25th July, 2003
Ministry of Railways  


PENDING PROJECTS OF GAUGE CONVERSION IN TAMIL NADU


RAJYA SABHA

As on April 1, 1992, a total of 2907 km. Of Meter Gauge track was existing in the State of Tamil Nadu, out of which gauge conversion of 995 km has been completed till March 31, 2003. Work is in various stages of progress on 1280 km length. The total budget outlay during 2003-2004 for all the gauge conversion projects in the State of Tamil Nadu is Rs. 92.89 crore.

No time frame has been fixed for completion of these projects. The ongoing projects would get completed in the coming years as per the availability of resources.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya in a written reply to a question from Shri CGO S. Ramaswamy in the Rajya Sabha today.