GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARREDQUESTION NO: 1780

ANSWERED ON: 07.03.2013

SURCHARGE FOR KUMBH MELA 

 (a) whether the Railways have levied additional surcharge on the passengers proceeding for Allahabad Kumbh fair; 

(b) if so, the amount charged in the form of surcharge and the total amount collected as surcharge so far; 

(c) the additional expenditure incurred on the amenities for the Kumbh visitors over and above the total amount earned; and 

(d) the additional amount being spent under each head, for the said occasion head-wise?

ANSWER

(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. The Mela surcharge leviable per passenger is as under: 

Class   urcharge leviable (Rs)     

econd    5     

leeper    5     

AC Chair Car & AC-3tier  10 

First class & AC-2tier  15     

AC First   20

Total amount collected during umbh Mela upto 25th February 2013 is approimately Rs 1.34 crores.  

(c) & (d): Total expenditure incurred by Railways for providing amenities for the Kumbh visitors is Rs 53.22 crores which constitutes 34.97 crores of capital expenditure, Rs 13.70 crores of revenue expenditure and 4.55 crores of Deposit works funded by the State Governement.