The Railway Budget 2013-14 has been presented by Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, Hon’ble Minister for Railways in the Parliament today (i.e.) 26th February, 2013.
Salient Features of Railway Budget 2013 pertaining to SCR are detailed below:
A. MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS
1.Setting up of a Coach Mid-Life Rehabilitation (MLR) Workshop at Kurnool in collaboration with the State Government.
2.Setting up of an exclusive centralized institute for the Finance officers at Secunderabad- Indian Railways Institute of Financial Management (IRIFM).
3.Setting up of a Rail Neer Bottling Plant at Vijayawada.
4.Under National Skill Development Programme of the Government, Railways would impart skills to the youth in Railway related trades at Kazipet.
B. PROJECTS
New Line Projects to be taken up on Socio-Economic consideration (after obtaining necessary approvals/clearances)
1.Cumbum-Proddatur
2.Kondapalli-Kothagudem
3.Manuguru-Ramagundam
4.Srinivasapuram-Madanpalli
New Lines to be completed in 2012-13
1.Devarakadra-Krishna (Part)
2.Gulbarga-Sultanpur
3.Marikel-Makhtal
4.Raichur-Pandurangaswamy (Part)
New Lines to be completed in 2013-14
1Kadapa-Pendlamarri
2Mortad-Armoor-Nizamabad
New Line Surveys to be taken up during 2013-14
1.Dornakal-Miryalguda
2.Mancherail-Adilabad via Utnoor
3.Siddipet-Akkanapet
4.Washim-Mahur-Adilabad
Doubling Surveys to be taken up during 2013-14
1.Dharmavaram-Pakala
2.Mahbubnagar-Gooty
3.Parbhani-Manmad
4.Secunderabad-Mudkhed-Adilabad
5.Tirupati-Katpadi
Doubling Works to be completed in 2012-13
1.Esivi-Kupgal
2.Kosgi-Mantralayam
3.Manchiriyal-Mandamari
4.Venkatachalam-Nidiguntapalem
Doubling Works to be completed in 2013-14
1Nidiguntapalem-Krishnapatnam
2Raghavapuram-Peddampet
Sections to be Electrified in 2012-13
1.Kondapuram-Vemulpadu
2.Gooty-Taticherala
C. NEW TRAIN SERVICES
Originating Express Trains (08)
Chennai – Nagarsol (For Sai Nagar Shirdi) Express (Weekly) Via Renigunta, Dhone, Kacheguda
Kakinada – Mumbai Express (Bi-weekly)
Kurnool Town – Secunderabad Express (Daily)
Mangalore – Kacheguda Express (Weekly) Via Dhone, Gooty, Renigunta, Coimbatore
Nizamabad – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express (Weekly)
Tirupati – Puducherry Express (Weekly)
Tirupati – Bhubaneswar Express (Weekly) Via Visakhapatnam
Una / Nangaldam– Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express (Weekly)Via Anandpur Saheb, Morinda, Chandigarh, Ambala
Originating Passenger Trains (03)
1. Nandyal – Kurnool Town Passenger (Daily)
2.Purna-Parli Vaijnath Passenger (Daily)
3.Chennai-Tirupati MEMU Service
·Pass Through Mail/Express Trains (08)
Ajni (Nagpur) – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express (Weekly) via Hingoli
Bikaner – Chennai AC Express (Weekly) Via Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Nagda, Bhopal, Nagpur
Gandhidham – Visakhapatnam Express (Weekly) Via Ahmedabad, Wardha, Ballarshah, Vijaywada
Howrah – Chennai AC Express (Bi-weekly) Via Bhadrak, Duvvada, Gudur
Kamakhya (Guwahati) – Bangalore AC Express (Weekly)
Jabalpur – Yesvantpur Express (Weekly) Via Nagpur, Dharmavaram
Patliputra (Patna) – Bangalore Express (Weekly) Via Chheoki
Visakhapatnam – Kollam Express (Weekly)
Extension of Originating Trains (06 )
1.17005/17006 Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express to Raxaul after gauge conversion
2.17011/17012 Hyderabad- Belampalli Express to Sirpur Kaghaznagar
3.22107/22108 Mumbai CST-Latur Express to Hazoor Saheb Nanded
4.57502/57503 Bodhan-Kamareddi Passenger to Mirzapalli
5.67277/67278 Falaknuma-Bhongir MEMU to Jangaon
6.77676/77677 Miryalguda-Nadikudi DEMU to Piduguralla
Extension of Pass Through Trains (02)
1.12577/12578 Darbhanga-Bangalore Express to Mysore
2.12507/12508 Guwahati-Ernakulam Express to Thiruvananthapuram
Increase in Frequency of Originating Trains (05)
1.22615/22616 Coimbatore-Tirupati Express 3 to 4 days
2.17213/17214 Narsapur – Nagarsol (Near Sainagar Shirdi) Express 2 to 7 days
3.18509/18510 Visakhapatnam – Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express 2 to 3 days
4.18309/18310 Sambalpur – Hazoor Saheb Nanded Express 2 to 3 days
5.12751/12752 Secunderabad – Manuguru Express 3 to 7 days
Increase in Frequency of Pass Through Trains (02 )
1.12687/12688 Madurai – Dehradun/Chandigarh Express 1 to 2 days
2.22819/22820 Visakhapatnam – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express 2 to 7 days
Summary of New Train services
Year
Mail / Express
Passenger
Grand Total
Originating
Pass Through
Total
Originating
Originating
Pass Through
Total
2013-14
8
8
16
3
11
8
19
Summary of Extensions & Increase in Frequency of Train services
Year
Extension
Increase in Frequency
Originating
Pass Through
Total
Originating
Pass Through
Total
2013-14
6
2
8
5
2
7
D. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS UNDER SOME OF THE MAJOR HEADS FOR FY 2013-14
·Rs.124 Crores (Crs.) have been allotted towards Passenger Amenities, as against the revised grant of Rs.100 Crs. for FY 2012-13.
·Rs.281 Crs. have been allotted towards construction of New Lines, which is at the same level of allotment in last year.
