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Initiatives and Action plan of Civil Engineering Directorate of
Ministry of Railways
Following
are the initiatives and action plan of Civil Engineering
Directorate of Ministry of Railways :
Network Growth Since
Independence:
It is often said that
Indian Railways has added only about 12000 Km since independence. independence i.e. from 53596 Km at the
time of independence to 65808 Km in 2014. While it is true that Route
Kilometers have not increased significantly since independence, but
Railways have carried out a large number of capacity enhancement projects like
Gauge Conversion and Doubling. As a result, the total track Kilometer,
including Double/multiple lines & yards, has increased as indicated below:
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TOTAL TRACK KILOMETRE
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1951
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1991
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2014
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BROAD GAUGE
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42,013
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72,174
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1,07,513*
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METRE GAUGE
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29,536
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32,122
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6,688
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NARROW GAUGE
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6,075
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4,562
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2,564
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TOTAL
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77,624
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1,08,858
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1,16,765
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The above table shows that Indian Railways have increased its
Broad Gauge network effectively to more than 2.5 times since independence.
Presently, India has Rail Network Density of 2 Km per 100 Sq. Km of area
as compared to China’s 1 Km per 100 Sq.Km. In population terms, India’s Rail
Network Density is 5.44 Km per lakh population as compared to China’s 6.89 Km
per lakh population.
Achievements in
Railways in 2014-15
o Railways focus is on
completion and commissioning of those projects where substantial progress has
been achieved and which have been held up for want of some clearances or small
inputs to reap the fruits of investment.
o In 2014-15, Railways
commissioned 1983 Km of Broad Gauge network expansion projects including 380 Km
New Lines, 880 Km Gauge Conversion and 723 Km Doubling.
Major Sections
commissioned in 2014-15 include:
o Udhampur-Katra
completed – Mata Vaishno Devi Shine on Railway map.
o Meghalaya on Railway
Network – Commissioning of Dudhnoi-Mendipathar new line.
o Commissioning of
Lumding – Silchar section, bringing Barak Valley on Broad Gauge Network : Very
important for supply of foodgrains, POL, Fertilizers
etc, to Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram.
o Entire North Bank of
Brahmaputra on Broad Gauge – Rangia-Murkongselek project commissioned.
o Koderma – Hazaribagh
New Line completed bringing Naxal affected Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand on
Railway map.
o Gorakhpur-Gonda loop
gauge conversion completed.
o Guna-Gwalior-Etawah
Project completed, with the commissioning of Bhind – Etawah section for goods
traffic.
o Kanpur-Kasganj-Mathura
& Kasganj-Bareilly gauge conversion completed.
o Both Ganga Bridges
viz Patna & Munger completed – Expected to be commissioned in next 3 months
for Rail traffic.
o Fatehabad- Indore
Gauge Conversion: completing Ratlam – Fatehabad – Indore Broad Gauge Link.
o Doubling of Ganga
Bridge at Garh Mukteshwar (Length – 3 Km) – Span of Bridge – 11x200 feet.
Targets for 2015-16:
o IR have kept a target
of commissioning 2500 Km BG track for 2015-16, including 500 Km New Lines, 800
Km Gauge Conversion and 1200 Km Doubling.
o Agartala, the Capital of Tripura will come
on Broad Gauge, with commissioning of Badarpur-Kumarghat-Agartala Gauge
Conversion.
o The States of Manipur and Mizoram
will also be on BG network by March, 2016 with the commissioning of
Silchar-Jiribam and Kathakal-Bhairabi Gauge Conversion.
o Agra – Etawah and Etawah – Mainpuri new
lines are planned to be commissioned in this year.
o Commissioning of Tikamgarh – Khajuraho new
line section will usher the Bundelkhand region into a new era of prosperity and
economic development.
o Capacity enhancement on many
important/congested routes has been planned by commissioning Doubling/ 3rd Line
substantially on the following routes:
§ Udhna-Jalgaon
§ Viramgam – Surendranagar
§ Viramgam – Samakhyali
§ Jakhal-Mansa-Bathinda
§ Bhopal – Bina 3rd Line
§ Utretia – Jafrabad
§ Lohta – Bhadohi – Janghai
§ Raipur – Titlagarh
§ Villupuram – Dindigul
o In the first two months of current
financial year, about 175 Km network expansion has been done by commissioning
of New Lines, Gauge Conversion and Doublings.
Project Scenario and Outlay:
o Presently, there are 429 ongoing projects
of network expansion needing about Rs 3.45 lakh crore to complete them. Out of
these, 82 have been included in the Budget 2015-16 for capacity enhancement of
Indian Railways.
o An outlay of Rs 36000 crore has been
provided for these projects in the current financial year.
o For funding of the projects, an MoU has
already been signed with LIC to raise a loan of Rs 1.5 lakh crore.
o Indian Railways focus is on capacity
enhancement works like doubling and it is planned to complete about 11000 Km of
Doubling/ 3rd line/ 4th line works over next 5
years. In addition, about 2100 Km New Lines and 4000 Km Gauge Conversion is
also planned to be completed in next 5 years.
Passenger amenities:
o With a view to improve the passenger
amenities, budget allotment under plan head 'Passenger Amenities' has been
substantially increased during 2015-16 and Rs. 1748 crores have been allotted
against Rs. 1048 crores last year. Out of 1052 stations identified for
development under 'Adarsh Station Scheme' started in 2009, development of
946 stations have been completed upto March'15 and remaining 106 stations
are targetted during current year. Additional toilets are planned at 650
stations during current year for which action plan has been made and work
started. Comprehensive guidelines have been issued for provision /
augmentation/improvement of various passenger amenities at stations
through NGOs,trusts, charitable institutions,corporates,individuals etc.
These guidelines have also been sent to Indian embassy/high
commission in USA, Canada, UK & Australia for publicity among indian
diaspora there. Seven stations ( Anand Vihar, Bijwasan,
Chandigarh,Habibganj, Shivajinagar, Surat & Gandhinagar) have been taken up
for redevelopment to international standards.
o Procedure for granting permission for
track crossings has been streamlined and morethan 4600 cases have been
finalised sinceJuly'14. Now application for this can be submitted online.
ROB/RUB/Level-Xings:
o Indian Railways have 10,440 unmanned level
crossings. Out of which, 7,414 are on Broad Gauge and Railways have already
sanctioned the works of elimination of almost all unmanned level crossings on
Broad Gauge. In the last five years (2010-15), 5,905 unmanned level crossings
have been eliminated by various means. In 2014-15, 1148 unmanned level
crossings have been eliminated.
o Indian Railways have sanctioned the works
for construction of 1,399 Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and 5,554 Road Under Bridges
(RUBs)/Subways at a total cost of Rs. 54,844 crores having Railway's share as
Rs. 30,646 crores. Ministry of Railways have already approached Ministry of
Finance for addition allotment of funds to carry out these works. In the last
five years (2010-15), 1,114 ROBs and 3,513 RUBs/Subways have been constructed.
Track:
o During 2014-15 , 2424 km track Renewals
were completed against target of 2200 km. For 2015-16 , 2500 km track renewal
target has been kept for which provision of Rs 6035 crores has been made.
o Track is continuously subjected to traffic
without any rest. It is being maintained in fit condition by planning out
small duration slots in between the running traffic unlikely other countries
where traffic is suspended for fixed duration for maintenance either during day
or night.
o By improvising welding process, rail and
weld fractures have come down by 19% during 2014-15
in comparison to year 2013-14
o Trackman do Summer Patrolling, Monsoon
Patrolling & winter Patrolling in addition to their normal track
maintenance work. Trackman have to carry tools weighing 20-25 kg. Efforts are
being done to reduce the weight of their tools by half.
Instrumentation:
o Induction and use of IT Systems, web based
applications and telemetry is being extensively being done to enhance safety
and management of track, bridges and various other aspects of IR.
o Track Maintenance and Management (IR-TMS)
has been put on web based platform. Automatic alert generation as SMS & Email
for any urgent necessity. Sensors are being placed in field for Rail
temperature monitoring and real time alert raisingfor any safety need. Progress
and management of about 800 track maintenance machines is done on IT based
system.
o Bridge Management System is being
developed and likely to be completed by 2016. Various inspections and
conditions monitoring of bridgeson IT based e-Platform. Sensors are being
placed on important bridges for water level monitoring, vibration monitoring,
etc. Real time alert messages have been started and are being extended
pan-India.
o Land bank database has been created in
Land Management System (IR-LAMS). This will help in better utilisation,
encroachment prevention etc.Mapping of all railway assets being done on GIS
Platform with satellite imagery. This will also be linked with various other
management applications.
o Clearances and approval for construction
of Road Over Bridges/Road Under Bridges, Private Siding, Cable/Pipeline
crossings, etc. has been made online for expeditious approval and execution.
Source :PIBNEWS.
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