DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAYS
LOK
SABHA
The Railways formulates
its plan towards growth of passenger and freight traffic, for
the entire network across the country and not region-wise or State-wise.
In terms of X Five Year Plan formulated, the annual compound traffic
growth rate projected for X Five Year Plan for the entire Indian
Railways is as follows- (i) Freight Traffic in terms of Net Tonne
Kms.- 2.5 per cent, (ii) Passenger Traffic in terms of Passenger
Kms.- 5.3 per cent.
For the current year
i.e. 2002-03, the projected growth rate as per revised estimate
of 2002-03 are as follows (i) Freight Traffic in terms of Net
Tonne Kms.- 7.2 per cent (ii) Passenger Traffic in terms of Passenger
Kms.- (-) 1.9 per cent.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya
in a written reply to a question from S/Shri Ramsheth Thakur and
Ashok N. Mohol in the Lok Sabha today.
