Expansion of Railway of New Line, Doubling and Gauge Conversion (in km) by State Wise Past 2 Year

Expansion of Railway of New Line, Doubling and Gauge Conversion (in km) by State Wise Past 2 Year

Expansion of Railway Network by State Wise

State-wise commissioning of New Line, Doubling and Gauge Conversion in the past two years are as under:-

Name of State	Commissioning of New Line, Doubling and Gauge Conversion (in km)
	2016-17	2017-18
Assam & rest of North East	456	26.5
Andhra Pradesh	146	21
Bihar	286.1	36
Chhattisgarh	61.5	159.82
Delhi	0	26
Gujarat	84	74
Haryana	118	0
Jharkhand	176.1	94.8
Karnataka	160.57	196.45
Kerala	38.96	21
Madhya Pradesh	292.5	113.14
Maharashtra	75	118.88
Odisha	66.27	172.7
Punjab	16	2.5
Rajasthan	289	204.9
Telangana	124.6	19
Tamil Nadu	150.26	232.46
Uttar Pradesh	207.33	147.81
Uttarakhand	0	36
West Bengal	106.87	158.86

The completion of Railway projects requires clearances from various departments of State Government and Central Ministries like acquisition of land, statutory clearances like forestry and wild life, shifting of utilities etc., which imparts hurdles in completion of projects.

This information was given by the Minister of State of Railways, Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

Source: PIB