RailEnquiry

The latest anticipated cost of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla new rail line project is Rs. 19565 crore out of which an expenditure of Rs. 7917 crore has been incurred up to March 2012. An outlay of Rs. 1000 crore has been provided for the work for 2012-13. The work is divided into 3 legs – (i) Udhampur-Katra (25 km)-Progress is 95 per cent. Targeted to be completed by December 2012; (ii) Katra-Qazigund (148 km) – Progress is 13 per cent. Qazigund-Banihal (19km) section targeted to be completed in 2012-13. The remaining portion targeted to be completed by December 2017; and (iii) Qazigund-Baramulla (119 km) – completed and commissioned.

Katra-Dharama (70 km) is a part of Katra-Qazigund section (148 km) where work remained suspended for more than a year after geological problems were faced during construction. An Expert Committee was appointed to examine various issues involved including alternative alignment. After the Committee’s recommendations, work on this stretch has recommenced in September 2009. This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri K. H. Muniyappa in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.