been sanctioned as part of the Toranagallu Junction - Ranajitpura Doubling Project. 3 LC No. 90 at Km 159/300- 400 between Papinayakana halli, Bailavddigeri. The work for preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for construction of ROB in lieu of LC No. 90 at Km 159/300- 400 has been taken up. 4 LC No. 37 at Km 43/200-300 Hagaribommanahalli Mariyammana halli in the Hagaribommanahalli town. ROB work in lieu of LC 37 at Km 43/200- 300 has been sanctioned with an estimated cost of ₹ 45.24 crores. The work of preparation of GAD has been taken up. 5 Widening of Bridge No. 39 at Km 19/800- 900 between Yashwanthanagar–Ramgad stations on Vyasa Colony Junction - Swamihalli section. Bridge No. 39 located between Ramgad–Yeshwanthnagar stations in the Vyasa Colony Junction - Swamihalli section is a waterway bridge. The width of the bridge is adequate for flow of water to pass flood water across through its opening. 03.12.2025 810 6 LC No. 10 between Hospet - Vyasa Colony Junction stations. The work of preparation of Technical Feasibility Report / Detailed Project Report (TFR / DPR) for the construction of ROB/RUB in lieu of LC No. 10 at Km 4/200-300 has been taken up. 7 LC No. 5 between Hospet - Vyasa Colony Junction stations. The technical feasibility for the construction of ROB in lieu of LC No. 5 at Km 1/900-2/000 has been completed and it is found technically feasible to provide ROB at the demanded location. Joint inspection with State Govt. has been taken up. Further, Railways have taken following measures to expedite the progress of work: i. Joint survey with concerned State Govt./Road Owning Authority is done before finalizing the General Arrangement Drawing (GAD) to ensure smooth execution. ii. Periodic meetings of Railway & State Government officials are done to resolve various issues related to ROB/RUB works. iii. Standardization of superstructure drawings for various combinations of span, skewness and width of road on Railway portion has been done to avoid delays during the design approval. This has been issued in the form of compendium, which can be directly adopted for Road Over Bridge across Railway lines for expeditious planning. 03.12.2025 811 iv. ROB/RUB works are planned to be executed on a single entity basis by Railway wherever possible. In case any Road Owning authority/State Govt. wants then Railway may permit them to execute the work on a single entity basis. Completion of any ROB/RUB work depends on various factors like, fixing of approach alignment, approval of General Arrangement Drawing (GAD), land acquisition, removal of encroachment, shifting of infringing utilities, statutory clearances from various authorities, law and order situation in the area of project / work sites, number of working months in a year for particular project / work sites due to climatic conditions etc. All these factors affect the completion time of the projects / works. INDIAN INDIGENOUS SPACE STATION 668. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state: (a) the details of the Government’s plan and timelines for establishing an indigenous space station approximately 300 km above the Earth’s surface and the steps being taken by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and related agencies to achieve this objective; (b) the details of estimated budget allocation and funding source for this mission; (c) whether the Government has set a target year for launching and commissioning the space station and if so, the details thereof; 03.12.2025 812 (d) whether international collaboration be sought for technology, crew training or logistics support and if so, details thereof; and (e) the manner in which this project align with the upcoming Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme? THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES; MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE; MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS; MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SPACE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH): (a) ISRO has worked out overall configuration of indigenous Space Station, Bharatiya Antariksh Station comprising of five modules which is expected to be fully operational by 2035 timeframe. The overall configuration has been reviewed by a National Level Review Committee. In September,2024, Union Cabinet approved development and launch of first module of Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS-01) by 2028. Overall system engineering of BAS-01 module and technology development activities of various subsystems is progressing well. (b) The budgetary allocation towards various precursor missions, development and launch of BAS-1 are included in the revised scope of Gaganyaan Programme, which has been enhanced with an additional funding in the already approved Gaganyaan Programme to ₹20,193Cr based on approval from Union Cabinet in September, 2024. (c) Development and launch of the first module i.e. Base module (BAS-01) is 03.12.2025 813 targeted by 2028 and fully operational BAS with five modules is expected by 2035. (d) ISRO is incorporating necessary international standards in the design of BAS-01 subsystems which ensures interoperability of BAS-01 with systems provided by other international agencies. Further, through currently operational cooperation instruments with other space agencies, potential areas of collaboration including joint development of technologies for Indian Human Space programme, support for utilising niche test facilities are also being explored. (e) Gaganyaan, first crewed demonstration mission will enable demonstration of capabilities for safe human transportation to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and return back to Earth. Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) is the next logical step in sustained Indian Human Space Programme. It will open up further avenues in space exploration, which will lead to utilisation of the unique microgravity environments in LEO for advanced scientific research and technology development activities as well as support further Indian human exploration missions (i.e.) Indian landing on Moon as envisioned in India’s Space Vision 2047. PROJECTS UNDER NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN MISSION 669. SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI: Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to 03.12.2025 814 state: (a) the details of projects sanctioned, approved or operational under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh along with project locations, implementing agencies, capacity targets and present status; (b) the funds allocated, sanctioned, released and utilised for each Mission component especially for infrastructure, skilling and R&D, year and State- wise including Andhra Pradesh; (c) the names of companies selected under the Incentive Schemes for Electrolyser Manufacturing and Green Hydrogen Production along with their approved capacity, investment commitments, locations and commissioning timelines; (d) whether any coastal locations, ports or renewable energy zones in Andhra Pradesh have been identified for Green Hydrogen export hubs and the status of feasibility studies or proposals and if so, the details thereof; and (e) the details of international collaborations, technology transfers or investments linked to the mission including those proposed or underway in Andhra Pradesh? THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK): (a) to (c) The details of projects under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) are given below. (i) Under the incentive scheme for Green Hydrogen production (Mode-1), 03.12.2025 815 companies have been awarded a Green Hydrogen capacity of 8,62,000 tonnes per annum; details of which is given in the enclosed Statement-I. (ii) Under the incentive scheme for Electrolyser Manufacturing, companies have been awarded Electrolyser manufacturing capacity of total 3000 MW per annum; details of which is given in the enclosed Statement -II. (iii) Under the incentive scheme for procurement of Green Hydrogen for refineries (Mode 2B), companies have been awarded a capacity of total 20,000 tonnes per annum; details of which is given in the enclosed Statement -III. (iv) The details of the pilot projects for the use of Green Hydrogen in the steel, shipping, and transport sectors, along with the projects under the Testing and R&D schemes are provided in the enclosed Statement -IV. (v) The details of the funds allocated, sanctioned, released/utilized under the NGHM are provided in the enclosed Statement -V. (d) (i) Government of Andhra Pradesh has issued an order for establishing the State as green hydrogen hub. (ii) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has endorsed the proposal by NTPC Green Energy Limited for setting up of the Green Hydrogen Hub at Pudimadaka, Andhra Pradesh. (e) (i) M/s AM Green partnered with M/s John Cockerill for developing an electrolyser manufacturing plant in Kakinada. (ii) M/s Juno Joule Green Energy Pvt. Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with M/s Select Energy GmbH to co-develop Green Hydrogen and Ammonia facility in Andhra Pradesh. 03.12.2025 816 (ii) M/s Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS has entered into a technology licensing agreement with M/s Reliance Industries Limited. (iii) M/s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has entered into an Electrolyzer Manufacturing Agreement with M/s McPhy Energy. (iv) M/s Thermax partners with M/s Ceres Power Limited for Green Hydrogen Production with Large – Scale Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (SOEC) Manufacturing in India. STATEMENT-I Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Green Hydrogen Production (Mode 1 Tranche I) S. No. Company Allocated capacity (tonnes per annum) Investment commitments Tentative Location Commissioning Timelines 1 CESC Projects Limited 10500 Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer Odisha February 2027 2 UPL Limited 10000 Gujarat February 2027 3 Reliance Industry Limited 90000 Gujarat February 2027 4 Welspun Sabarmati GH2 Private Limited 20000 Gujarat February 2027 5 HHP Two Pvt Ltd 75000 Odisha February 2027 6 Torrent Power Ltd 18000 Not finalised February 2027 7 Acme Cleantech Solutions Pvt 90000 Odisha February 2027 03.12.2025 817 Ltd 8 Greenko ZeroC Pvt Ltd 90000 Andhra Pradesh February 2027 9 JSW Neo Energy Limited [SPV: JSW Renewable Energy - (Vijaynagar) 6500 Karnataka February 2027 10 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 2000 Madhya Pradesh and Kerala February 2027 Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Green Hydrogen Production (Mode 1 Tranche II) S. No. Company Allocated capacity (tonnes per annum) Investment commitments Tentative Location Commissioning Timelines 1 AM Green Ammonia (India) Private Limited 90000 Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer Not finalised February 2028 2 GH2 Solar Limited 10500 Not finalised February 2028 3 Green Infra Renewable Energy Farms Private Limited 90000 Tamil Nadu February 2028 4 L&T Energy Green Tech Limited 90000 Gujarat February 2028 5 Oriana Power 10000 Uttar February 2028 03.12.2025 818 Limited Pradesh 6 Reliance Industry Limited 49000 Gujarat February 2028 7 Suryadeep KA1 Project Private Limited 19000 Not finalised February 2028 8 Matrix Gas & Renewables Limited 1500 Not finalised February 2028 9 Waaree Clean Energy Solutions Pvt Limited 90000 Not finalised February 2028 STATEMENT-II Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Electrolyser Manufacturing (Tranche I) S. No. Company Allocated capacity (MW per annum) Investment commitments Tentative Location Commissioning Timelines 1 Reliance Industries Limited 300 Not made available by the Electrolyser Manufacturer Gujarat August 2026 2 Ohmium Operations Private Limited 137 Karnataka August 2026 3 John Cockerill Greenko Hydrogen Solutions Private Limited 300 Andhra Pradesh August 2026 4 Advait GreenEnergy Private Limited 100 Gujarat August 2026 5 Adani New Industries Limited 198.5 Gujarat August 2026 03.12.2025 819 6 L&T Electrolysers Limited 300 Gujarat August 2026 7 Matrix Gas and Renewables Limited 63 Gujarat August 2026 8 Homihydrogen Private Limited 101.5 Maharashtra August 2026 Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Electrolyser Manufacturing (Tranche II) S. No. Company Allocated capacity (MW per annum) Investment commitments Tentative Location Commissioning Timelines 1 Adani New Industries Limited 101.5 Not made available by the Electrolyser Manufacturer Gujarat March 2027 2 Advait GreenEnergy Private Limited 200 Gujarat March 2027 3 Avaada Electrolyser Private Limited 49.5 Not finalised March 2027 4 Eastern Electrolyser Limited 30 Uttar Pradesh March 2027 5 Greenovate Hydrogen Private Limited 105 Madhya Pradesh March 2027 6 Matrix Gas and Renewables Limited 237 Gujarat March 2027 7 Newage Green Electro Private Limited (SPV- Newage 300 Not finalised March 2027 03.12.2025 820 Electrogen One Private Limited) 8 Newtrace Private Limited 30 Karnataka March 2027 9 Ohmium Operations Private Limited 137 Karnataka March 2027 10 Suryaashish KA1 Solar Park Private Limited 10 Gujarat March 2027 11 Waaree Clean Energies Solution private Ltd 300 Gujarat March 2027 STATEMENT-III Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Green Hydrogen Production for refinery sector (Mode 2B) S. No. Company Allocated capacity (tonnes per annum) Investment commitments Tentative Location Commissioning Timelines 1 L&T Energy Greentech Ltd (LTEG) 10000 Not made available by the Green Hydrogen Producer Panipat, Haryana December 2027 2 Ocior Energy 5000 Visakh refinery, Visakhapatnam March 2028 3 Ocior Energy 5000 Bina Refinery, Madhya Pradesh April 2028 03.12.2025 821 STATEMENT-IV Details of projects/pilot projects sanctioned, approved or operational under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) S. No. Project Location Implementing Agency 1 Use of hydrogen in existing Blast Furnace to reduce coal/coke consumption Use of hydrogen in existing Blast Furnace to reduce coal/coke consumption Bokaro, Jharkhand Steel Authority of India Ltd Vijayanagar, Karnataka JSW Steel Limited 2 Injection of Hydrogen in vertical shaft based DRI making to partially substitute the NG/ other reducing gas & raise its proportion in a gradual manner with an objective to use the maximum hydrogen Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India Limited Hazira, Gujarat JSW Steel Limited Vijayanagar, Karnataka Jindal Steel & Power Limited Angul, Odisha 3 Pilot Projects Awarded in Transport Sector Routes: 1. Greater Noida - Delhi – Agra 2. Bhubaneshwar - Konark – Puri Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. NTPC campus in Greater Noida 2. Bhubaneswar NTPC (with buses manufactured by Ashok Leyland) Routes: 1. Ahmedabad - Vadodara - Surat 2. Sahibabad - Faridabad - Delhi 3. Pune - Mumbai Tata Motors + IOCL 03.12.2025 822 4. Jamshedpur - Kalinga Nagar Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Balasore 2. Mumbai Highway Routes: 1. Thiruvananthapuram - Kochi, 2. Kochi – Edappally Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Trivandrum 2. Kochi ANERT + BPCL Routes: 1. Jamnagar – Ahmedabad Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Near Rajkot 2. Near Vadodara RIL + AL Routes: 1. NH – 16 Vasakhapatnam – Bayyavaram Hydrogen refuelling station system location: 1. Bayyavaram, Anakapalli HPCL – Volvo 4 Pilot Bunkering and refuelling facility for Green Hydrogen or its derivative on a pilot basis at V.O. Chidambaranar Port V.O. Chidambaranar Port (Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu) V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority 5 Project under Testing Scheme: H2 Gas Purity Testing Kapurthala, Punjab SSS NIBE 6 Project under Testing Scheme: Electrolyser Stack, H2 dispensers, Gandhinagar, Gujarat GERMI 03.12.2025 823 Fuel Cell, Storage cylinder and piping; valves 7 Project under Testing Scheme: Fuel Cell Hyderabad, Telangana BHEL 8 Project under Testing Scheme: H2 ICE (Type approval Testing), FCEV and Materials Pune, Maharashtra ARAI 9 Project under Testing Scheme: Material for H2 storage and transportation Jamshedpur, Jharkhand NML (Jamshedpur) 10 JHV Innovation Foundation Jodhpur, Rajasthan IIT Jodhpur 11 Odisha Hydrogen Valley Foundation Bhubaneshwar, Odisha IIT Bhubaneshwar 12 Pune Hydrogen Valley Foundation Pune, Maharashtra CSIR – NCL Pune 13 Kerala HVIC Foundation Kochi, Kerala ANERT 14 Development and Demonstration of Direct Injection Hydrogen Fuelled Internal Combustion Engines (H2ICE) for Heavy Duty Commercial Pune, Maharashtra Automotive Research Association of India 15 Development of retrofitted kit for H2ICE Application Gurugram, Haryana Shigan Nexgen Technologies Private Limited (promoted by IOCL) 16 Development and Demonstration of Hydrogen fueled Internal Combustion Engine for Agricultural tractor Chennai, Tamil Nadu Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd 17 Prototype Development Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh IIT Kanpur 03.12.2025 824 of a Highly Efficient Compression Ignition Hydrogen Engine for the Agriculture Sector Using a Novel High-Pressure Direct Injection (HPDI) Strategy 18 Development of hydrogen-powered high- power density fuel cell drone for oil & gas applications (TRL -3/4) Gurugram, Haryana Hypace Solutions Private Limited, Gurugram 19 Development of Fuel cell powered high endurance UAVs for niche strategic and societal applications Bengaluru, Karnataka Magic Myna Private Limited, Bengaluru 20 Green Hydrogen Generation via Direct seawater electrolysis: A systematic bottom-up approch using selective electrocatalyst and electrochemical cell designs Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 21 A Supramolecular Approach to Improve the Stability and Efficiency of Alkaline Electrolyzer Membranes Chennai, Tamil Nadu SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai 22 Integrated Heat Management for Energy-Efficient Membrane-Based Direct Seawater Desalination Enabling Green Hydrogen Production Pune, Maharashtra CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 23 Development of High- Gujarat GFCL Solar and Green 03.12.2025 825 Performance PEM Membranes for application in Electrolyzer and Fuel Cell Hydrogen Products Limited, Gujarat 24 Clean Hydrogen: Enhancing Biohydrogen Purity through Advanced Adsorption Purification Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 25 Synergistic Biohythane Production: Integrating Biohydrogen and Biomethane Bioprocesses Pune, Maharashtra Texol Energy Private Limited 26 Technology Demonstration Plant for the Production of 0.5 TPD Green Hydrogen from Pyrolysis + Gasification of Coconut Shell and Cashew Nutshell Goa Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai 27 Biomass to Green Hydrogen: Development of 100 kg/day H2 production via oxy- steam-CO2 gasification integrated with catalytic CO conversion and continuous H2 separation using a mixed matrix hollow fibre membrane system Pilani, Rajasthan Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani 28 Pilot plant demonstration of Hydrogen production from agricultural waste Ropar, Punjab Indian Institute of Technology Ropar 03.12.2025 826 through integrated pyrolysis and catalytic steam reforming process 29 AI based smart sensors for rapid and real time detection of ppm level H2 leaks in hydrogen storage and distribution structures Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Indian Institute of Science Education and Research 30 Securing the Future: AI- Driven Insights into Global Hydrogen Incidents for Enhanced Safety and Risk Management Patiala, Punjab Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology 31 Spontaneous Combustion Behaviour of Pressurized Hydrogen Leaks Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh IIT BHU 32 Application of Causal Analysis and Machine Learning for Risk Severity Prediction in Hydrogen Facilities Gurugram, Haryana Engineers India Limited 33 Electronic Hydrogen Leak Detector based on MEMS Integrated 1-D Nanofibers and Nanotubes of Semiconductor Oxides Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala CSIR - NIIST 34 CFD Modelling in Flacs- Hydrogen software for Hydrogen Safety and Risk Assessment Gurugram, Haryana Shriram Institute for Industrial Research 35 Hydrogen Explosions- Developing Phenomenological Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and Hyderabad, Telangana IIT BHU+ IIT Hyderabad 03.12.2025 827 Models from Fundamental Experiments STATEMENT-V Funds allocated, sanctioned, released, and utilised under the Mission S. No. Mission Component Funds allocated (INR crore) Funds sanctioned (INR crore) Funds released/utilised (INR crore) 1 Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Programme (SIGHT) – Incentive for electrolyser manufacturing 4440 4440 - 2 SIGHT – Incentive for green hydrogen production 13050 5533.98 - 3 Pilot -steel 455 131.38 26.276 4 Pilot – shipping 115 35 7 5 Pilot – Road Transport 496 207.91 41.582 6 HVIC and hubs 200 169.89 67.96 7 Research & Development 400 114.98 28.69 8 Testing and Infrastructure 200 113.72 22.745 9 New and Innovative Technology 200 - - 10 Skill Development 35 0.55 0.44 11 Advertisement and Publicity 70 15.84 15.84 12 Programme Management 83 4.28 4.28 03.12.2025 828 रॉबट्ªसगंज म¤ मोबाइल टावर 670. ®ी छोटेलाल: ³या संचार मंýी यह बताने कì कृपा कर¤गे िकः (क) ³या सरकार को जानकारी है िक रॉबट्ªसगंज लोक सभा िनवाªचन ±ेý कì दजªनŌ úाम पंचायत¤ मोबाइल टावरŌ से वंिचत ह§ और यिद हॉं, तो तÂसंबंधी Êयौरा ³या है; और (ख) रॉबट्ªसगंज लोक सभा िनवाªचन ±ेý म¤ संचार सेवा कब तक पूरी तरह चालू होने कì संभावना है? úामीण िवकास मंýालय म¤ राºय मंýी; तथा संचार मंýालय म¤ राºय मंýी (डॉ. चंþ शेखर पेÌमासानी): (क) और (ख) अ³टूबर 2025 तक, रॉबट्ªसगंज लोक सभा िनवाªचन ±ेý के 2,051 गांवŌ म¤ से 2,042 गांव मोबाइल कनेि³टिवटी से कवर ह§। सेवा से वंिचत िकसी भी आबादी वाले गांव के िलए दूरसंचार सेवा ÿदाताओं (टीएसपी) Ĭारा तकनीकì-Óयावसाियक Óयवहायªता के आधार पर मोबाइल कवरेज ÿदान कì जाती ह§। सरकार, रॉबट्ªसगंज लोकसभा िनवाªचन ±ेý सिहत úामीण और दूर-दराज के इलाकŌ म¤ 4जी मोबाइल टावरŌ के िवÖतार के िलए िडिजटल भारत िनिध के तहत 4जी सैचुरेशन पåरयोजना समेत कई Öकìम¤ भी कायाªिÆवत कर रही है। िदनांक 31.10.2025 तक, इन ÖकìमŌ के तहत रॉबट्ªसगंज लोक सभा िनवाªचन ±ेý म¤ 114 बेस ůांसीवर Öटेशन (बीटीएस) चालू िकए जा चुके ह§, जो 141 गांवŌ को मोबाइल कवरेज ÿदान कर रहे ह§। ESTABLISHMENT OF GATI SHAKTI CARGO TERMINALS (GCTs) 671. SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) the number of Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals (GCTs) sanctioned and 03.12.2025 829 established under the GCT policy since its inception; (b) the details of private investment mobilised for the development of railway cargo terminals under the GCT Policy during the last three years, Year-wise; and (c) whether the Government observed any increase in railway freight revenue following the implementation of the GCT Policy and if so, the details thereof? THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS; MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW): (a) to (c) Following the introduction of the Gati Shakti Multi-Modal CargoTerminal (GCT) policy in 2021, Indian Railways has approved proposals for 306 GCTs. Of these, 118 GCTs have already been commissioned. The private investment mobilised on this account since inception of GCT policy is aroundRs.8,600 crore. The year-wise details of the freight revenue for traffic handled at GCTs during the last 3 financial years, is as under - Financial year Freight Revenue 2022-23 2,901.86 Cr. 2023-24 7,712.36 Cr. 2024-25 12,608.05 Cr. GCTs bring more cargo to railways. This also helps the economy by reducing logistics cost. Moreover, more cargo by railways means less emissions. रेलवे ÖटेशनŌ के नवीनीकरण के िलए िनधाªåरत िनिध 672. ®ी हरीभाई पटेल: 03.12.2025 830 ³या रेल मंýी यह बताने कì कृपा कर¤गे िक: (क) रेलवे ÖटेशनŌ के नवीनीकरण हेतु सरकार Ĭारा वषª 2025-26 के िलए राºय-वार कुल िकतनी धनरािश िनधाªåरत कì गई है; (ख) मौजूदा रेलवे ÖटेशनŌ के नवीनीकरण जैसे Öटेशन िवÖतार, Èलेटफामª िवÖतार और रेलवे िटकट आर±ण क¤þŌ के िवÖतार कì राºय-वार वतªमान िÖथित ³या है; और (ग) मौजूदा रेलवे लाइनŌ पर रेलवे ओवरिāज और अंडरपास के िनमाªण कायª कì राºय-वार वतªमान िÖथित ³या है? रेल मंýी; सूचना और ÿसारण मंýी; तथा इले³ůॉिनकì और सूचना ÿौīोिगकì मंýी (®ी अिÔवनी वैÕणव): (क) से (ग) अमृत भारत Öटेशन योजना सिहत ÖटेशनŌ के िवकास/उÆनयन/आधुिनकìकरण का िव°पोषण सामाÆयतः योजना शीषª-53 'úाहक सुिवधाएँ' के अंतगªत िकया जाता है। योजना शीषª-53 के अंतगªत आबंटन और Óयय का Êयौरा ±ेýीय रेल-वार रखा जाता है, न िक कायª-वार, Öटेशन-वार या राºय-वार। िव° वषª 2025-26 के िलए योजना शीषª-53 के अंतगªत ₹12,118 करोड़ का िनिध आबंटन िकया गया है और अब तक (अ³टूबर 2025 तक) 7,253 करोड़ Łपये का Óयय उपगत िकया गया है। रेल मंýालय ने ÖटेशनŌ के पुनिवªकास के िलए दीघªकािलक ŀिĶकोण के साथ अमृत भारत Öटेशन योजना शुł कì है। इस योजना म¤ ÖटेशनŌ म¤ सुधार लाने के िलए माÖटर Èलान तैयार करना और इÆह¤ चरणबĦ łप म¤ कायाªिÆवत करना शािमल है। माÖटर Èलान म¤ िनÌनिलिखत शािमल है:-  Öटेशन पहòंच और पåरचलन ±ेý म¤ सुधार  शहर के दोनŌ ओर Öटेशन का एकìकरण  Öटेशन भवन म¤ सुधार  ÿती±ालय, शौचालय, बैठने कì ÓयवÖथा, वाटर बूथŌ म¤ सुधार 03.12.2025 831  याýी यातायात के अनुłप चौड़े पैदल पार पथ/एयर कॉÆकोसª का ÿावधान  िलÉट/एÖकेलेटर/र§प का ÿावधान  Èलेटफामª कì सतह म¤ सुधार/ÿावधान और Èलेटफामª पर कवर  'एक Öटेशन एक उÂपाद' जैसी योजनाओं के माÅयम से Öथानीय उÂपादŌ के िलए िकयोÖक का ÿावधान  पािक«ग ±ेý, मÐटीमॉडल एकìकरण  िदÓयांगजनŌ के िलए सुिवधाएं  बेहतर याýी सूचना ÿणाली  ÿÂयेक Öटेशन पर आवÔयकता को Åयान म¤ रखते हòए ए³जी³यूिटव लाउंज, Óयावसाियक बैठकŌ के िलए िनिदªĶ Öथान, ल§डÖकेिपंग आिद का ÿावधान इस योजना म¤ Öथायी और पयाªवरण अनुकूल समाधान, आवÔयकतानुसार, चरणबĦ तरीके से तथा Óयवहायªता के अनुसार िगĘी रिहत रेलपथ आिद का ÿावधान और दीघाªविध म¤ Öटेशन पर िसटी स¤टर का िनमाªण भी शािमल है। अब तक, अमृत भारत Öटेशन योजना के अंतगªत िवकास के िलए 1337 रेलवे ÖटेशनŌ को िचिĹत िकया गया है। देश भर म¤ अमृत भारत Öटेशन योजना के तहत रेलवे ÖटेशनŌ का िवकास संबंधी कायª अ¸छी गित म¤ शुł िकए गए ह§। अभी तक, 105 ÖटेशनŌ पर िनमाªण कायª पूरे हो चुके ह§। इन ÖटेशनŌ के नाम िनÌनानुसार ह§: अंिबकापुर, आमगांव, अयोÅया धाम, बागलकोट, बैजनाथ पपरोला, बलरामपुर, बरेली शहर, बेगमपेट, भानुÿतापपुर, िभलाई, िबजनौर, बूंदी, चंदा फोटª, िचदÌबरम, िचंचपोकली, िचरियनकìज़, कटक, डाकोर, डेरोल, देशनोक, देवलाली, धारवाड़, धुले, डŌगरगढ़, फतेहाबाद, फतेहपुर शेखावटी, गडग, गोगामेरी, गोकक रोड, गोला गोकरनाथ, गोमती नगर, गोवधªन, गोिवंद गढ़, गोिवंदपुरी, गोिवंदपुर रोड, हैबरगांव, हाथरस िसटी, हापा, ईदगाह आगरा जं., इºजतनगर, जाम जोधपुर, जाम वनथली, 03.12.2025 832 जोयचंदी पहाड़, कÐयाणी घोषपारा, कनालूस जं., करमसद, करीमनगर, कटनी दि±ण, केडगांव, कोसांबा जं., कुली°ुराई, लासलगांव, िलंबडी, लोनंद जं., माहे, महòवा, मैलानी, मंडल गढ़, मंडावरमहवा रोड, मंडी डबवाली, मÆनारगुडी, माटुंगा, मीठापुर, मोरबी, मुिनराबाद, मुितªजापुर जं³शन, नमªदापुरम (होशंगाबाद), नेताजी सुभाष चंþ बोस इतवारी जं³शन, ओखा, ओरछा, पालीताना, पानागढ़, परेल, पीरप§ती, पोखरायण, पोलूर, राजगढ़, राजमहल, राजुला जं³शन, रामघाट हॉÐट, सहारनपुर जं³शन, समिखयाली, सामलपĘी, शंकरपुर, सावदा, िसवनी, शहाद, शाजापुर, ®ीधाम, िसĦाथª नगर, सीहोर जं³शन, ®ीरंगम, स¤ट थॉमस माउंट, सुÐलुरपेटा, सुरैमनपुर, Öवामीनारायण छिपया, थावे, ितŁवÆनामलाई, उझानी, उरकुरा, उतरन, वडकारा, वडाला रोड, वृĦाचलम जं³शन, वारंगल। अÆय ÖटेशनŌ पर भी कायª अ¸छी गित से शुł िकए गए ह§ तथा कुछ ÖटेशनŌ कì ÿगित िनÌनानुसार है:  ितŁपित Öटेशन: दि±ण िदशा म¤ नए मु´य ÿवेश Öटेशन भवन और 2 अदद एयर कॉÆकोसª के संरचनाÂमक ढांचे का कायª पूरा हो चुका है। दि±ण िदशा कì ओर नए मु´य ÿवेश Öटेशन भवन और एयर कॉÆकोसª म¤ िफिनिशंग का कायª, उ°र िदशा के Öटेशन भवन का संरचनाÂमक कायª, Èलेटफामª शेÐटर संबंधी कायª, िलÉट, एÖकेलेटर आिद का कायª शुł कर िदया गया है।  नेÐलोर Öटेशन: पूवª और पिIJम दोनŌ िदशाओं म¤ Öटेशन भवनŌ के संरचनाÂमक ढांचे, ईंटŌ और ÈलÖतर का कायª और एयर कॉनकोसª का संरचनाÂमक कायª पूरा हो चुका है। पूवª और पिIJम दोनŌ िदशाओं म¤ Öटेशन भवन और एयर कॉनकोसª पाटª के िफिनिशंग कायª, अंडरपास का िवÖतार कायª, पानी कì टंिकयŌ, सीवेज ůीटम¤ट Èलांट के कायª शुł कर िदए गए ह§।  यशवंतपुर Öटेशन: पूवê िदशा के Öटेशन भवन के संरचनाÂमक कायª, पूवê िदशा के उप-Öटेशन के िसिवल कायª, पूवê िदशा पर एिलवेटेड सड़क और मÐटी-लेवल कार पािक«ग के कायª पूरे हो गए ह§। पूवê िदशा के Öटेशन भवन, पूवê िदशा पर एिलवेटेड सड़क और मÐटी-लेवल कार 03.12.2025 833 पािक«ग, सीवेज ůीटम¤ट संयंý का िफिनिशंग कायª, पिIJम िदशा के Öटेशन भवन और एयर कंकॉसª के संरचनाÂमक कायª शुł कर िदए गए ह§।  ब¤गलुŁ क§ट Öटेशन: दि±ण िदशा म¤ 24 मीटर चौड़े अंतåरत मागª, ÿिश±ण क¤þ, उ°र िदशा म¤ छाýावास, दि±ण िदशा के Öटेशन भवन के संरचनाÂमक कायª पूरे कर िलए गए ह§। दि±ण िदशा के Öटेशन भवन का िफिनिशंग कायª, उ°र िदशा के Öटेशन भवन का संरचनाÂमक कायª, पैदल पार पुल का कायª शुł िकया गया है।  रामेĵरम Öटेशन: पूवª/उ°र टिमªनल भवन, ÿÖथान ÿांगण, आगमन ÿांगण, आवासीय टॉवर, सब-Öटेशन भवन, जल िनÕकषªण संयंý और सीवेज ůीटम¤ट संयंý के संरचनाÂमक कायª पूरे हो चुके ह§। पूवª टिमªनल भवन के िचनाई संबंधी कायª, उ°र टिमªनल भवन, ÿÖथान ÿांगण, आगमन ÿांगण, आवासीय टॉवर के िफिनिशंग कायª, Èलेटफामª उÆनयन िजसम¤ Èलेटफामª शेÐटर शािमल है और मौजूदा ÿती±ा क± के नवीनीकरण के कायª शुł कर िदए गए ह§।  सफदरजंग Öटेशन: िसगनल भवन, Öटेशन भवन, ÈलिÌबंग और फायर फाइिटंग, पåरचालन भवन कì छत तक संरचनाÂमक कायª, एयर कॉÆसोसª कì Öथापना और पेडेÖटÐस के कायª पूरे हो चुके ह§। Öटेशन भवन म¤ इलेि³ůकल और लो वोÐटेज कायª, Èलेटफामª नवीनीकरण, पåरचालन भवन के िफिनिशंग कायª, ओवरहेड ट§क और एयर कॉÆसोसª के कायª शुł कर िदए गए ह§। इसके अितåरĉ, भारतीय रेल पर ÖटेशनŌ का िवकास/पुनिवªकास/उÆनयन/आधुिनकìकरण सतत् और िनरंतर चलने वाली ÿिøया है और इस संबंध म¤ कायŎ कì पारÖपåरक ÿाथिमकता और िनिध कì उपलÊधता के अÅयधीन, आवÔयकतानुसार कायª शुł िकए जाते ह§। ÖटेशनŌ के िवकास/पुनिवªकास/उÆनयन/आधुिनकìकरण कायŎ को Öवीकृित देने और िनÕपादन के समय िनचली कोिट के ÖटेशनŌ कì तुलना म¤ उ¸चतर कोिट के ÖटेशनŌ को ÿाथिमकता दी जाती है। रेलवे ÖटेशनŌ का िवकास/उÆनयन जिटल ÿकृित का होता है िजसम¤ यािýयŌ और रेलगािड़यŌ 03.12.2025 834 कì संर±ा शािमल होती है और इसके िलए दमकल िवभाग, धरोहर, पेड़Ō कì कटाई, िवमानप°न संबंधी Öवीकृित इÂयािद जैसी िविभÆन सांिविधक ÖवीकृितयŌ कì आवÔयकता होती है। इनकì ÿगित जनोपयोगी सेवाओं को Öथानांतåरत करना, (िजनम¤ जल/सीवेज लाइन, ऑिÈटकल फाइबर केबल, गैस पाइप लाइन, पावर/िसगनल केबल इÂयािद शािमल ह§) अितलंघन, याýी संचलन को बािधत िकए िबना रेलगािड़यŌ का पåरचालन, रेलपथ एवं उ¸च वोÐटेज िबजली लाइनŌ के नजदीक िकए जाने वाले कायŎ के कारण गित ÿितबंध आिद जैसी āाउन फìÐड संबंधी चुनौितयŌ के कारण भी ÿभािवत होती है और ये कारक कायª के समापन समय को ÿभािवत करते ह§। अत:, इस समय कोई समय- सीमा नहé बताई जा सकती है। ऊपरी/िनचले सड़क पुल संबंधी कायª रेलपथ पर ऊपरी/िनचले सड़क पुलŌ संबंधी कायŎ कì Öवीकृित और िनÕपादन एक सतत् और जारी रहने वाली ÿिøया है। रेलगाड़ी पåरचालन म¤ संर±ा और रेलगाड़ी कì गितशीलता और Óयवहायªता आिद पर उनके ÿभाव के आधार पर ऐसे कायŎ कì ÿाथिमकता िनधाªåरत करके उÆह¤ शुł िकया जाता है। 2004-14 कì तुलना म¤ 2014-25 (अ³टूबर 2025) कì अविध के दौरान भारतीय रेल पर िनिमªत ऊपरी/िनचले सड़क पुलŌ कì सं´या िनÌनानुसार है: अविध िनमाªण िकए गए ऊपरी/िनचले सड़क पुल (अदद म¤) 2004-14 4,148 अदद 2014-25 (अ³टूबर 2025) 13,653 अदद िदनांक 01.11.2025 कì िÖथित के अनुसार, भारतीय रेल पर ₹1,11,583 करोड़ कì लागत से 4,689 ऊपरी/िनचले सड़क पुल Öवीकृत िकए गए ह§, जो योजना और िनÕपादन के िविभÆन चरणŌ म¤ ह§। इसके अितåरĉ, रेलवे ने ऊपरी/िनचले सड़क पुल संबंधी कायŎ कì ÿगित म¤ तेजी लाने के 03.12.2025 835 िलए िनÌनिलिखत उपाय िकए ह§: (i) सुचाł िनÕपादन सुिनिIJत करने के िलए सामाÆय ÓयवÖथा आरेख को अंितम łप देने से पहले संबंिधत राºय सरकार/सड़क ÖवािमÂव ÿािधकरण के साथ संयुĉ सव¥±ण िकया जाता है। (ii) ऊपरी/िनचले सड़क पुल कायŎ से संबंिधत िविभÆन मुĥŌ के समाधान के िलए रेलवे और राºय सरकार के अिधकाåरयŌ कì आविधक बैठक¤ आयोिजत कì जाती ह§। (iii) िडजाइन अनुमोदन के दौरान िवलंब से बचने के िलए रेलवे के िहÖसे पर सड़क के फैलाव, ितरछापन और चौड़ाई के िविभÆन संयोजनŌ के िलए अिधरचना रेखािचýŌ का मानकìकरण िकया गया है। इसे एक सार-संúह के łप म¤ जारी िकया गया है, िजसे शीŅ िनयोजन के िलए रेल लाइनŌ पर ऊपरी सड़क पुल के िलए सीधे अपनाया जा सकता है। (iv) जहाँ तक संभव हो, रेलवे Ĭारा ऊपरी/िनचले सड़क पुल कायŎ को एकल इकाई के आधार पर िनÕपािदत करने कì योजना बनाई गई है। यिद कोई सड़क ÖवािमÂव ÿािधकरण/राºय सरकार चाहे, तो रेलवे उÆह¤ एकल िनकाय के आधार पर कायª िनÕपािदत करने कì अनुमित दे सकता है। BHANUPLI – BILASPUR – MANALI -LEH RAILWAY PROJECT 673. SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) the current status of the Bhanupli–Bilaspur–Manali–Leh railway line and Nangal-Una-Talwara Railway line along with details of works completed and under progress, Section-wise; (b) whether the timelines for completion have been revised and if so, the details and reasons therefor; 03.12.2025 836 (c) the details of the sanctioned cost, funds released, expenditure incurred so far and anticipated cost overruns, if any; (d) the details of the land acquisition position including total land required/land acquired along with the reasons for pendency; (e) whether statutory clearances such as environmental/forest/defence are pending and if so, the details thereof along with the timeline for their disposal; (f) whether any problems have arisen from the State Governments of Punjab and Himachal relating to land/compensation/alignment/ cooperation and if so, the details thereof along with steps taken by the Union Government to remediate them; and (g) the details of the major terrain/technical challenges being faced by the Railway along with measures proposed to address them? THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS; MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW): (a) to (g) Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri (63km) New Rail Line project has been sanctioned on cost sharing basis with the State Govt.. In this project, 82 Ha land out of total required 124.02 Ha land in Himachal Pradesh has been acquired. The work on available land has been taken up. So far, an expenditure of ₹5252 crore has been incurred on this Project. ₹1843 crore is outstanding with Government of Himachal Pradesh. Failure to make this contribution is adversely affecting the project. The progress of this project is also affected due to non fulfillment of commitments by State Govt. The support of State Govt is required to expedite 03.12.2025 837 the Project. The Government of India is geared up to execute projects, however success depends upon the support of Government of Himachal Pradesh. Bilaspur–Manali–Leh New is identified as strategic line by Ministry of Defence. Survey of Bilaspur-Manali-Leh new line project (489 km) has been completed and Detailed Project Report has been prepared. Anticipated cost of the project as per Detailed Project Report is ₹1,31,000 crore. Nangal Dam - Una - Andaura - Daulatpur Chowk (60 km) section of Nangal Dam - Talwara - Mukerian New line project has been completed and opened for traffic since January, 2019. Work of Daulatpur Chowk - Kartoli Punjab - Talwara (52 km) section falling fully/partly in State of Punjab have been taken up. An expenditure of Rs. 2568 crore has been incurred so far. Himachal Pradesh Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/ partly in the state of Himachal Pradesh is as under: Period Outlay 2009-14 ₹108 crore/year 2025-26 ₹ 2716 Cr. (More than 25 times) The details of commissioning / laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Himachal Pradesh during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under: Period New Track Commissioned Average Commissioning of new tracks 2009-14 - - 2014-25 16 km 1.5 km per year 03.12.2025 838 As on 01.04.2025, 03 New line of total length 214 km, costing ₹17622 crore, falling fully/partly in the state of Himachal Pradesh are in construction stage, out of which, 64 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹8280 crore has been incurred upto March, 2025. The status of work is summarized as under: Plan Head No. of projects Total Length (in Km) Length Commissioned (in Km) Expenditure upto March 2025 (₹in Cr) New Lines 3 214 64 8280 Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the State of Himachal Pradesh are as under: S. No. Project Cost (Rs. in Cr.) 1 Nangal Dam Daulat Pur Chowk New Line (61 Km) 672 Some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Himachal Pradesh which have been taken up are as under: SN. Project Cost (Rs. in Cr.) 1 Chandigarh-Baddi New Line (28 Km) 1540 2 Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri New Line(63 Km) 6753 Punjab Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Punjab is as under: 03.12.2025 839 Period Outlay 2009-14 ₹225 crore/year 2025-26 ₹ 5,421 Cr. (More than 24 times) As on 01.04.2025, 09 projects (04 new line and 05 doubling) of total length 714 Km, costing Rs.21,926 crore, falling fully/partly in the State of Punjab are in different stages of planning/sanctioning/execution, out of which 115 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs.8,079 crore has been incurred upto March’ 2025. The summary is as under: Category No. of projects Total Length Length Commissioned Expenditure upto March 2025 (Rs.in Crore) New line 04 252 Km 64 Km 7359 Doubling /multitracking 05 462 Km 51 Km 720 Total 09 714 Km 115 Km 8,079 Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the State of Punjab are as under: S. No. Project Cost (Rs. in Cr.) 1 Chakki Bank-Bharoli Doubling (3 Km) 15 2 Jakhal- Mansa Doubling (45 Km) 163 3 Mirthal-Bhangala Beas River Doubling (2.5 Km) 74.17 4 Ambala-Dhapper-chandigarh Doubling (45 Km) 338.54 5 Mansa – Bhatinda Doubling (49 Km) 216 6 Amritsar to Chheharta Doubling (7 Km) 30.91 7 Jallandhar-Pathankot-Jammu Tawi Doubling (209 km) 850 8 Kathua-Madhopur Punjab - doubling across Ravi Bridge(2.5 Km) 257.16 9 Rajpura-Bhatinda Doubling (173 Km) 2458.99 03.12.2025 840 Some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Punjab which have been taken up are as under: SN. Project Cost (Rs. in Cr.) 1 Nangal Dam-Talwara & Taking over siding of Mukerian-Talwara New line (143 Km) 2018 2 Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri New Line(63 Km) 6753 3 Qadian-Beas New Line(40 km) 842 4 Ferozpur-Patti New Line (26 Km) 300 5 Rama Mandi( Raman)-Maur Mandi(Maur) via Talwandi Sabo ( 29 km) New Line 154 6 Ludhiana-Kila Raipur doubling (19 Km) 238 7 Ludhiana-Mullanpur doubling (21 Km) 235 8 Rajpura-Mohali New Line (18 km) 443 Government of India is geared up to execute projects, however success depends upon the support of Government of Punjab. For instance, details of some major projects which are delayed due to land acquisition are as under: - SN Name of the project Total land required (in Ha) Land acquired (in Ha) Balance Land to be acquired (in Ha) 1 Firozpur-Patti new line 166 0 166 2 Alal-Himmatana Chord line 20 0 20 3 Qadian-Beas New Line 151 0 151 4 Rama Mandi( Raman)- Talwandi Sabo New Line 85 0 85 Firozpur-Patti New line (26 km) situated fully in Punjab is an important project near the international border. Land for project was to be handed over free of cost for this project by State Govt. of Punjab. Total 166 Ha land is to be acquired in the districts of Firozpur and Tarn Taran. Award for entire land has 03.12.2025 841 been published in Mar’23. However, disbursement of award has not been done by state govt. considering delay in execution of this important border area project, Ministry of Railways has decided to take up Firozpur-Patti New line (26 km) through its own funding. Sanction of any railway project depend upon many parameters/factors which include the following:  Anticipated traffic projections and Remunerativeness of the proposed route  First and last mile connectivity provided by the project  Connection of missing links and providing additional route  Augmentation of congested/saturated lines  Demands raised by State Governments/Central Ministries/Public representatives,  Railway’s own operational requirements  Socio-economic considerations  Overall availability of funds Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:  Land acquisition by State Government  Forest clearance  Shifting of infringing utilities  Statutory clearances from various authorities 03.12.2025 842  Geological and topographical conditions of area  Law and order situation in the area of project site  Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc. All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s. 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