Shelving of kothavalasa tuni railway lines
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 472
ANSWERED ON 20.07.2018
Shelving of Kothavalasa Tuni railway line
472 Shri V. Vijayasai Reddy
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) when Kothavalasa-Tuni single line project was announced;
(b) whether it is a fact that, as per media reports, Railways have shelved this project;
(c) if so, the reasons for shelving this long pending and long-needed project at Visakhapatnam;
(d) whether any report has been given by any entity or the Railway Board on which such a decision has been taken; and
(e) if so, the details of the report?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
(a) to (e): Tuni and Kothavalasa are already connected via electrified double line. However, a Survey was sanctioned for provision of a new BG single line from Tuni to Kothavalsa (155.34 Km) via Narsipatnam and Madugola vide Blue Book 2016-17. Survey report at a construction cost of Rs.3771.21 crore and ROR of (-) 4.14%. was examined in detail in Railway Board. It was observed that line capacity utilization of the existing double line between Kothavalasa-Tuni varies from 46% to 122%. In view of negative ROR {i.e. (-) 4.14%} and low traffic potential, the survey project for Tuni to Kothavalsa (155.34 Km) via Narsipatnam and Madugola was shelved.
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