Sonnagar-Andal multitracking (375 Km) project has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.12,334 crore. Out of Total 977.6 Ha. of land required for the project  more  than  95%  of  land  has  been  acquired. Execution of the project has been taken up on available land.

Route between Andal and Dankuni (160 Km) is a 4 Line section except section between Chandanpur & Shaktigarh (43 Km) which is a 3 Line section. The work for construction of 4^th line on this section has also been sanctioned recently at a cost Rs. 700 crore.

Further, Final Location Survey for construction of 5^th & 6^th Line between Andal and Shaktigarh (91 Km) on Andal-Dankuni route has been sanctioned for preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR).

Railway projects are sanctioned on the basis of remunerativeness, traffic projections, last mile connectivity, missing  links  and   alternate routes, augmentation of congested/saturated lines, demands raised by State Governments, Central Ministries, Members of Parliament, other public representatives, Railway’s own operational requirement, socio-economic considerations etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

The Sanctioning of the project requires consultation with various stake-holders including State Governments and necessary approvals viz. appraisal of NITI Aayog, Ministry of Finance etc.

Completion of any Railway project/s depends on various factors like quick land acquisition by State Government, forestry clearance by officials of forest department, deposition of State share by the State Government in cost sharing projects, shifting of infringing utilities, statutory clearances from various authorities, geological and topographical conditions of area, law and order situation in the area of project/s site, number of working months in a year for particular project site due to climatic conditions, etc and all these factors affect the completion time of the project/s. With above constraints, every effort is being made to complete these projects at the earliest.

This Information was given by Union Minister of RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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Kumar Saurabh

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