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Execution of important infrastructure projects falling afloat oregon partially successful Tamil Nadu are held up owed to hold successful onshore acquisition, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
Replying to a question by Cuddalore Member of Parliament M. Vishnu Prasad successful the Lok Sabha, Mr. Vaishnaw connected Friday (December 5, 2025) said that successful the past 3 fiscal years - FY23, FY24 and FY25, and successful the existent fiscal, 28 surveys (5 caller lines and 23 doubling) covering a full magnitude of 2,493 km person been sanctioned falling fully/partly successful the State of Tamil Nadu.
The full onshore required for projects successful Tamil Nadu was 4,326 Ha. Of this, lone 24% of onshore (1,052 Ha) has been acquired and the equilibrium 76 per cent (3,274 Ha) request to beryllium acquired. Support of the Tamil Nadu authorities is needed to expedite the onshore acquisition, helium said.
Some of the large projects delayed successful the State owed to onshore acquisition see the 71-km Tindivanam to Tiruvannamalai caller enactment (71 Km); Attiputtu-Puttur caller enactment (88 km); Morappur-Dharmapuri caller enactment (36 km); Mannargudi-Pattukottai caller enactment (41 km); and Thanjavur-Pattukottai caller enactment (52 km), helium said.
Further, Rameshwaram – Dhanushkodi New Line (18 km) was sanctioned astatine a outgo of ₹734 crore. The instauration chromatic of the task was laid connected March 1, 2019. However, the task could not beryllium started due to the fact that the onshore acquisition has not been undertaken by the Tamil Nadu government, helium said.
Mr. Vaishnaw said that the Centre is geared up to execute projects. However, occurrence depends upon the enactment of the Tamil Nadu government.
Budget allocation for railway projects successful Tamil Nadu successful caller years has accrued significantly. In 2009-14, the allocation was ₹879 crore/year portion successful 2025-26 it has accrued to ₹ 6,626 crore, helium said.
As connected April 1, 2025, a full of 15 projects (9 New Line, 03 Gauge Conversion and 03 Doubling) of 1,700 km length, costing ₹22,808 crore, falling fully/partly successful Tamil Nadu, are sanctioned. Of this, 665 km magnitude has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹7,591 crore has been incurred up to March 2025.
To different question connected the contiguous presumption of the caller railway enactment from Chennai to Cuddalore via Mahabalipuram, the Minister said that the Puducherry authorities had requested a alteration successful alignment towards the bluish and confederate sides of the existing Villupuram-Puducherry obstruction enactment and sought treble enactment tracks betwixt Puducherry and Cuddalore.
As the revision of alignment was based connected the petition of the Union Territory, the Centre had asked the Puducherry authorities to carnivore the cost. However, the U.T. authorities expressed its inability to incur the further expenditure for realignment and doubling of the track.
