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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4250
TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026
FUND ALLOCATION FOR RAILWAY PROJECTS (GWALIOR)
†4250. SHRI BHARAT SINGH KUSHWAH:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of funds allocated for various Central schemes or railway
development works in the Gwalior, Lok Sabha Constituency under the
Ministry of Railways from the year 2022-23 till date, year-wise and
scheme-wise;
(b) the details of the actual expenditure incurred out of the allocated funds
during the said period, year and scheme-wise;
(c) the details of the reasons for the slow physical/actual financial progress
of the projects as compared to the funds allocated under the
aforementioned schemes; and
(d) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure optimum and time-
bound utilisation of the funds?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (d): To improve the connectivity in Gwalior, following projects have
been taken up:
(i) Gwalior-Sheopurkalan Gauge Conversion (188 Km): This project is
sanctioned at a cost of ₹2912 Cr. An expenditure of ₹2594 Cr has
been incurred upto March-2025 and an outlay of ₹375 crore has been
given for the year 2025-26. Land Acquisition has been completed for
the entire project. Section wise progress is as under:
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(A) Birlanagar – Birpur (117 km) – Section commissioned.
(B) Birpur – Sheopur Kalan (70 km):
Activity Status
Major Bridges All 21 have been Completed
ROBs 15 out of 22 have been completed and work has
been taken up in balance.
RUBs 39 out of 50 have been completed and work has
been taken up in balance.
Station Building All 8 have been Completed
(ii) Jhansi – Gwalior – Mathura 3rd line (274 Km):
This project is sanctioned at cost of the project is ₹ 5924 Cr. An
expenditure of ₹5468 Cr has been incurred upto March-2025 and an outlay
of ₹511 crore has been given for the year 2025-26. Entire project has been
commissioned except for Agra bypass between Bhandai – Kitham (27 km).
Work has been taken up in this section.
Bhandai – Kitham (27 km) :
Activity Status
Land Acquisition Completed
Major Bridge 12 out of 18 have been completed and work has
been taken up in balance
Madhya Pradesh
Railway Budget:
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)
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Track Construction:
The details of constructing new track falling fully/partly in the State of
Madhya Pradesh during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:
New Track Average Commissioning of new
Period
Commissioned tracks
2009-14 145 Km 29 Km/year
2014-25 2651 Km 241 Km/year (More than 8 times)
Project Sanctioned:
As on 01.04.2025, 24 projects (08 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 14
Doubling), of total length of 4,740 Km, costing ₹89,542 crore falling
fully/partly in Madhya Pradesh are sanctioned. The summary is as under:
Category No. of Total Length Expenditure
projects Length Commissione (₹ in Cr)
(in Km) d (in Km)
New Lines 8 1914 544 15069
Gauge
2 809 430 6766
Conversion
Doubling /
14 2017 1118 19566
Multitracking
Total 24 4,740 2,093 41,401
Zone-wise/year-wise details of all Railway projects are made available in
public domain on Indian Railway’s website.
Recently completed projects:
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. Anuppur-Katni 3rd line (165 Km) 2311
2. Pendra Road-Anuppur 3rd line (50 Km) 394
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3. Khodri-Anuppur Doubling with flyover at Bilaspur 792
(72 Km)
4. Bhopal-Bina 3rd line (145 km) 1075
5. Bina-Kota Doubling (283 km) 2477
6. Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion including 2005
Balaghat-Katangi (300 Km)
7. Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km) 1512
8. Chhindwara-Mandla Fort Gauge Conversion 1268
(182 Km)
9. Ghat Pindari-Balkheda Doubling (6 Km) 29
10. Guna-Ruthiyai Doubling (20 Km) 175
11. Jukhei Chord line, Bye Passing the Katni Yard 12
(2 Km)
12. Sontalai-Bagratawa Doubling (7 Km) 110
13. Itarsi-Budhni 3rd line (25 Km) 286
14. Teegaon-Chichonda Ghat Section 3rd line 176
(17 Km)
15. Barkhera-Bhopal 3rd line (41 km) 473
16. Nagda-Ujjain Doubling of Gambhir Bridge (2 Km) 28
17. Nimach-Chittaurgarh Doubling (56 Km) 560
18. Budhni-Barkhera 3rd line (27 Km) 1703
19. Indore-Dewas-Ujjain Doubling (79 Km) 757
20. Powerkheda-Jujharpur Rail flyover (16 Km) 443
21. Guna- Etawah New Line (348 Km) 683
22. Ramna-Singrauli doubling (160 Km) 2436
23. Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling(32 Km) 763
24. Malkhedi-Mahadeokhedi Doubling (12 Km) 59
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Ongoing projects:
Some of the 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. Shahdol-Singhpur 4th Line (6 Km)
54
2. Katni- Grade separator / Bypass (35 Km)
2300
3. Katni- Singrauli Doubling (257 Km)
4377
4. Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli & Mahoba-
8914
Khajuraho New Line (541 Km)
5. Ramganjmandi-Bhopal New Line (277 Km)
5073
6. Indore-Budni New Line (198 Km)
7474
7. Nimach-Badi Sadri New Line (48 Km)
495
8. Itarsi- Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km)
2450
9. Jhansi-Bina 3rd line (153 Km) 2002
10. Jhansi-Khairar-Manikpur & Khirar-Bhimsen 4330
Doubling (431 Km)
11. Katni - Bina 3rd line (260 Km)
3138
12. Satna-Rewa Doubling (50 Km)
590
13. Ruthiyai Bye Pass line (3 Km)
54
14. Guna Bye Pass line (2 Km)
179
15. Ujjain Fly Over (2 Km)
100
16. Manmad - Indore New Line (360 Km)
18529
17. Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km)
3285
18. Dahod-Indore New Line (205 Km)
9746
19. Nimach-Ratlam Doubling (133 Km)
1096
20. Chhota Udepur-Dhar New Line (147 Km)
1794
21. Ratlam-Nagda 3rd and 4th line (41 Km)
964
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22. Vadodara-Ratlam 3rd and 4th line (259 Km)
8387
23. Ratlam-Khandwa Gauge Conversion (299 Km)
7265
24. Bina-Itarsi 4th Line (237 km)
4329
25. Itarsi-Nagpur 4th Line (297 Km)
5010
In last three years, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and current financial year
2025-26, 62 surveys (18 New Line & 44 Doubling) covering a total length of
5,933 Km has been sanctioned falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya
Pradesh.
Sanction of any railway project depends 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
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Statutory clearances from various authorities
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.
ROBs/RUBs :
Sanctioning of works of ROB/ RUB in lieu of Level crossings (LCs) is a
continuous and dynamic process of Indian Railway. Such works are
prioritised and taken up on the basis of its impact on safety in train
operations, mobility of trains & impact for road users and feasibility etc.
No. of ROBs/ RUBs constructed on Indian Railways during the period
2004-14 vis a vis 2014-26 (Upto Jan’26) is as under:
Period ROBs/ RUBs constructed
2004-14 4,148 Nos.
2014-25 (Upto 14,024 Nos. (including 1,299 Nos. in the State of
Jan’26) Madhya Pradesh)
As on 01.02.2026, 4,802 Nos. ROBs/ RUBs are sanctioned at cost of
₹ 1,14,196 Cr on Indian Railways including 305 Nos. Road Over Bridge
(ROB)/Road Under Bridge(RUB) are sanctioned at cost of ₹7,706 Cr in
Madhya Pradesh which are at various stages of planning and execution.
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.
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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.
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.
Amrit Bharat Stations:
Ministry of Railways has launched Amrit Bharat Station Scheme for
redevelopment of stations with a long-term approach.
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
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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, 1,338 stations have been identified for development under Amrit
Bharat Station Scheme. Out of these, 80 stations including Gwalior and
Dabra stations of Gwalior Lok Sabha Constituency, are located in Madhya
Pradesh. The names of stations identified for development under Amrit
Bharat Station Scheme in Madhya Pradesh are as following:
State No. of Stations Names of Stations
Madhya 80 Akodia, Amla, Anuppur, Ashoknagar, Balaghat,
Pradesh Banapura, Bargawan, Beohari, Berchha, Betul,
Bhind, Bhopal, Bijuri, Bina, Biyavra Rajgarh,
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State No. of Stations Names of Stations
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
Completed stations:
Development works at railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station
Scheme in Madhya Pradesh have been taken up at a good pace. Till now,
works of 15 stations have been completed. The name of stations
completed in Madhya Pradesh are as following:
State No. of stations Name of stations
Madhya 15
Beohari, Bhind, Chhindwara, Harpalpur, Junnor
Pradesh Deo, Katni South, MCS Chhatarpur, Nainpur Jn,
Narmadapuram, Orchha, Sanchi, Seoni,
Shajapur, Shridham, Vidisha
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The activities for development at other stations have also been taken up at
good pace and progress of some of the stations is as given below:
Gwalior station: The structural works of arrival and departure buildings
at West side, concourse, mezzanine, air concourse and Foot Over Bridge
at Jhansi end have been completed. The block work of arrival and
departure building at East side, arrival passage, platform refurbishment,
air concourse, central roof and Foot Over Bridge at Agra end have been
taken up.
Dabra Station: The works of improvement of station building, porch,
platform shelter, circulating area and approach road, have been
completed. The work of 12 m Foot Over Bridge has been taken up.
Bhind station: The works of improvement of station building, platform
surfacing, platform shelter, improvement of toilet, circulating area,
approach road, main entrance gate, Divyangjan facilities and 12 m Foot
Over Bridge have been completed. The work of lift has been taken up.
Saugor station: The works of improvement of station building, new entry
and exit porches, platform raising and surfacing of platform no. 1,
improvement of waiting hall, new toilet block and Divyangjan facilities
have been completed. The works of circulating area, parking and 12 m
Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
Datia station: The works of improvement of station building, platform
surface, circulating area and approach road at second entry, main
entrance gate and Divyangjan facilities have been completed. The
works of lift and 12 m Foot Over Bridge have been taken up.
Further, development / redevelopment / upgradation / modernisation 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
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priority and availability of funds. Development /redevelopment / upgradation
/modernisation of a station is carried out based on category of
station/condition/traffic handled etc.
Development / Upgradation / Modernization of stations including Amrit
Bharat Station Scheme are 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. Madhya Pradesh is covered under the jurisdiction of seven
railway zones, namely Central Railway, East Central Railway, North Central
Railway, South Central Railway, South East Central Railway, West Central
Railway and Western Railway. For these zones, an allocation of ₹ 17,529
crore has been made for the last three year and current year 2025–26, out
of which an expenditure of ₹ 16,189 crore (up to February, 2026) has been
incurred so far.
Development / Upgradation of stations is complex in nature involving safety
of passengers & trains and requires various statutory clearances such as
fire clearance, heritage, tree cutting, airport clearance etc. The progress
also gets affected due to brownfield related challenges such as shifting of
utilities (involving water/sewage lines, optical fibre 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.
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