**Executive Summary**
This document is a response to an unstarred question in Lok Sabha regarding railway projects in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, to be answered on December 10, 2025. It details sanctioned projects, budget allocations, commissioned lengths, and factors influencing project completion in the aforementioned states. The document emphasizes the significant increase in budget allocation for infrastructure projects in the recent years across all three states.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **General Information:**
* Railway projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway-wise, not state-wise, but projects may span across state boundaries.
* **Maharashtra:**
* Budget allocation has significantly increased. For example, outlay increased from ₹1,171 crore/year (2009-14) to ₹23,778 crore (2025-26).
* As of 01.04.2025, 38 projects are sanctioned at the cost of ₹89,780 crore
* 11 New Line Projects, 2 Gauge Conversion, and 25 Doubling Projects.
* Total Length of Projects: 5,098 km.
* Length Commissioned Upto Mar'25: 2,360 km
* Expenditure Upto Mar'25: ₹39,407 in crore
* Recent Projects Commissioned: Pune-Miraj-Londa Doubling, Manmad-Jalgaon 3rd line, etc.
* Main projects which have been taken up: Ahilyanagar-Beed-Parli Vaijnath New Line, Baramati-Lonand New Line, Wardha-Nanded New Line etc.
* During the last three years and current financial year, 98 surveys sanctioned.
* **Madhya Pradesh:**
* Railway projects are covered under multiple railway zones.
* Budget allocation has significantly increased from ₹632 crore/year (2009-14) to ₹14,745 crore (2025-26).
* As of 01.04.2025, 24 projects are sanctioned at the cost of ₹89,543 crore.
* 08 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 14 Doubling projects.
* Total Length of Projects: 4,740 km.
* Length Commissioned upto March'25: 2,092 km.
* Expenditure upto March'25: ₹41,401 in crore.
* Recent Projects Commissioned: Guna-Etawah New Line etc.
* Some of the main projects which have been taken up: Indore-Manmad New Line, Ramganjmandi-Bhopal New Line etc.
* During the last three years and current financial year, 61 surveys sanctioned.
* **Chhattisgarh:**
* Budget allocation has significantly increased from ₹311 Cr/year (2009-14) to ₹6,925 Cr (2025-26).
* As of 01.04.2025, 26 projects are sanctioned costing ₹31,619 crore
* 06 New Lines and 20 Doubling projects.
* Total Length of Projects: 1,932 km length.
* Length Commissioned till March'25: 1,023 km.
* Total Expenditure upto March'25: ₹16,325 in crore.
* Recent Projects Commissioned: Kharsia-Dharamjaigarh New Line, Raipur-Titlagarh doubling, etc.
* Some of the main projects which have been taken up: Dallirajhara-Rowghat New Line etc.
* During the last three years and current financial year, 61 surveys sanctioned.
* **Project Sanction and Completion Factors:**
* Factors for project sanction: traffic projections, connectivity, augmentation of congested lines, and demands from State Governments/Ministries.
* Factors affecting project completion: land acquisition, forest clearance, shifting utilities, statutory clearances, geological conditions, law & order, and working months.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholders: State Governments (Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh)**
* **Impact:** Increased railway infrastructure development within their states, potential for economic growth and improved connectivity.
* **Action Required:** Facilitate land acquisition, ensure forest clearances, and support the shifting of utilities to enable timely project completion.
**Stakeholders: Ministry of Railways**
* **Impact:** Increased workload in managing and executing railway projects, increased budget allocation demands.
* **Action Required:** Oversee project progress, ensure efficient fund allocation, and address factors hindering project completion.
**Stakeholders: Indian Railways (Zonal Railways)**
* **Impact:** Responsible for the execution and monitoring of sanctioned projects within their respective zones.
* **Action Required:** Plan and execute projects effectively, coordinate with state governments for clearances and land acquisition.
**Stakeholders: Citizens of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh**
* **Impact:** Improved transportation infrastructure, better connectivity, potential employment opportunities, and economic benefits.
* **Action Required:** No direct action required, but may need to cooperate with land acquisition and project development activities.
**Stakeholders: Railway Passengers and Goods Transport**
* **Impact:** Increased efficiency of passenger and freight operations and reduced traffic.
* **Action Required:** No direct action required.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Railways: The central ministry responsible for railway infrastructure and projects in India.
Maharashtra: One of the states where railway projects are pending or underway, as described in the document.
Madhya Pradesh: One of the states where railway projects are pending or underway, as described in the document.
Chhattisgarh: One of the states where railway projects are pending or underway, as described in the document.
Indian Railways: The national railway system of India, responsible for the projects discussed.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1738
TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2025
RAILWAY PROJECTS IN MAHARASHTRA/MADHYA PRADESH/CHHATTISGARH
†1738. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:
SHRI NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE:
DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE:
SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM:
SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of railway projects lying pending in Maharashtra and
Madhya Pradesh;
(b) the sanctioned cost and funds released so far for the said pending
railway projects;
(c) the estimated timeline for completion of the said railway projects;
(d) whether the Government has received any proposals for any railway
project from the Government of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and
Madhya Pradesh;
(e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in
this regard;
(f) the status of approval of new railway project in Chhattisgarh State;
and
(g) the time by when the construction of the said project is likely to be
started in view of its importance for the rapid development of the
area?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (g): Railway projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway-wise and not
Contd….2/--:2:-
State-wise as Indian Railways’ projects may span across State boundaries.
However, details of railway projects falling fully/ partly in the state of
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are as under:
MAHARASHTRA
Budget allocation during the last five 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)
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:
Period New track
Average commissioning of new tracks
Commissioned
2009-14 292 Km 58.4 Km/year
2014-25 2,292 Km 208.4 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. The summary is as under:-
Category No. of Total Length Exp
sanctioned Length Commissioned upto
Projects (in Km) Upto Mar'25 Mar'25
(Km) (₹ in Cr.)
New Line 11 1,355 234 10,504
Contd….3/--:3:-
Gauge Conversion 02 609 334 4,286
Doubling/Multi-tracking 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 Pune-Miraj-Londa Doubling (467 Km) 4,670
2 Manmad-Jalgaon 3rd line (160 Km) 2,574
3 Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km) 2,005
4 1,512
Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km)
5 Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 Km) 263
6 Pen-Roha Doubling (40 Km)
330
7 Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 Km)
2,448
8 Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 Km)
673
9 Bhusawal-Jalgaon 3rd line (24 Km)
325
10 Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4th line (24 Km) 261
11 Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 Km) 3,182
Some of the main projects falling fully/partly in the Maharashtra which
have been taken up are as under:
S.No. Name of the project Cost (₹ In
crore)
1 Ahilyanagar-Beed-Parli 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
Contd….4/--:4:-
4 Indore-Manmad 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) 3,037
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
15 Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 3,285
Km)
Further, during the last three years i.e. 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the
current financial year, 98 surveys (29 New Line, 2 Gauge Conversion and
67 Doubling) of total length 8,603 Km. falling fully/ partly in the State of
Maharashtra, have been sanctioned.
MADHYA PRADESH
Railway projects falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh are
covered under North Central Railway, West Central Railway, East Central
Railway, Western Railway, Central Railway, South Central Railway and
South East Central Railway zones of Indian Railways.
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:
Contd….5/--:5:-
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:
Average Commissioning of new
New Track
Period
tracks
Commissioned
29 Km/year
2009-14 145 Km
241 Km/year (More than 8 times)
2014-25 2,651 Km
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 have been sanctioned. The
summary is as under:
Plan Head No. of Total Length Expenditure upto
projects Length Commissioned March 2025
(in Km) (in Km) (₹ in Cr)
New Lines 8 1,914 544 15,069
Gauge
2 809 430 6,766
Conversion
Doubling /
14 2,017 1,118 19,566
Multitracking
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 Cost
(₹ in Crores)
1. Guna-Etawah New Line (348 Km) 683
Contd….6/--:6:-
2. Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km) 2,005
3. Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km) 1,512
4. Chhindwara-Mandla Fort Gauge Conversion (182 Km) 1,268
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
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) 1,075
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) 2,477
17. Nimach-Chittaurgarh Doubling (56 Km) 560
18. Khodri-Anuppur Doubling with flyover at Bilaspur (72 792
Km)
19. Budhni-Barkhera 3rd line (27 Km) 1,703
20. Indore-Dewas-Ujjain Doubling (79 Km) 757
21. Powerkheda-Jujharpur Single line flyover in UP 443
direction (16 Km)
Contd….7/--:7:-
22. Anuppur-Katni 3rd line (165 Km) 2,311
23. Ramna-Singrauli doubling (160 Km) 2,436
24. Karaila Road-Shaktinagar Doubling (32 Km) 763
25. Malkhedi-Mahadeokhedi Doubling (12 Km) 59
Some of other 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. Indore-Manmad New Line (360 Km)
18,529
2. Ramganjmandi-Bhopal New Line (277 Km)
5,073
3. Indore-Budni New Line (198 Km)
7,474
4. Lalitpur-Satna, Rewa-Singrauli & Mahoba-Khajuraho
8,914
New Line (541 Km)
5. Nimach-Badi Sadri New Line (48 Km)
495
6. Gwalior-Sheopurkalan Gauge Conversion with
2,913
extension to Kota (284 Km)
7. Itarsi- Nagpur 3rd line (280 Km)
2,450
8. Jhansi-Bina 3rd line (153 Km) 2,002
9. Mathura-Gwalior-Jhansi 3rd line (274 Km) 5,924
10. Katni - Bina 3rd line (260 Km)
3,138
11. Katni- Grade separator / Bypass (35 Km)
2,300
12. Katni- Singrauli Doubling (257 Km)
4,377
13. Satna-Rewa Doubling (50 Km)
590
Contd….8/--:8:-
14. Shahdol-Singhpur 4th Line (6 Km)
54
15. Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km)
3,285
In last three years i.e. 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 have been sanctioned falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya
Pradesh.
CHHATTISGARH
Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works falling
fully/partly in the State of Chhattisgarh is as under:
Period Outlay
2009-2014 ₹311 Cr/year
2025-2026 ₹6,925 Cr (More than 22 times)
The details of Commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the
State of Chhattisgarh during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:
Period Total Length Average Length Commissioned
Commissioned
2009-14 32 Km 6.4 Km/Year
2014-25 1,189 Km 108.1 Km/Year (More than 15 times)
As on 01.04.2025, 26 projects (06 New Lines and 20 Doubling), covering
total length of 1,932 Km length, costing ₹31,619 crore, falling fully/partly in
the state of Chhattisgarh, are sanctioned. Summary is as under:
Contd….9/--:9:-
Category No. of Total Length Length Total Exp.
projects NL/GC/DL Commissioned upto Mar'25
(in Km) till March’25
(₹ in Cr)
(Km)
New Lines 6 609 184 6,154
Doubling/
20 1,323 839 10,171
Multitracking
Total 26 1,932 1,023 16,325
Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the
state of Chattisgarh are as under:
S.No. Name of Project Length Latest Cost
(in Km) (cr.)
1 Kharsia-Dharamjaigarh New Line 100 3,438
2 Raipur-Titlagarh doubling 203 2,640
3 Salka Road-Khongsara doubling 26 181
4 Durg-Rajnandgaon doubling 31 250
5 Khodri-Anuppur doubling with flyover 72 792
at Bilaspur
6 Bilaspur-Urkura 3rd line 110 365
7 Champa-Jharsuguda 3rd Line 152 1,227
8 Pendra Road–Annupur 3rd Line 50 394
Some of the projects falling fully/partly in Chhattisgarh which have been
taken up are as under:
S.No. Name of Project Total Cost
(Cr)
1 Dallirajhara-Rowghat New Line (95 Km) 1,627
Contd….10/--:10:-
2 Rowghat-Jagdalpur New Line (140 Km) 3,513
3 Gevra Road-Pendra Road New Line (135 Km) 3,724
4 Dharamjaigarh-Korba New Line (63 Km) 1,686
5 Sardega-Bhalumunda New double Line (37 Km) 1,282
6 Kirandul-Jagdalpur Doubling (150 Km) 1,500
7 Jagdalpur-Koraput Doubling (107 Km) 1,547
8 Jharsuguda-Bilaspur 4th line (206 Km) 2,596
9 Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd line (228 Km) 3,545
10 Boridand-Ambikapur Doubling (80 Km) 1,243
11 Rajnandgaon-Dongargarh 4th Line (31 Km) 328
12 Bhatapara-Hathbandh 4th Line (16 Km) 177
13 Kharsia-Parmalkasa 5th and 6th line (278 Km) 7,854
In last three years i.e. 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and current financial year
2025-26, 61 surveys (26 New Line and 35 Doubling) covering a total length
of 5,755 Km has been taken up falling partly/fully in the State of
Chhattisgarh.
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,
Contd….11/--:11:-
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
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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