Ministry of Railways
Laying of New Railway Lines
Posted On:
27 MAR 2018 6:52PM by PIB Delhi
Indian Railways is laying New Lines every year. Targets and progress in the last five years is as under:
|
S.N
|
Item
|
2013-14
|
2014-15
|
2015-16
|
2016-17
|
2017-18
|
|
1
|
Target (km)
|
300
|
300
|
500
|
400
|
402
|
|
2
|
Achievement(km)
|
360
|
380
|
813
|
953
|
354.4 (Feb’ 18)
|
State-wise achievements are as under.
|
SN
|
States
|
Progress of Completion of New Line (km).
|
|
|
|
2013-14
|
2014-15
|
2015-16
|
2016-17
|
2017-18 (till Feb 2018)
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
18.5
|
-
|
45
|
136
|
21
|
|
2
|
Assam & North Eastern Region
|
-
|
41.75
|
44
|
56
|
23.5
|
|
3
|
Bihar
|
23
|
38
|
91.46
|
63.9
|
11
|
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
-
|
-
|
17
|
-
|
-
|
|
5
|
Delhi
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
6
|
Goa
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
7
|
Gujarat
|
-
|
-
|
11
|
-
|
22
|
|
8
|
Haryana
|
-
|
-
|
80
|
80
|
-
|
|
9
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
10
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
-
|
25
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
11
|
Jharkhand
|
81
|
178.25
|
85.15
|
115.5
|
58
|
|
12
|
Karnataka
|
65
|
-
|
-
|
138
|
102.4
|
|
13
|
Kerala
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
14
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
45
|
18
|
112
|
123
|
-
|
|
15
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
39
|
-
|
|
16
|
Odisha
|
16.65
|
32.5
|
10
|
13
|
62.08
|
|
17
|
Punjab
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
18
|
Rajasthan
|
48.9
|
28.5
|
9
|
|
35.42
|
|
19
|
Telangana
|
17.5
|
-
|
61
|
124.6
|
19
|
|
20
|
Tamil Nadu
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
21
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
28
|
18
|
168
|
58
|
-
|
|
22
|
Uttarakhand
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
23
|
West Bengal
|
9.45
|
-
|
79.39
|
6
|
-
|
Railway is surpassing targets of completion of New Lines projects for last four years (2013-14 to 2016-17).
This information was made available in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
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