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Railways Minister Speech- Upon completion of Peddapally - Karimnagar New Line, two pairs of passenger services have just been introduced from 14th February, 2001.
- Following services will be introduced on the recently completed
Gandhidham-Bhuj Gauge Conversion.
- Extension of Mumbai-Gandhidham Kutch Express to Bhuj.
- Extension of Bareilly - Gandhidham Bi-weekly Express to Bhuj.
- Extension of Pune-Gandhidham Weekly express to Bhuj.
- Two pairs of passenger services.
- On the recently restored metre-gauge line between New Mal Junction and Changrabandha, one pair passenger service will be introduced between Siliguri and Changrabandha via New Mal junction.
- One pair of passenger service will be introduced between Eklakhi and Gazol and extended upto Balurghat upon completion of the new line.
- An express train from Howrah to Digha will be introduced on completion of the new line. In the interim period a DMU service will be run on the 16 kilometre completed portion between Tamluk and Bajkul.
- Two pairs of broad gauge service will be introduced upon completion of gauge conversion of Pandharpur-Kurduwadi section.
MEMU / EMU Service
- Kazipet-Dornakal-Vijayawada
- Purulia-Adra
- Bilaspur-Nagpur
- Kanpur-Shikohabad
- Bilaspur-Raigarh.
- Bally-Bandel (2 pairs)
DMU Service
- Kharagpur-Jaleshwar-Bhubaneshwar
- Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur
- Kotkapura-Fazilka
- Samastipur-Darbhanga
New Lines
Sir, The House is aware that Railways have a large shelf of new line projects costing about Rs. 20,000 cr, of Gauge Conversion projects costing about Rs.9,100 cr, and of Doubling projects amounting to Rs 3,300 cr which have been duly sanctioned by the Parliament over last five decades and are awaiting completion. After having seen the implementation for last one year, I have reached the conclusion that adding new projects to already sanctioned large shelf of on-going projects will only aggravate the problem. Therefore, I have taken this bold decision of not including any new line project in the next year's budget. I am afraid this may disappoint many of my Hon'ble colleagues here. But, Sir, in the long-term interests of Indian Railways I feel that this has become inescapable.
I further propose that ways and means must be found to expeditiously complete the on-going projects. Sir, that is why, I have decided to increase the investment in new line projects in the next year by as much as 45% in comparison to the revised estimates of the current year. This increase, amounting to Rs.312 cr, will not only facilitate general speeding up of new line implementation, but will also result in completion of the long-pending projects.
On-going new lines, which have either been completed recently or would be completed before March 2001 are:
- Puttaparthi-Penukonda section of Dharmavaram-Penukonda project
- Kashinagar-Kakdweep section of Lakshmikantapur-Namkhana project
- Kapadvanj-Modasa project.
- Eklakhi-Gazol section of Eklakhi-Balurghat project.
- Jaruri-Banspani section of Daitari-Banspani project.
- Bargachia-Munshirhat section of Howrah-Amta project
- Tamluk-Bajkul section of Tamluk-Digha line
- The new lines targeted to be completed in 2001-02 are:
- Gazol -Buniadpur of Eklakhi-Balurghat project
- Dharmavaram-Penukonda, completing the Dharmavaram-Penukonda project.
- Dewas-Maksi new line section.
- Bajkul to Digha of Tamluk-Digha project.
Gauge Conversion
The sections of which gauge conversion has either been completed or would be completed before March, 2001 are:
- Nonera-Seoni section of Guna-Etawah project
- Raxaul-Birganj section
- Gandhidham-Bhuj section
During the year 2001-02, Railways plan to complete the gauge conversion of the following sections:
- Seoni-Bhind
- Amguri-Tuli
- Makum-Dangri
- Laxmanthirtha bridge
- Gooty-Pendakallu
- Dhrangadara- Kuda
- Wankaner-Morbi
Doubling
During the current year about 200 km of doubling would be completed, while in the next financial year a target of 300 km has been proposed. Sir, keeping in view the critical need to augment line capacity in certain saturated sections, you will be happy to know that the following new doubling works are being included in the budget.
