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 |
2. | 402 | SR-ROB/RUBs | 200 |
3. | 403 | RUBs on Golden quadrilateral/diagonal routes | 200 |
Total (d) | 880 |
Track Renewal work |
1. | 913 | SR - Primary Track Renewal - TRR & TSR | 292.09 |
2. | 914 | SR-Complete Track Renewal (Primary) | 273.64 |
3. | 915 | SR - Through Fastening , Ballast Renewal , Through Formation treatment , ISD TBTR & Through Weld Renewal | 356.47 |
4. | 916 | SR - Through Turnout Renewal, Renewal of SEJs, Glued joints etc. | 187.16 |
5. | 917 | SR - Secondary Track Renewal namely CTR, TRR & TSR | 24.38 |
| | Total (e) | 1133.74 |
Bridge works, Tunnel Works and approaches |
1 | 972 | SR - Repl. Of girders/slabs, rehabilitation/strengthening of sub structure & super structure, rebuilding of bridges, bridge production works and addl waterway (f) | 125.00 |
Signalling & Telecommunication works |
1. | 1005 | SR - Upgradation of signalling gears | 94.00 |
2. | 1006 | SR - Provision of centralised control system with electronic interlocking/ interfaces and block optimisation system (automatic block signalling) in connection with modern train control system on GQ/GD (203 km) | 148.19 |
3. | 1007 | SR - Provision of indigenious train collision avoidance system on low density network (1563 km) | 468.9 |
4. | 1008 | SR - Provision of long term evaluation system on low density railway network (1563 km) | 312.60 |
5. | 1009 | SR - Repl. / provision of telecom assets with multi protocol level switching / internet protocol based technology | 19.76 |
6. | 1010 | SR - Provision of modern train control system on GQ/GD (271 km) | 203.25 |
Total (g) | 1246.70 |
Workshops including PUs |
1. | 1072 | SR, SCR, SER, WR - Upgradation / improvement in infrastructure and augmentationof maintenance & manufacturing capacity of mechanical workshops | 405.00 |
2. | 1073 | All Zones - Upgradation / augmentation of coaching rolling stock (incl. DPRS) maintenance facilities in open line | 370.00 |
Total (h) | 775.00 |
Passenger Amenities |
1. | 1169 | SR - Minimum essential amenities & facilities for Divyangjan at stations (other than telecom, lift & quick watering system) | 150.00 |
2. | 1170 | SR - Soft upgrades at stations (like imp. In station buildings, tall flags, steel benches, cover over platform etc.) | 75.00 |
Total (i) | 225.00 |
Grand Total (a-i) | 8559 |
