Executive Summary:
The Minister of Railways addressed the Lok Sabha regarding the integration of railway projects using the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP), launched in October 2021. The plan aims to improve project planning and execution through inter-ministerial and state government collaboration. It focuses on faster clearances, enhanced logistics efficiency, and integrated planning.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP):**
* Launched in October 2021 to transform infrastructure project planning and execution in the transportation sector.
* Promotes synergy between railways, shipping, roadways, telecommunications, and pipelines through collaboration.
* Aims to expedite project clearances and planning.
* **Indian Railways' Adoption of Gati Shakti:**
* Incorporated Gati Shakti principles to expedite project appraisal, sanction, and execution.
* Utilizes the BISAGN-developed institutional mechanism for on-ground surveys and route alignment.
* Focuses on multimodal connectivity infrastructure for economic zones.
* Aims for integrated planning, enhanced logistics efficiency, first and last mile connectivity.
* **Projects Benefitted by PM Gati Shakti:**
* Taraga Hill - Abu Road New Line: Alignment finalized avoiding mines and reserved forests.
* Indore - Manmad New Line: Alignment decided for accessibility to onion-producing hubs, religious places, industrial clusters, and backward areas.
* Ajanta Caves Rail Connectivity: Alignment avoids Archeological Survey of India sites and reserve forests.
* Sardega - Bhalamunda New Double Line: Alignment avoids mining area and reaches the nearest railhead.
* **Project Sanctions and Status:**
* 892 surveys for new lines, gauge conversion, and doubling projects (61,462 km) sanctioned in the last three years and current FY.
* 237 projects (9,703 km), costing approximately ₹1,90,333 crore, sanctioned under PM Gati Shakti NMP in the last three years and current FY.
* As of 01.04.2025, 431 railway infrastructure projects (35,966 km), costing approximately ₹6.75 lakh crore are sanctioned, with 12,769 km commissioned and ₹2.91 lakh crore spent.
* **Madhya Pradesh Railway Projects:**
* 59 surveys (5,523 km) sanctioned under PM Gati Shakti NMP in the last three years and current FY.
* As of 01.04.2025, 24 railway projects (4,740 km), costing ₹89,543 crore are sanctioned, with 2,092 km commissioned and ₹41,401 crore spent.
* Budget allocation for infrastructure and safety works increased to ₹14,745 crore in 2025-26.
* Several recently completed and ongoing projects listed.
* **Maharashtra Railway Projects:**
* 94 surveys (7,979 km) sanctioned under PM Gati Shakti NMP in the last three years and current FY.
* As of 01.04.2025, 38 projects (5,098 km), costing ₹89,780 crore are sanctioned, with 2,360 km commissioned and ₹39,407 crore spent.
* Budget allocation for infrastructure and safety works increased to ₹23,778 crore in 2025-26.
* Several recently completed and ongoing projects listed.
* **Factors Affecting Project Completion:**
* Land acquisition, forest clearances, utility shifting, statutory clearances, geological conditions, law and order, and working months affect project timelines and costs.
* **Government Steps for Speedy Implementation:**
* Setting up Gati Shakti units.
* Prioritizing projects.
* Increasing fund allocation.
* Delegating powers at the field level.
* Monitoring progress closely.
* Following up with State Governments for land acquisition and clearances.
Impact Analysis:
* **Ministry of Railways:**
* Impact: Expected to align project planning and execution with PM Gati Shakti NMP principles for faster, more efficient project completion.
* Action Required: Implement Gati Shakti principles in all project phases, monitor progress, and coordinate with other ministries and state governments.
* **State Governments (Maharashtra & Madhya Pradesh):**
* Impact: Key role in facilitating land acquisition, clearances, and resolving project-related issues.
* Action Required: Expedite land acquisition, ensure timely clearances, and collaborate with the Ministry of Railways for smooth project execution.
* **Project Contractors & Implementing Agencies:**
* Impact: Required to adhere to the new project planning and execution framework, which emphasizes efficiency and collaboration.
* Action Required: Align project activities with the Gati Shakti NMP guidelines and coordinate with relevant stakeholders for timely project completion.
* **Citizens:**
* Impact: To benefit from improved infrastructure, enhanced connectivity, and economic development through faster project completion.
* Action Required: None.
Key Entities Referenced
Manmad Indore New Line: A railway project with a length of 309 Km that is under construction and falls partially in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan: A national plan launched in October 2021 to improve infrastructure project planning and execution in the transportation sector.
Indian Railways: The railway organization that is implementing projects under the PM Gati Shakti plan.
Maharashtra: A state in India where railway infrastructure projects are being implemented.
Madhya Pradesh: A state in India where railway infrastructure projects are being implemented.
BISAGN: An institutional mechanism that is developed for project planning and development of multimodal connectivity infrastructure.
Ashwini Vaishnaw: Minister of Railways, Information Broadcasting and Electronics Information Technology.
Guna Etawah New Line: A completed railway project with a length of 348 Km in Madhya Pradesh.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1727
TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2025
PM GATI SHAKTI FOR INTEGRATION OF RAILWAY PROJECTS
†1727. SMT. BHARTI PARDHI:
SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAVAN
RAJENIMBALKAR:
SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) the manner in which has the PM-Gati Shakti National Master
Plan has contributed significantly to the integration and speedy
completion of railway projects;
(b) the details of the measurable improvements observed in
project implementation timeline and cost efficiency since its
adoption;
(c) the details of the current number of pending railway projects
across the country and the primary bottlenecks hindering their
progress; and
(d) the details of the specific strategies being employed to address
these bottlenecks and the success achieved so far in this
regard, project-wise, particularly in Maharashtra and Madhya
Pradesh?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (d): The PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP) was
launched in October, 2021 to bring a transformative change in the
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approach towards planning and execution of infrastructural projects
pertaining to the transportation sector. The NMP, spanning across
the entire country has brought in synergy between the
infrastructural sectors such as railways, shipping, roadways,
telecommunications, pipelines, etc. through collaboration amongst
concerned Ministries/State Governments/Departments, speeding up
the clearances needed for the project completion as well as
planning at a faster pace.
Indian Railways has immediately imbibed the principles of Gati
Shakti in its project planning process, expediting appraisal,
sanction and execution of projects. On ground survey, route
alignment, deciding alternative route to avoid passing through
forest and wildlife areas, connectivity to ports, mines, collieries is
done through PM Gati Shakti Institutional mechanism developed by
BISAG-N. This has led to enhancement in the quality of preparation
of Detailed Project Report and reduction in project cost.
Now survey of all New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling
projects are taken up under PM Gati Shakti Institutional mechanism
developed by BISAG-N for the development of multimodal
connectivity infrastructure to various Economic Zones with an
objective to have integrated planning, enhanced logistics efficiency,
first and last mile connectivity, throughput enhancement and
remove gaps for seamless movement of people, goods/ commodities
i.e. agricultural products, fertilizers, coal, iron ore, steel, cement,
limestone etc.
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Some of the projects which have been have been benefitted
immensely from PM Gati Shakti Institutional mechanism are:-
(i) Taraga Hill- Abu Road via Ambaji New Line (117 km)-
Alignment has been finalized avoiding mines and reserved
forest;
(ii) Indore-Manmad New Line (309 km)- Alignment decided for
accessibility to Onion producing hubs, religious places,
industrial clusters, backward areas;
(iii) Ajanta Caves Rail connectivity from Jalna and Jalgaon (174
km)- Alignment avoiding Archeological Survey of India sites
and reserve forest;
(iv) Sardega- Bhalamunda New Double Dine (37 km) – Alignment
decided to avoid mining area and reaching nearest rail
head.
During last 3 years (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) and current FY, 892
no. Surveys (267 New line, 11 Gauge Conversion and 614 Doubling)
of total length 61,462 Km have been sanctioned across Indian
Railways and this has been done on PM Gati Shakti National Master
Plan.
During last three years i.e. FY 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the
current FY, 237 projects (40 New Line, 17 Gauge Conversion and
180 Doubling) of total length 9,703 Km, costing approx. 1,90,333
Crore have been sanctioned across Indian Railways under PM
Gatishakti NMP.
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Railway projects are sanctioned on the basis of remunerativeness,
traffic projections, last mile connectivity, 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.
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, 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:-
Total Length
Total Exp
No of Length Commissioned
Category upto Mar'25
Projects NL/GC/DL till Mar'25
( in Crore)
(km) (Km)
New Lines 154 16,142 3,036 1,45,318
Gauge
33 4,180 2,997 22,753
Conversion
Doubling /
Multitracki 244 15,644 6,736 1,22,858
ng
Total 431 35,966 12,769 2,90,929
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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 is given below:-
New track
Period Average commissioning of new tracks
Commissioned
2009-14 7,599 Km 4.2 Km/day
2014-25 34,428 Km 8.57 Km/day ( more than 2 times)
MADHYA PRADESH
Railway infrastructural Projects in the State of Madhya Pradesh are
covered by South East Central Railway, West Central Railway,
Central Railway, South Central Railway, East Central Railway, North
Central Railway and Western Railway.
Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects are made available in
public domain on Indian Railway’s website.
During the last three years i.e. FY 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the
current FY, 59 surveys (17 New Line and 42 Doubling) of total length
5,523 Km falling fully/partly in the state of Madhya Pradesh have
been sanctioned under PM Gati Shakti NMP.
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
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and an expenditure of ₹41,401 crore has been incurred upto March
2025. The summary is as under:-
Plan Head No. of Total Length Expenditure
projects Length Commissioned upto March
(in Km) (in Km) 2025
(₹ in Cr)
New Lines 8 1914 544 15069
Gauge
2 809 430 6766
Conversion
Doubling /
14 2017 1118 19566
Multitracking
Total 24 4,740 2,092 41,401
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:-
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)
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Details of some of the recently completed projects falling
fully/partly in Madhya Pradesh are as under:
Cost
S.No. Name of Project
(₹ in Crores)
1. Guna- Etawah New Line (348 Km) 683
2. Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km) 2005
Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150
3. 1512
Km)
Chhindwara-Mandla Fort Gauge Conversion
4. 1268
(182 Km)
5. Khodri – Anuppur Doubling (62 Km) 489
6. Itarsi-Budhni 3rd line (25 Km) 286
7. Bhopal-Bina 3rd line (145 km) 1075
8. Barkhera-Habibganj 3rd line (41 km) 473
9. Pendra Road-Anuppur 3rd line (50 Km) 394
10. Bina-Kota Doubling (283 km) 2477
11. Nimach-Chittaurgarh Doubling (56 Km) 560
Khodri-Anuppur Doubling with flyover at
12. 792
Bilaspur (72 Km)
13. Budhni-Barkhera 3rd line (27 Km) 1703
14. Indore-Ujjain Doubling (79 Km) 757
15. Anuppur-Katni 3rd line (165 Km) 2311
16. Ramna-Singrauli doubling (160 Km) 2436
17. Karaila Road- Shaktinagar Doubling(32 Km) 763
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Some of the main projects falling fully/partly in Madhya Pradesh
which have been taken up are as under:
S No Project Cost
(₹ in Crores)
1. Manmad-Indore New Line (309 Km)
(Excluding Dhule-Nardana (51 Km) – Sanctioned 16320
separately)
2. Ramganjmandi-Bhopal New Line (189 Km) 5073
3. Indore-Budni New Line (198 Km) 7474
4. Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli & Mahoba-
8914
Khajuraho New Line (541 Km)
5. Dahod-Indore New Line (205 Km) 4095
6. Chhota Udepur-Dhar New Line (147 Km) 1794
7. Nimach-Badi Sadri New Line (48 Km) 495
8. Gwalior-Sheopurkalan Gauge Conversion with
2913
extension to Kota (284 Km)
9.
Ratlam-Akola Gauge Conversion (525 Km) 6384
10. Itarsi- Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km) 2450
11. Jhansi-Bina 3rd line (153 Km) 2002
12. Mathura-Jhansi 3rd line (274 Km) 5924
13. Jhansi- Manikpur & Khirar-Bhimsen Doubling 4330
(431 Km)
14. Katni - Bina 3rd line (260 Km) 3138
15. Katni- Grade separator / Bypass (35 Km) 2300
16. Katni- Singrauli Doubling (257 Km) 4377
17. Satna-Rewa Doubling (50 Km) 590
18. Nimach-Ratlam Doubling (133 Km) 1096
19. Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km) 3285
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MAHARASHTRA:
Railway infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of
Maharashtra are covered under Central Railway, South Central
Railway, South East Central Railway, South Western Railway and
Western Railway Zones of Indian Railways.
During the last three years i.e. FY 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the
current FY, 94 surveys (26 New Line, 2 Gauge Conversion and 66
Doubling) of total length 7979 Km falling fully/partly in the state of
Maharashtra have been sanctioned under PM Gati Shakti NMP.
As on 01.04.2025, 38 projects (11 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversions
and 25 Doubling), of total length of 5,098 Km, costing 89,780 crore
falling fully/partly in Maharashtra are sanctioned, out of which 2360
km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of 39,407
crore has been incurred upto March, 2025. The status of work is
summarized as under:-
Total
Length Expenditure upto
No. of Length
Plan Head Commissioned March 2025
projects (in
(in Km) (₹ in Crore)
Km)
New Lines 11 1355 234 10504
Gauge
2 609 334 4286
Conversion
Doubling /
25 3134 1792 24617
Multitracking
Total 38 5098 2360 39407
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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 Cr. (more than 20 times)
The details of commissioning / laying of new track falling fully/partly
in the State of Maharashtra during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:-
New Track Average Commissioning of new
Period
Commissioned tracks
2009-14 292 Km 58.4 Km/year
208.36 km per year (Nearly 4
2014-25 2292 Km
times)
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 including Balaghat-Katangi 2005
Gauge Conversion (300 Km)
2 Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 1512
Km)
3 Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 Km) 263
4 Panvel-Roha land acquisition Doubling (75 31
Km)
5 Pen-Roha Doubling (40 Km) 330
6 Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 Km) 2448
7 Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 Km) 673
8 Bhusawal – Jalgaon 3rd Line (24 Km) 325
9 4th line between Jalgaon-Bhusawal
261
Doubling (24 Km)
10 Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 Km) 3182
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Some of the projects falling fully/partly in Maharashtra which have
been taken up are as under:
Cost
S.No. Project
( in crore)
Ahmednagar-Beed-Parle Vaijnath New Line (261
1 4957
Km)
2 Baramati-Lonand New Line (64 Km) 1844
Wardha-Nanded (via Yevatmal-Pusood) New Line
3 3445
(284 Km)
4 Dighi Port-Roha New Line (34 Km) 725
5 Solapur-tuljapur-Osmanabad New Line (84 Km) 2933
6 Dhule (Borvihir) - Nardana New Line (51 Km) 1171
7 Kalyan-Murbad via Ulhasnagar New Line (28 Km) 836
8 Manmad-Indore New Line (309 Km) 16321
9 Wadsa-Gadchiroli New Line (52 Km) 1886
Ajanta Caves Rail Connectivity from Jalna and
10 5804
Jalgaon New Line (174 Km)
Pachora-Jamner with extension upto Malkapur
11 2094
Gauge Conversion (84 Km)
Ratlam-Mhow-Khandwa-Akola and MM of
12 Fatehabad-Chandrawati Ganj-Ujjain Gauge 6384
Conversion (525 Km)
13 Kalyan-Kasara - 3rd line (68 Km) 1436
14 Wardha(Sewagram)-Nagpur 3rd line (76 Km) 698
15 Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd line (132 Km) 1385
16 Itarsi- Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km) 2450
17 Pune-Miraj-Londa Doubling (466 Km) 6463
18 Daund Manmad Doubling (236 Km) 3037
19 Manmad Jalgaon 3rd line (160 Km) 1677
20 Wardha-Nagpur 4th line (79 Km) 1137
21 Kazipet -Ballarshah - 3rd line(202 Km) 3183
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Mudkhed - Medchal & Mahbubnagar - Dhone
22 4686
Doubling (417 Km)
23 Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd line (228 Km) 3545
24 Hotgi-Kudgi-Gadag Doubling (284 Km) 2459
25 Aurangabad – Ankai Doubling (98 Km) 961
Parbhani- Parli Vaijanath stations Doubling (65
26 770
Km)
27 Jalgaon-Manmad 4th Line (160 Km) 2574
28 Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km) 3285
Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors like
quick land acquisition by State Government, forest clearance by
officials of forest department, shifting of infringing utilities,
statutory clearances from various authorities, geological and
topographical conditions of area, law and order situation in the area
of project/s 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).
Various steps taken by the Government for speedy approval and
implementation of Railway projects include (i) setting up of Gati
Shakti units (ii) prioritisation of projects (iii) substantial increase in
allocation of funds on priority projects (iv) delegation of powers at
field level (v) close monitoring of progress of project at various
levels, and (vi) regular follow up with State Governments and
concerned authorities for expeditious land acquisition, forestry and
Wildlife clearances and for resolving other issues pertaining to
projects. This has led to substantial increase in rate of
commissioning since 2014.
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