Widening of Sub-way near Arakkonam Railway Station339. SHRI O. V. ALAGESAN: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleas­ed to stae:(a) whether any representations have been received for widening of the sub-way near Arakkonam Rail­way Station on the Southern Rail­way; and(b) if so, will a decision be taken soon in the matter as it has been pen­ding for a long time?THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI SHEO NARAIN): (a) Yes.(b) According to the extant rules, proposal for widening of the sub-way is required to be sponsored by the State Government/Local authority together with an undertaking to bear the entire cost of the work as the need for widening the sub-way has arisen due to increase in the road traffic. No such proposal has so far been re­ceived either from the Government of Tamil Nadu or the Municipality of Arakkonam. Further action in this

 regard can be taken only when the proposal is sponsored by them to­gether with the iindertaking to bear the entire cost of the work

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Modernisation of Ensineerinf Work­shop at Arakkomam338. 

 SHRI O. V. ALAGESAN: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleas­ed to state:(a) the total cost of modernisation of the Engineering Workshops at Arakkonam on the Southern Railway for replacement of old machinery By new one etc.;(b) the amount actually spent in1977-78 and amount proposed to be spent in *1978-79;(c) is there any scheme for diversi­fication in the above workshop to

gainfully employ the present labour and also to provide more employmentopportunities?THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI SHEO NARAIN): (a) Totalcost of replacement of machinary of the Engineering workshop at Arak- konara is estimate^ to be Rs. 89.00 lakhs approximately.(b) Rs. 4.25 lakhs were spent in1977-78 and Rs. 21.00 lakhs have been provided in the Railway budget for1978-79.(c) Present capacity of the work­shop is fully utilised. There is how­ever, no proposal for further expan­sion /diversification.

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Constniction of ondeiiiildfeA/over-bridfes between Madras beach andTambaram329. 

SHRI R. MOHANARANGAM: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:(a) whether Government are aware of the frustrating delays to the pub-
lie caused by the many railwaycrossings between Madras Beach and Tambaram;(b) whether in view of the heavy traflfic at these points, Government propose to construct undertwidges or overbridges; and(c) if so, the particulars of the plans and the time frame for im­plementation?THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI SHEO NARAIN): (a) Somedetention of road traffic at level cross­ings inevitable, especially during the peak hours of traffic.(b) Very busy level crossings are replaced gradually on a programmed basis by road over or vmder-bridges, on sharing of cost basis with the State Government/Road Authorities, de­pending upon the availability of funds. The State Government/Road Authority have to sponsor the proposals together with the undertaking to bear their share of cost of the work as per ex­tant rules.(c) Proposals for the replacement of existing level crossings on Gengu Reddy Road between Madras Egmore and Chetpat Railway stations and on Nelson Manicka Mudaliar Road bet­ween Chetpat and Nungambakkam Stations, are expected to be included in the Railways Works Programme for 1979-80, subject to the availability of funds and completion of necessary formalities/preliminaries by the State Government.

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Electrification of Madra—VillupuramRailway Line 

328. SHRI R. MOHANARANGAM: Wm the Minister ot RAILWAYS be pleased to state;(a) whether it is proposed to in­troduce electrification of railway transport from Madras to Villupuram;(b) if so, the particulars of the same and the time likely to be taken for implementation? 

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI SHEO NARAIN): (a) and (b). Madras-Villupuram section is already electrified and railway transport is being run under electric traction on the section

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Sree K . T. KOSALRAM 
Sir, I am pained to picture the piti­able plight of Railway system in South India, particularly in Tamil Nadu, where you have the metre-gauge and broad-gauge tracks. The transhipment points are the sore spots and are sus­ceptible to accidents. W e have themetre-gauge track from Madras toTirunelveli via Tiruchirappalli. Ineed not tay that Tuticorin has be­come the industrial hub of southern parts of Tamil Nadu with Super-Ther­mal Power Station, Fertiliser factory etc. I demand that there should be broad-gauge track between Tiruchi- rappali and Tuticorin, which should be later extended to Kanya Kumari via Tirunelveli. I need not say that Kanya Kumari is the southern most land-tip of India, whose vast poten­tial for tourism has not yet been ex­plored and exploited

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Maintenance of Rake 
4774. SHRI BALDEV SINGH JASROTIA : Will the Minister of RAIL­WAYS be pleased to state :(a) whether it is a fact that according to the instructions existing on the Railways each rake should get primary maintenance after a run of approximately 1000 luns. and secondary maintenance after a run ■of 500 krns.;(b) whether it is also a fact that f>3 UP/ ■641 Lucknow Agra Express has been extended upto Kota without any secondary maintenance at Kota though the one side run is more than 600 kmv ; and](O what remedial measures arc proposed by the Government to avoid the violation of rules which endangers safety

 '■THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI SHEO NARAIN) : (a) No. Normally Primary maintenance is gi vrn a t the origin­ating Station and secondary maintenance at the terminating Station depending on the Rake links. No kilometragr targets have been laid down for this purpose.(b) Yes, 63 UP/64 Dti. Luckiunv-Agra Express has been extended upto Kota. The Primary Maintenance of this train is based at Lucknow, the originating Station, and Safe-to-run examination at Kota, the terminating Station. After the Safe-lo- run examination the train is fit to run for itsj_return journey.(c) Does not arise, as no Safely ruleshave been violated. £ j<

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Demand for halt of Nava Jeevaan Express at Ratehnr 29-08-1978

 4758. SHRI RAJSHBKHAR KOLUR : Will the Minister of RAIL­WAYS be pleased to state :(a) whether it is a fact that there has been a demand from a wide section of the p : jple to p.-ovide a halt of Nava J«evan Ko.-eis at Rvchur Railway Station in Karnataka ;(b) if so, whether a decision has been taken to provide* a halt; and(c) if not, the reasons for such decision? 

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI SH£0 NARAIN) : (a) Yes, severalrepresentations have been received.(b) and (c) 145/146 Ahmedabad-MvJras Nava Jec*an Express provide* fact •irvicc between these two cities. Pro­vision of additional stoppages will slow down the train to the inconvenience of through pa«e»if?<-rs who have been repre­senting for reduction in journey time

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