Over Rs 6000 crore to be spent in FY 2021-22 to upgrade rail infrastructure over Prayagraj, Jhansi and Agra divisions

Total receipt of North Central Railway for current FY 2020-21 as per revised estimate is Its 10002.80 Crore and Budget estimate for earning for 2021-22 has been kept at Its 14896.43 Crore. Of this estimated earning Its 5747.18 Crore from passengers, Rs 229.35 Crore from other coaching, Rs 8623.80 Crore from goods and Its 288.49 Crore is targeted from sundry earning.

  • As per revised estimate total expenditure of NCR in 2020-21 is Rs 8243.30 Crore and estimated expenditure for 2021-22 is Its 8921.80 Crores. 
  • As per revised estimate operating ratio of NCR in 2020-21 is 82.9% as against 96.96 of Indian Railways.
  • For 2021-22 railway board has set a target of 79.2% operating ratio of NCR as against 96.15 for overall IR. 

Following very important sanctioned works have been given adequate budgetary allocation, works will be taken up/speeded up in 2021-22: 

Name of the sanctioned work  Sanctioned cost in Cr of Rs.  Outlay for 2021-22 in Cr. of Rs 
160 Kmph speed raising on New Delhi-Howrah section including Kanpur-Lucknow  6277 1341 
Praygraj-Barnrauli(10ICm) 4th line with flyover at Subedarganj 494 22.40
Rooma-Chakeri-Chandari – 3rd line (12.5 km)   178 85 
Bhaupur-Panki(11Icm) 4th line  180 30 
Chipiyana Buzurg-Dadri – 4th line (12 km)  130 90
Aligarh-Daud Khan – 3rd line (6.9 km) & construction of flyover at Daud Khan  448 10 
Jhansi – Khairar – Manickpur & Khairar – Bhimsen (411 km)  3000  50 
Jhansi-Bhimsen (206 Km) doubling 1140  300 
Jhansi-Bina (152.57 Km) 3rd line 1212 210
Lalitpur – Birari with flyover at Lalitpur (15.80 km) 260 95
Bhandai – Flyover for Etawah bound down trains (10 km)  187 20 
Mathura – Palwal (80 Km) 4th Line  526 144
Mathura – Jhansi(273.8 Km) 3rd line 2508 600
Yamuna Bridge – Agra Fort – Double line with major bridge at Yamuna river(2.11 km)  108 10
  • Infrastructure creation has been thrust area for Indian Railways. NCR which carries about 10% of total traffic of Indian Railway with just 05% of its asset has also taken steps for substantial improvement/addition of infrastructure to safety, mobility and passenger amenities. This is reflected in Pink book 2021-22 for NCR where adequate funds are allocated in ongoing works and many new important works are sanctioned as per following details: 

Plan Out lay for 2021-22 for ongoing as well as new works: 

Important Plan heads Description Plan Outlay in Cr of Rs Estimated Investment through EBR In Cr
11  New Lines  1
14  Gauge Conversion 26
15  Doubling 678  1202
16  Traffic facilities  25 1341
17 Computerization  3.5 
21  Rolling Stock  18 
29 Road Safety works – Level Crossing  24.40
30  ROB/RUB  525 109 
31  Track Renewals  600
32  Bridge Works  15 
33  Signaling  305
36  Traction Distribution and other electrical works 100 
41  Machinery & Plant  32.8
42  Workshop and production units  58
51 Staff Welfare  31
53  Passenger amenity  176 316
65 Trainingal RD 
Net Plan Outlay for 2021-22 in Cr  3235 (25 % increase over 2020-21) 
Total Estimated Investment Through EBR in Cr 2968 

 Important New Works sanctioned for North Central Railway 2021-22: 

Plan Head Name of the Work Sanctioned cost in Cr  Outlay for 2021-22 in Cr.
30  North Central Railway – Construction of road over / under bridges on golden quadrilateral / diagonal routes (Umbrella Work 2021-22)  475 
North Central Railway – Construction of road over bridges on golden quadrilateral / diagonal routes (Umbrella Work 2021-22)  490 2
31 Works related to safety of track- Track renewals etc. 850 116
32 North Central Railway – Repl of girders / slabs, rehabilitation / strengthening of sub-structure & superstructure, rebuilding of bridges, bridge protection works, instrumentation & monitoring of bridges and addl waterway (Umbrella Work 2021-22)  40  1
33 North Central Railway – Provision of automatic block signalling, centralized traffic control and train collision avoidance system on balance sections of high-density network routes (Umbrella Work 2021- 22) 210 1
Implementation of unified communication infrastructure comprising of LAN infra, exchange, VOIP based control communication and IPMPLS based network over Indian Railways (Umbrella Work 2021-22) 11.5
41  Jhansi Depot – CNC underfloor wheel lathe (13G) with winch plus shed  8.25 
21  Rolling Stock Program  5.5

Source: North Central Railway-Press Release | Image Credit (representational): North Central Railway

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