Lok Sabha Question No. 4640 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-24
Subject: Upgradation/Modernization of Railway Stations in Maharashtra
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Rekha Arun Verma, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4640 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2021

## UPGRADATION/MODERNIZATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS IN MAHARASHTRA

4640. DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  has  decided  to  upgrade/modernize  the railway  stations  in  the  country  including  Maharashtra  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  upgradation  work  has  been  completed  in  all  those railway stations and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  all  the  facilities  of  highlevel  platform,  waiting  hall,  lift, escalator, ramp, etc. have been provided in all the grades of railway stations including sub-urban stations in the said States;
- (d)  the  total  amount of funds spent for modernization during the last three  years  and  the  time  by  which  all  the  stations  are  likely  to  be modernized;
- (e) the details of the projects allocated and completed under MUTP I, II, III and IIIA till now;
- (f) whether the Railways has received any proposals from Maharashtra for starting new trains in the State; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard, proposal-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (g) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (g)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.4640  BY  DR.  SHRIKANT  EKNATH SHINDE,  SHRIMATI  REKHA  VERMA,  DR.  SUJAY  RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL, SHRI VINAYAK RAUT, SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE, SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL AND DR. HEENA  GAVIT  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  24.03.2021 REGARDING UPGRADATION/MODERNIZATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS IN MAHARASHTRA

(a)  to  (d)  Railway  stations  are  at  present  upgraded/modernized under  'Adarsh' Station  Scheme  based  on  identified  need  of providing better  enhanced passenger amenities at stations. Under 'Adarsh' Station Scheme, 1253 stations have been identified for development on Indian Railways, out of which 1201 stations  so  far  have  been  developed.  The  remaining  52  stations are  targeted  to  be  developed  under  Adarsh  Station  Scheme  by 2021-22.  In  the  state  of  Maharashtra,  108  stations  have  been identified under the Adarsh Station Scheme and out of these 107 stations  have  been  upgraded/developed  under  this  scheme.  The remaining 01 station viz. Khapri is expected to be developed by 2021-22 under Adarsh Station Scheme.

Various  passenger  amenities  such  as  improvement  to  façade  of the  station  building,  retiring  room,  waiting  room  (with  bathing facilities),  separate  waiting  room  for  ladies,  computer  based public address system, landscaping of circulating area, signages, Pay & Use toilets, water coolers, High level platforms, Foot Over Bridges,  ramps  at  entry  to  station  for  Divyangjan  and  Senior Citizens etc. are provided at Railway stations which are identified and  developed  under  the  'Adarsh'  station  scheme  as  per  the respective category of the station

The allocation/expenditure on works of modernization/upgradation/augmentation  of  railway  stations  is generally  funded  under  Plan  Head-53  'Passenger  Amenities'. Zone-wise  details  of  funds  allocated  under  Budgetary  Sources and expenditure incurred for the Plan Head-53 'Passenger

Amenities',  over  Indian  Railways  during  the  last  three  years, namely, 2017-18 , 2018-19, 2019-20 are Appended.

- (e)    MUTP-I  was  sanctioned  in  2003-04  and  comprised  of  works, namely,  Borivali-Virar  quadrupling,  5 th   &  6 th   lines  between  Kurla  and Thane,  Virar  -Dahanu  Road  Track  Centre  work,  101/9  Car  EMU procurement/manufacture, Provision of Virar Car shed, Traction Conversion from 1500 V DC to 25k V AC, other optimization and service Efficiency  works,  and  Resettlement  and  Rehabilitation  of  projects affected Households (PAH).  The project was successfully completed in March 2012 at a total cost of ` 4450 crore.

MUTP-II  was  sanctioned  in  2008-09  at  a  cost  of ` 5300  crore.    This project is being implemented in two parts i.e. MUTP-2A and MUTP-2B.

MUTP-2A : All the works under MUTP-2A i.e. 72/12 car  EMU procurement and manufacture, conversion of 1500 V DC to 25 kV AC traction system on balance section on CR, maintenance facilities for EMUs,  Stabling  lines  for  EMUs,  Trespass  Control  measures  at  12 stations, have been completed by December 2016.

MUTP-2B  :    The  project  comprises  works  of  5 th   &  6 th   lines  between CSTM-Kurla,  6 th   line  between  Mumbai  Central-Borivali,  Extension  of Harbour line from Andheri to Goregaon (completed in December 2017), 5 th   &  6 th   line  between  Thane-Diva,  Station  improvement  and  trespass control  work,  resettlement  and  rehabilitation  of  Project  Affected Households(PAH).    All  the  work  are  expected  to  be  completed  by December 2021 except 6 th   line  between  Mumbai  Central-Borivali  and 5 th   and  6 th   lines  between  CSTM-Kurla  are  likely  to  be  completed  by March 2023 and March 2024 respectively.

MUTP-III was sanctioned in November 2016 at a cost of ` 10947 crore. The project comprises works, namely, New Suburban Corridor between Panvel-Karjat (double line), New Suburban Corridor link between AiroliKalva  (elevated)  on  CR,  Quadrupling  of  Virar-Dahanu  Road  on  WR,

Procurement  of  47/12  car  EMU  Rolling  Stock,  and  Trespass  Control measures in the mid sections.

Loan Agreement for USD 500 million was signed with Asian Infrastructure  Investment  Bank  (AIIB)  in  August  2020.    Subsidiary Financing Agreement (SFA) with Government of Maharashtra had been signed in July 2020.  Under MUTP-III, various works are in progress at present.

MUTP-IIIA  was  approved  by  Union  Cabinet  in  March  2019  at  a completion  cost  of ` 33690  crore.    The  project  comprises  works  , namely, Extension of Harbour line from Goregaon to Borivali, 5 th  & 6 th line between Borivali to Virar, 4 th  line between Kalyan-Asangaon, 3 rd  & 4 th   lines  between  Kalyan-Badlapur,  Introduction  of  CBTC  on  CSMTPanvel on Harbour line, CSMT-Kalyan on CR and Churchgate-Virar on WR,  and  Procurement  of  191/12  car  Air Conditioned  trains etc. Preliminary works are in progress.

(f) and (g) Indian Railways do not operate train services on Statewise basis, as Railway network transcends across State boundaries.  Besides,  representations/requests  are  received  at various levels of Railway Administration namely Station, Division, Zone and Railway Board, a compendium which is not maintained. These are examined and action as found feasible and justified is taken  from  time  to  time.  Central  and  Western  Railway  primarily serve the State of Maharashtra. During 2019-20, Indian Railways have  introduced  10  new  trains  (in  single)  over  the  said  Zones, serving various stations located in the state of Maharashtra.

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.4640  BY  DR.  SHRIKANT  EKNATH SHINDE,  SHRIMATI  REKHA  VERMA,  DR.  SUJAY  RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL, SHRI VINAYAK RAUT, SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE, SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL AND DR. HEENA  GAVIT  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  24.03.2021 REGARDING UPGRADATION/MODERNIZATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS IN MAHARASHTRA to  (d)  Zone-wise  details  of  gross  funds  allocated  under 53  'Passenger  Amenities',  over  Indian  Railways  during  the  last

(a) Budgetary Sources and expenditure incurred for this Plan Headthree years namely 2017-18 , 2018-19 and 2019-20.

( ` in crore)

| Zonal Railway      | 2017-18           | 2017-18       | 2018-19           | 2018-19       | 2019-20           | 2019-20       |
|--------------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
| Zonal Railway      | Allo- cation (RE) | Expend- iture | Allo- cation (RE) | Expend- iture | Allo- cation (RE) | Expend- iture |
| Central            | 141.53            | 161.89        | 280.67            | 237.42        | 235.96            | 231.83        |
| Eastern            | 85.21             | 50.73         | 90.97             | 57.84         | 112.84            | 115.26        |
| East Central       | 72.03             | 74.11         | 138.80            | 98.57         | 137.43            | 141.92        |
| East Coast         | 75.09             | 59.85         | 86.95             | 72.55         | 96.14             | 94.79         |
| Northern           | 174.12            | 171.92        | 179.92            | 141.18        | 150.77            | 152.30        |
| North Central      | 105.53            | 66.56         | 108.84            | 116.92        | 65.30             | 77.64         |
| North Eastern      | 92.81             | 91.44         | 95.50             | 89.53         | 78.59             | 86.32         |
| Northeast Frontier | 56.83             | 38.16         | 95.54             | 78.06         | 107.24            | 100.27        |
| North Western      | 57.87             | 68.09         | 134.29            | 118.62        | 120.22            | 118.01        |
| Southern           | 148.52            | 102.00        | 108.47            | 57.57         | 111.55            | 114.44        |
| South Central      | 90.96             | 63.80         | 132.96            | 76.39         | 151.39            | 150.29        |
| South Eastern      | 80.25             | 81.85         | 81.11             | 56.93         | 76.67             | 82.01         |
| South East Central | 32.60             | 23.50         | 66.43             | 36.19         | 53.82             | 55.83         |

| South Western   |   64.19 |   49.77 |   61.22 |   26.19 |   82.66 |   80.61 |
|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| Western         |  126.5  |  134.8  |  316.47 |  299.01 |  254.45 |  254.61 |
| West Central    |   58.55 |   44.44 |   35.31 |   19.03 |   37.39 |   34.09 |
| Metro           |    8.2  |    3.89 |    9.31 |    3.88 |   17.29 |   12.88 |
| TOTAL           | 1470.79 | 1286.8  | 2022.75 | 1585.88 | 1889.71 | 1903.1  |

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