It gives me
great pleasure to announce the extension of run of the following services: 2983/2984
Jaipur - Durg Express to Bilaspur 9113/9114 Jammu Tawi-Amritsar Express to Firozepur
(MORE) PTI RHP IMS VB 02261502 D 7029/7030 Hyderabad-Ernakulam Sabari Express to
Trivandrum on 3 days a week 9169/9170 Varanasi-Ahmedabad Express to Okha 6512/6511
Bangalore (Yeshwantpur) - Durg Express to Bilaspur 8611/8612 Ranchi-Garwa Road Express to
Varanasi 6513/6514 Bangalore (Yeshwantpur)-Solapur Express to Bijapur 2905/2906
Howrah-Hapa Express to Porbander 6305/6306 Ernakulam Calicut Express to Cannanore
8189/8190 Alleppey - BokaroExpress to Dhanbad 297/298 Kota-Gwalior Passenger to Bhind
9503/9504 Jamnagar Ahmedabad Inter City Express to Surat 9307/9308 Indore-Gwalior Express
to Bhind 8183/8184 Danapur-Bilaspur South Bihar Express to Durg (Daily) 1/2 CCM
Mirzapur-Chopan Passenger to Shaktinagar and Allahabad 409/410 Bilaspur-Shahdol Passenger
to Rewa 3149/3150 Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri Kanchan Kanya Express to Alipurduar after Gauge
conversion 1463/1464 Jabalpur-Rajkot Express to Veraval after Gauge conversion 103/104
Chennai Egmore-Villupuram Passenger to Pondicherry after Gauge conversion.
437/438 & 439/440 Mankapur-Katra Passenger trains to Faizabad 3467/3468
Bhagalpur-Patna Vikramshila Express to New Delhi. 2069/2070 Raigarh-Durg Janshatabdi to
Dongargarh. Delhi-Kota Coaches of 9019/9020 Mumbai (Bandra) Dehradun Express to Nimach
7225/7226 Vijayawada-Hubli Amravati Express to Vasco once a week.
I also propose to introduce MEMU/DEMU services on the following sections:- Pendra
Road-Bilaspur Adra-Bhaga Bhojudih-Chandrapura Jaunpur-Aunrihar Adra-Midnapur Virar Dahanu
Road Mokama-Patna Buxar Adra-Purulia Bhojudih-Bhaga Bishnupur- Adra Adra-Bhojudih
Annual Plan
2003-2004
Sir, I would now like to present the Annual Plan 2003-2004. The Plan outlay for 2003-2004
has been kept at Rs 10,607 cr. Taking into account the outlay of Rs 2,311 cr on safety
related works through the Special Railway Safety Fund (SRSF), the total outlay comes to Rs
12,918 cr. This is Rs 603 cr higher than the Revised Estimates of last year.
For the year 2003-2004, the total funds received from General Exchequer are Rs 6,577 cr,
including Rs 1,600 cr as contribution towards the SRSF and Rs 433 cr from the Central Road
Fund. This also includes Rs 730 cr specifically for investment in the newly created Rail
Vikas Nigam. The corresponding figure for 2002-2003 was Rs 5,840 cr, including Rs 1,350 cr
for the SRSF and Rs 450 cr from the Central Road Fund.
In addition to the budgetary support, Railways propose to provide Rs 2,630 cr for plan
expenditure through internal resource generation. This is at the same level as was
budgeted for last year. The balance requirements of the Plan would be met through
extra-budgetary resources, which include Rs 2,970 cr as market borrowing from Indian
Railways Finance Corporation and Rs 30 cr as investment through a "BOT" project
in the Viramgam-Mehsana Gauge Conversion work.
For the Special Railway Safety Fund, the contribution of the Central Government would be
supplemented to the extent of Rs 711 cr through Safety Surcharge, taking the total outlay
under SRSF to Rs 2,311 cr.
Sir, the total outlay under Capital on the five major plan project heads this year has
been kept at Rs 2,716 cr with Rs 1,005 cr on New Lines, Rs 703 cr on Gauge Conversion, Rs
443 cr for Doubling and Rs 122 cr for Electrification. The outlay on metropolitan
transport projects, which has been kept at Rs 443 cr, includes multi-lateral funding for
the Mumbai Urban Transport Project.
Apart from this, Rs 730 cr are being allotted to several works in the planheads New Lines,
Doubling, Gauge Conversion and Railway Electrification, which are to be executed by the
Rail Vikas Nigam.
The outlay on safety related planheads, inclusive of outlay given under the Special
Railway Safety Fund, is Rs 2605 cr for Track Renewals, Rs 302 for the Bridges and Rs 689
cr for Signalling & Telecommunications.
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