Budget 2020-21 allocation for North Central Railway (Pink Book), Salient Points

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Total receipt of North Central Railway as per revised estimate is Rs 17636.21 Crores and Budget estimate for earning for 2020-21 has been kept at Rs 19237.44 Crores. Sundry earning estimated for NCR in 2020-21 is 342.61 Crores.

Total expenditure of NCR in 2019-20 as per revised estimate is Rs 11474 Crores and estimated expenditure for 2020-21 is Rs 12395 Crores.

As per revised estimate operating ratio of NCR in 2019-20 is 65.1 which is better than Budget estimate operating ratio of 66.5 as well as last year operating ratio of 68.1 . For 2020-21 railway board has fixed a stiff target of operating ratio of NCR at 64.5 . For Indian railways operating ratio is 97.46 in 2019-20 and targeted at 96.28 for 2020-21.

Following very important sanctioned works get fund allotment, work will be taken/speeded up in 2020-21:

Infrastructure addition has been thrust area for Indian Railways. NCR which carries about 10% of traffic of Indian Railway with just 05% of its asset has also taken steps for substantial improvement/addition of infrastructure to improve mobility on NCR. This is reflected in Pink book 2020-21 for NCR where adequate funds are allocated in ongoing works and many new important works are sanctioned as per following details:

A. Plan Out lay for 2020-21 for ongoing as well as new works:

B. Important New Works sanctioned for North Central Railway :

Plan Head-16, Name of the Work – NCR – Provision of addl loop, goods sheds, intermediate block signal, yard remodelingetc (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 130 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 0.1 Cr.

Plan Head-29, Name of the Work – NCR – Signaling gears as per Signal Engineering
Manual and replacement works on level crossings (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs.10 Cr., Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 0.01 Cr.

NCR – Engineering works at level crossings (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 15 Cr., Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 1 Cr.

Plan Head-30, Name of the Work – NCR – Road over/under bridges (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 150 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 2 Cr

NCR – Road under bridges on Golden Quadrilateral/ Diagonal routes (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 100, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 2 Cr.

Plan Head-32, Name of the Work – NCR – Repl of girders/slabs, rehabilitation/strengthening of sub-structure & super structure, rebuilding of bridges, bridge protection works and addl waterway (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 100 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 0.50 Cr.

Plan Head-33, Name of the Work – NCR- Upgradation of signalling gears on North Central Railway (Umbrella Work 2020-21) Sanctioned cost Rs.120 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 0.01

NCR – Provision of centralized control system with electronic interlocking / interfaces and block optimization system (automatic block signalling) in connection with modern train control system on Golden Quadrilateral / Diagonal routes (315 rkm) (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 229 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 0.01 Cr.

NCR – Provision of indigenous train collision avoidance system on low density railway network (1563 rkm), (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 468 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 0.01 Cr.

NCR – Provision of long term evolution system on low density railway network in connection with train collision avoidance system (1563 rkm) (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 312 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 0.01 Cr.

Replacement/provision of telecom assets with multiprotocol level switching / internet protocol based technology over North Central Railway (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 12.25 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 0.01 Cr.

Plan Head-33, Name of the Work – NCR – Provision of modern train control system on Golden Quadrilateral / Diagonal routes (163 rkm) (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 122 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 0.01 Cr.

Plan Head-37, Name of the Work – NCR – Augmentation/upgradation of traction distribution system incl. power supply installation and SCADA works (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 159 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 7 Cr.

Plan Head-52, Name of the Work – Construction of new quarters at various locations on East Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Southern, Western Railways and Production Units (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 100 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 0.10 Cr.

Plan Head-53, Name of the Work – NCR – Minimum essential amenities – Telecom, expansion of information system to facilitate Divyangjan and other passenger amenity items (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 13.13 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 3 Cr.

NCR – Minimum essential amenities & facilities for Divyangjan at stations (other than telecom, lift & quick watering system) (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 125 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 6 Cr.

NCR – Soft upgrades at stations (like improvement in station buildings, tall flags, steel benches, cover over platform etc) (Umbrella Work 2020-21), Sanctioned cost Rs. 30 Cr, Outlay for 2020-21, Rs. 6 Cr.