Thrust on Infra, Safety : Rail Doubling works in Southern Railway get a fillip in Budget 2020-21
HIGHLIGHTS:
·Southern Railway has been granted an amount of Rs.3340 crore as budgetary allocation for the year 2020-2021 with a grant of Rs.1238 crore for doubling, Rs.175 crores towards gauge conversion , Rs.37 crores for traffic facilities and Rs.198 crores for passenger amenities.
·New projects at a cost of Rs. 4131 has been sanctioned towards doubling of Katpadi-Villupuram line, Salem-Karur-Dindigul line, Erode-Karur line and Chennai Beach- Chennai Egmore (4th line). A sanction of Rs.280 crores for Chennai Beach – Chennai Egmore 4th line will help easing congestion in this section.
·With focus on Safety, for elimination of level crossing gates an amount of Rs.880 crores have been sanctioned for new road over bridges and Road under bridges particularly on the Golden quadrilateral/diagonal routes (Chennai – Gudur/Chennai – Arakkonam – Renigunta). This has the potential to increase the speed of trains.
·Replacement of Route relay interlocking (RRI) and A, B and C cabins at Jolarpettai has been allotted an outlay of Rs.6 crore.
·Provision of centralized traffic control in connection with modern train control system has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.148 cr. This will help in enhancing the line capacity and safety.
·Harnessing the benefits of technology for Safe train operations, provision of indigenous train collision avoidance system on low density railway network has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.468.9 cr.
·Under Passenger amenities head, a new work for an amount of Rs.150 crores towards minimum essential amenities with more focus on facilities for divyangjan at stations across southern railway has been sanctioned. Rs.75 crores sanctioned towards soft upgrades at stations ( like improvement in station buildings, tall flags, steel benches, cover over platform, etc.)
1.Budgetary grant (BG) under various Plan heads
Plan Head | BG 2020-21 (In Rs.Crores) |
11 | New lines | 2.70 |
14 | Gauge Conversion | 175.18 |
15 | Doubling | 1238.10 including EBR (IF) |
16 | Traffic Facilities | 37.12 |
17 | Computerisation | 7.03 |
21 | Rolling Stock | 106.59 |
29 | Road Safety Work- Level Crossings | 102.36 |
30 | Road Safety Work-ROBs/RUBs | 335.52 |
31 | Track Renewals | 730.00 |
32 | Bridge Works | 54.5 |
33 | Signalling & Telecommunication works | 105.06 |
36 | Other Electrical work, incl. TRD | 39.48 |
41 | Machinery & Plant | 27.76 |
42 | Workshop including PUs | 55.04 |
51 | Staff Welfare | 63.96 |
53 | Passenger Amenities | 198.11 |
64 | Other Specified work | 53.34 |
65 | Training/HRD | 8.1 |
| Grand Total | 3340.00 |
2.Budget grant for some important ongoing work is as under:
Sl.No | Plan Head | Section | BG (In. Rs. Cr) |
1. | New Line | Rameswaram-Dhanushkodi (17.2 Km) | 2.7 |
2 | Gauge Conversion | Mayiladuturai-Tiruvarur-Karaikudi & Tiruturaipundi- Agastiyampalli (47.2 Km including Mannargudi-Needamangalam-Mannargudi-Pattukottai Line) | 100.00 |
Madurai-Bodinayakkanur (90.41 Km) | 75.18 |
3. | Doubling | Chengalpattu-Villupuram (103 Km): Tambaram-Chengalpattu-3rd line by GC of existing MG line alongwith electrification (30Km) | 132.00 |
Kurruppanthura-Chingavanam (26.54 km) | 88.00 |
Ambalapuzha-Haripad (18.13 km) | 13.95 |
Omalur-Metur dam- With electrification (29.03 km) | 56.85 |
Trivandrum-Kanyakumari (86.56 km) | 133.5 |
Madurai-Maniyachi-Tuticorin (160 Km) | 367.00 |
| | Maniyachi-Nagercoil (102 Km) | 345.00 |
Netravati-Mangalore Central (1.5 Km) | 10.7 |
Salem-Magnesite-Omalur (11 Km) | 22.00 |
4 | Traffic Facilities | Mangalore Central- Addl Platform lines | 3.00 |
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3.Importance New Works sanctioned are as under:
Sl.No | P.Book item no. | Works | Sanctioned Cost (In Rs.Cr) |
Doubling |
1. | 38 | Katpadi-Villupuram (160.10 Km) | 1601 |
2. | 39 | Salem-Karur-Dingigul (160 Km) | 1600 |
3. | 40 | Erode-Karur (65 km) | 650 |
4. | 41 | Chennai Beach- Chennai Egmore (4.3 km) | 280 |
Total (a) | 4131 |
Traffic Facilities |
1. | 60 | SR- Yard modification to improve speed, intermediate block hut and development of new coaching terminal (b) | 22.51 |
Road Safety Works- Level Crossings |
1. | 101 | SR-Engineering work at LCs (c ) | 20 |
Road Safety works- ROB/RUBs |
1. | 401 | SR- ROB/RUB on Golden quadrilateral/diagonal routes | 480 |
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| 04-02-2020
| | Extension of Temporary Cancellation/ Short Termination/ Short Origination / Partial Cancellation of Trains Due To Traffic Block between Raiwala – Rishikesh Stations on Moradabad Division . | मुरादाबाद मंडल के रायवाला-ऋषिकेश रेलवे स्टेशनों के बीच यातायात ब्लॉक के कारण रेलगाड़ियां आंशिक रूप से प्रभावित वीरभद्र-नया ऋषिकेश रेल सेक्शन के वीरभद्र यार्ड की रि-मॉडलिंग और कमीशनिंग के लिए अधिसूचित यात्री ब्लॉक को 19.2.2020 तक बढ़ा दिया गया है । परिणामस्वरूप निम्नलिखित रेलगाड़ियां निम्नानुसार आंशिक रूप से प्रभावित रहेंगी:- In connection with remodeling of Virbhadra Yard and commissioning of Virbhadra-New Rishikesh section , the earlier notified traffic block period has been extended upto 19.02.2020. Consequently, the following trains will remain temporarily cancelled/ short terminated / short originated /partially cancelledas under: CancellationofTrains During Blockब्लॉक के दौरान निरस्त रहने वाली रेलगाड़ियां | Train No. & Name रेलगाड़ी का नम्बर व नाम | Date of Cancellation तक निरस्त (from originating station) | | 24888/24887Ambala Cantt.-Rishikesh-Ambala Cantt. Lnik Exp. | Upto 19.02.2020 | | 54481/54482Haridwar-Rishikesh-Haridwar Passenger | Upto 19.02.2020 | | 54483/54486Haridwar-Rishikesh-Haridwar Passenger | Upto 19.02.2020 | Short Termination/Origination/Partial Cancellation of Trains ब्लॉक के दौरान आंशिक रूप से निरस्त रहने वाली रेलगाड़ियां | Train No. & Train Name रेलगाड़ी का नम्बर व नाम | Train to short terminate at/originate from पर यात्रा समाप्त/से प्रारम्भ | Train Partially Cancelled between Stations के बीच आंशिक रूप से रद्द | Date from originating station प्रभावी तिथि | | 14609 Rishikesh-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Hemkunt Exp. | At/From Haridwar | Haridwar-Rishikesh | Upto 19.02.2020 तक | | 14610 Sh Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-RishikeshHemkunt Exp. | At/From Haridwar | Haridwar-Rishikesh | Upto 18.02.2020 तक | | 54471 Delhi Jn.-RishikeshPassenger | At/From Haridwar | Haridwar-Rishikesh | Upto 18.02.2020 | | 54463/54464 Chandausi-Rishikesh-Chandausi Passenger | At/From Haridwar | Haridwar-Rishikesh | Upto 19.02.2020 तक |
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