Parliament Question: Railways projects on cost-sharing basis

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1718 ANSWERED ON 13.02.2026 RAILWAYS PROJECTS ON COST-SHARING BASIS 1718 SHRI ANIL KUMAR YADAV MANDADI: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether Government is implementing various projects in the country including Telangana on cost sharing basis between State Government and Union Government; (b) if so, the details thereof, project –wise; (c) whether Government has identified challenges in implementing projects on cost-sharing basis between State Government and Union Government; and (d) if so, the details thereof and remedial measures, if any, that Government contemplates to resolve those challenges? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) to (d): Capacity enhancement of railway network has been taken up by Indian Railways in a big way during last 11 years. The details of commissioning/laying of new track across Indian Railways is 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 8.6 Km/day (more than 2 times) 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. The summary is as under:- §Total Length Length Commissioned No of Total Exp upto Mar'25 Category NL/GC/DL till Mar'25 Projects ( in Cr) (km) (Km) New Lines 154 16,142 3,036 1,45,318 Gauge Conversion 33 4,180 2,997 22,753 Doubling / 244 15,644 6,736 1,22,858 Multitracking 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. 68 Railway infrastructure projects have been undertaken through different cost-sharing arrangements. However, in several such projects, delays have been experienced in release of the State Government’s share of funds, adversely affecting project timelines. In order to streamline and improve the cost sharing mechanism, a tri-partite agreement among the Ministry of Railways, concerned State Government and Reserve Bank of India is being promoted. Under this arrangement, a mandate would be created by the State Government enabling direct debit of its share of cost due to Ministry of Railways, thereby ensuring timely and automatic transfer of funds. Telangana Budget allocation in the recent years has increased significantly. Budget allocation for infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana is as under: Period Outlay 2009-14 886 Cr./Yr.(including Andhra Pradesh) 2025-26 5,337 Cr. The details of commissioning/laying of new track falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under: Period New Track Average Commissioning of new tracks Commissioned 2009-14 87 Km 17.4 km/per year 2014-25 774 Km 70.4 km /per year (more than 4 times) §Details of some of the completed projects falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana are as under: Cost S. No. Project ( in Crore) 1 Peddapalli- Nizamabad new line (178 Km) 926 2 Jaggayyapeta- Janpahad new line (48 Km) 737 3 Akkanapet – Medak new line (17 Km) 205 4 Bhadrachalam Road-Sattupalli new line (56 Km) 990 5 Raghavapuram-Mandamari Doubling (24 Km) 165 6 Raichur-Guntakal Doubling (81 Km) 388 7 Secunderabad- Mehboobnagar Doubling (85 Km) 1,266 8 Multi- Modal Transport System (MMTS) Phase-II, Hyderabad (103 1,156 Km) 9 Byepass line at Peddapalli (2 Km) 37 As on 01.04.2025, 20 Railway projects (6 New Lines and 14 Doubling), of a total length of 2,166 Km, costing 35,045 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana have been sanctioned, out of which, 548 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of 11,550 crore has been incurred upto March, 2025. The summary is as under:- Category No. of Total Length Length Total Exp. upto projects (in Km) Commissioned till March, 2025 March, 2025 ( in Crore) (in Km) New Line 6 840 245 4,611 Doubling/Multi- 14 1,326 303 6,939 tracking Total 20 2,166 548 11,550 Details of some of the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana which have been sanctioned are as under: Cost S.N Name of Project ( in Crore) 1 Manoharabad-Kothapalli new line (151 Km) 2,781 2 Malkangiri-Pandurangapuram new line (174 Km) 3,592 3 Kazipet -Vijaywada - 3rd line (220 Km) 3,315 4 Kazipet -Ballarshah - 3rd line (202 Km) 3,183 5 Guntur- Bibinagar Doubling(239 Km) 2,853 §Cost S.N Name of Project ( in Crore) 6 Mudkhed - Medchal - Dhone Doubling (417 Km) 4,686 7 Bhadrachalam Road – Dornakal Doubling(55 Km) 770 8 Motumari-Vishnupuram doubling and RoR at Motumari (100 Km) 1,596 9 Nashkal (Pindial)-Hasanparthi Road bypass (25 Km) 465 10 Secunderabad (Sanathnagar)- Wadi 3rd and 4th line (173 Km) 5,012 11 Dornakal Rail over Rail (RoR) Flyover (11 Km) 327 Execution of important infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Telangana is held up due to delay in land acquisition. Status of land acquisition in Telangana is as under: Total Land required 2,343 Ha Land Acquired 1,580 Ha (67%) Balance Land to be acquired 764 Ha (33%) Details of some major projects which are delayed due to land acquisition are as under:- SN Name of the project Total land Land Balance Land Amount Paid required acquired to be acquired to State (Ha) (Ha) (Ha) ( in Crore) 1. Guntur- Bibinagar Doubling 31 0 31 40 2. Mudkhed – Medchal & 70 0 70 30 Mahbubnagar – Dhone Doubling 3. Kazipet-Vijaywada 3rd Line 135 118 17 159 4. Manoharabad – Kothapalli New 1,146 1,050 96 - Line 04 projects in Telangana have been sanctioned on cost sharing basis at a cost of 4,704 Crore. As on 01.04.2025, share of Telangana Government in these projects is 2,181 Cr. Telangana had to deposit 1,708 Crore to Ministry of Railways for these cost sharing projects. However they have deposited only 894 Crore. Thus there is a shortfall of 814 Crore which is adversely affecting progress of works. The details of projects taken up on cost sharing basis is as under:- §S Project Cost Cost sharing Expenditure State Amount Outstanding Remarks N Name ( in Arrangement upto March, Share deposited ( in Cr.) Cr.) 2025 till till ( in Cr.) March, March,25 2025 ( in Cr.) ( in Cr.) 1 Hyderabad 1,306 Govt of 1,225 821 379 442 Progress of - Telangana- works adversely Secunderab 67% affected due to ad - Multi Railways- non-deposition modal 33% of State transport Government system (82 share km) 2 Ghatkesar- 412 Govt of 0.03 0.02 0 0.02 Progress of Raigir Telangana- works adversely (Yadadri) 67% affected due to Extn. of Railways- non-deposition MMTS 33% of State Government share 3 Akanapet- 205 Govt. of 212 106 99 7 Project Medak Telangana - completed and New line (50% of commissioned. (17 km) Cost) + land free Railways - (50% of Cost) 4 Manoharaba 278 Govt. of 1,562 781 416 365  Manoharabad to d-Kothapalli Telangana- Siddipet, (76 New line (1/3 of km) (151 km) Cost) + commissioned. land free  There are +Free significant Annuity for delays in first 05 handing over of years. land and sharing Railways - of project cost (2/3 of by Government Cost of Telangana. excluding  This has land) adversely affected the execution of this project. Total 4,704 3,000 1,708 894 814 §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. ***** §