Parliament Question: ROBs/RUBs in Hoshiarpur

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4278 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026 ROBS/RUBS IN HOSHIARPUR 4278. DR. RAJ KUMAR CHABBEWAL: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) the details of the current status of ROBs and RUBs in Hoshiarpur, Lok Sabha Constituency; (b) the current status of all the proposed railway lines in Hoshiarpur including Hoshiarpur to Tanda for which survey has been completed; (c) the current status of the proposed railway project from Talwara to Mukeria and Punjab to Daulatpur; (d) the current status of electrification of railway lines passing through Hoshiarpur District; and (e) the details of the manned and unmanned level crossings in Hoshiarpur District? ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW) (a) to (e): As on 01.04.2025, there are 16,499 Nos. of manned Level Crossings (MLCs) on Indian Railways including 75 Nos. MLCs in Hoshiarpur District. All Unmanned level crossings (UMLCs) on Broad Gauge (BG) network of Indian Railways including in Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha Constituency have been eliminated in 2019. Level Crossings (LCs) are eliminated either by providing Road over Bridges/ Road under Bridges (ROBs/ RUBs) in lieu of LCs or through direct closure (for low traffic LCs) or by diversion of road traffic to nearby ROB/RUB/LC depending upon the site conditions. §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. 2014-26 (Upto Jan’26) 14,024 Nos. (including 434 Nos. of ROBs/ RUBs in the state of Punjab) As on 01.02.2026, 4,802 Nos. ROBs/ RUBs are sanctioned at a cost of ₹ 1,14,196 Cr on Indian Railways including 120 Nos. Road Over Bridge (ROB)/Road Under Bridge (RUB) at a cost of ₹ 1,848 Cr in Punjab which are at various stages of planning and execution. 09 Nos. Road Over Bridge (ROB)/Road Under Bridge (RUB) works are sanctioned at cost of ₹ 153 Cr in Hoshiarpur, Lok Sabha Constituency. Details are as under: S.No. LC Details Remarks 1. LC No. C-118 at Km GAD has been approved. The work for 80/3-4 on Jalandhar- construction of RUB has been taken Pathankot section up. 2. LC No. C-124 at Km GAD has been approved. The work for 85/7-8 on Jalandhar- construction of RUB has been taken Pathankot section up. 3. LC No. C-107 at Km GAD has been approved. The work for 71/3-4 on Jalandhar- construction of RUB has been taken Pathankot section up. 4. LC No. S-79 at Km The work has been sanctioned. 409/5-7 on Ludhiana- Amritsar section5. LC No. S-78 at Km The work has been sanctioned. The 410/23-25 on Ludhiana- work for preparation of GAD has been Amritsar section taken up. 6. LC No. C-43 at Km 29/8- The work for construction of RUB has 9 on Jalandhar- been sanctioned. Work is held up on Hoshiarpur section account of law and order issues in the area. 7. LC No. B2-50 at Km The work of construction of ROB was 37/7-8 on Jalandhar- sanctioned on cost sharing basis. The Hoshiarpur section work is held up due to law and order issues in the area. 8. LC No. A-47 at Km The work for construction of ROB has 34/12-13 on Jalandhar- been sanctioned. The work for Hoshiarpur section preparation of GAD has been taken up. 9. LC No. B/87 at Km The work for construction of RUB has 57/45-58/1 on been sanctioned. The work for Jalandhar- Pathankot preparation of GAD has been taken section up. Sanctioning of works of Road over Bridge (ROB)/Road under Bridge (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. 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. Hoshiarpur - Tanda Urmar connectivity: Hoshiarpur and Tanda Urmar is already connected with railway network via Jalandhar Cantt. However, for direct connectivity, final location survey (FLS) of Tanda Urmar – Hoshiarpur new line (34 km) has been sanctioned. Field survey has been completed and preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been taken up. After preparation of DPR, sanctioning of project requires consultation with various stake-holders including State Governments and necessary approvals viz. appraisal of NITI Aayog, Ministry of Finance etc. As sanctioning of projects is a continuous and dynamic process, exact timelines cannot be fixed. Nangal Dam – Talwara – Mukerian New Line: Nangal Dam – Daulatpur Chowk (60 km) section of Nangal Dam – Talwara - Mukerian project has been commissioned. Works have been taken up in Daulatpur Chowk – Mukerian (42 km). Section wise progress is as under:A. Daulatpur Chowk- Kartoli Punjab (10.5 km) : All Works completed. B. Kartoli Punjab – Talwara (13.65 km) : Activity Scope Status Viaduct 9.2 km Works taken up, about 25% completed Major Bridges 1 Works taken up Minor Bridges 7 Works taken up ROBs 2 Works taken up RUBs 8 Works taken up C. Talwara –Mukerian( 28.70 km) : Activity Scope Status Major Bridges 13 Works taken up, about 70% completed RUBs 40 29 completed, Works taken up in balance 11 RUBs Station Building 3 2 completed, Works taken up in balance 1 Station Building Punjab Railway Budget: Budget allocation for Infrastructure projects and safety works, falling fully/partly in the Punjab is as under: Period Outlay 2009-14 ₹225 crore/year 2025-26 ₹ 5,421 Cr. (More than 24 times)Projects sanctioned: As on 01.04.2025, 09 projects (04 new line and 05 doubling) of total length 714 Km, costing ₹ 21,926 crore, falling fully/partly in the Punjab are in different stages of planning/sanctioning/execution, out of which 115 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 8,079 crore has been incurred upto March’ 2025. The summary is as under:- Category No. of Total Length Expenditure upto projects Length Commissio March 2025 ned (₹ in Crore) New line 04 252 Km 64 Km 7,359 Doubling /multitrack 05 462 Km 51 Km 720 ing Total 09 714 Km 115 Km 8,079 Recently completed projects: Details of some of the recently completed projects falling fully/partly in the Punjab are as under: Cost S. No. Project (₹ in Cr.) 1 Chakki Bank-Bharoli Doubling (3 Km) 15 2 Jakhal- Mansa Doubling (45 Km) 163 3 Mirthal-Bhangala Beas River Doubling (2.5 Km) 74 4 Ambala-Dhapper-Chandigarh Doubling (45 Km) 339 5 Mansa – Bhatinda Doubling (49 Km) 216 6 Amritsar - Chheharta Doubling (7 Km) 31 Jallandhar-Pathankot-Jammu Tawi Doubling (209 850 7 km) Kathua-Madhopur Punjab - doubling including 257 8 Bridge on Ravi (2.5 Km) 9 Rajpura-Bhatinda Doubling (173 Km) 2,459Ongoing projects: Some of the projects falling fully/partly in the Punjab which have been taken up are as under: SN. Project Cost (₹ in Cr.) 1 Nangal Dam-Talwara - Mukerian New line (123 Km) 2,018 2 Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri New Line(63 Km) 6,753 3 Qadian-Beas New Line(40 km) 842 4 Ferozpur-Patti New Line (26 Km) 300 5 Rama Mandi( Raman)-Maur Mandi(Maur) via 154 Talwandi Sabo ( 29 km) New Line 6 Ludhiana-Kila Raipur doubling (19 Km) 238 7 Ludhiana-Mullanpur doubling (21 Km) 235 8 Rajpura-Mohali New Line (18 km) 443 9 Rajpura Bypass line (14 km) 412 Government of India is geared up to execute projects, however success depends upon the support of Government of Punjab. For instance, 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 required acquired to be acquired (in Ha) (in Ha) (in Ha) 1 Firozpur-Patti new line 166 0 166 2 Alal-Himmatana Chord 20 0 20 line 3 Qadian-Beas New Line 151 0 151 4 Rama Mandi( Raman)- 85 0 85 Talwandi Sabo New Line Firozpur-Patti New line (26 km) situated fully in Punjab is an important project near the international border. Land for project was to be handedover free of cost for this project by State Govt. of Punjab. Total 166 Ha land is to be acquired in the districts of Firozpur and Tarn Taran. Award for entire land has been published in Mar’23. However, disbursement of award has not been done by state govt. considering delay in execution of this important border area project, Ministry of Railways has decided to take up Firozpur-Patti New line (26 km) through its own funding. Qadian-Beas (39.6 Km) New Rail Line Project was sanctioned in 2011-12 at a cost of ₹ 205 crore. However, the project could not be taken forward due to law and order issues. The project was then kept in abeyance. However, considering importance of this project, it has been decided to take up the work again. 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. Electrification Electrification of railway network on Indian Railways has been take up in mission mode. So far, about 99.4% of Broad Gauge (BG) network has been electrified. The electrification in remaining network has been taken up. Electrification carried out during 2014-25 and before 2014 is as under:Period Route Kilometer Before 2014 (about 60 years) 21,801 2014-25 46,900 In Punjab, entire existing BG network has been electrified including that in Hoshiarpur district. Further, all new line/multi-tracking projects are being sanctioned and constructed with electrification. *****