Lok Sabha Question No. 465 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-05
Subject: Survey of Railway Projects in Maharashtra
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande, Bharti Pravin Pawar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 465 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2020

## SURVEY OF RAILWAY PROJECTS IN MAHARASHTRA

- †465. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE: DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of railway projects in Maharashtra on which survey has been conducted and approved but which have not been started so far;
- (b) if so, the location-wise details thereof;
- (c) the  status  of  the  said  projects  at  present  along  with  the  details thereof, project-wise/location-wise; and
- (d) the efforts made by the Government to expedite the work on railway projects approved in Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 465 BY SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE AND DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 05.02.2020 REGARDING SURVEY OF RAILWAY PROJECTS IN MAHARASHTRA

(a) to (c): During last 3 years and current year (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20) 10 New Line, 1 Gauge Conversion and 4 Doubling projects have been included in budget subject to requisite Government approvals. Details  of  these  projects  including  location  and  present  status  are  as under:

| S.No.   | Name of project                                                     | Length (km)   | Year of inclusion in Budget   | Present status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | NEW LINE                                                            | NEW LINE      | NEW LINE                      | NEW LINE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 1       | Vaibhavwadi - Kolhapur (now Shri Chhatrapati Shahumaharaj Terminus) | 108           | 2016-17                       | Project sanctioned in August 2019. Project is at initial stage.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 2       | Indore-Manmad via Malegaon                                          | 368           | 2016-17                       | Indore-Manmad new line project has been identified to be executed under 'Participative Policy' of Ministry of Railways (MoR) and being piloted by Indian Port Railway Corporation Ltd. (IPRCL), a PSU of Ministry of Shipping. Accordingly, an MOU was signed between the equity holders namely IPRCL, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT- Port Trust under Ministry of Shipping) and State Government of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. JNPT being the major stakeholder (55%) as per the proposed equity structure is now required to take the lead for constitution of SPV and contributing the equity, to |

| S.No.   | Name of project                                              | Length (km)      | Year of inclusion in Budget   | Present status                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                              |                  |                               | enable he execution of the project, after which, the SPV has to submit the concession agreement to MoR for approval.                                                                                         |
| 3       | Pune-Nasik                                                   | 265              | 2016-17                       | Project has been identified by Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (MRIDC) for feasibility study and execution. Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been taken up for examination. |
| 4       | Hatkanagale- Ichalkaraji                                     | 9                | 2017-18                       | Survey for preparation of DPR was delayed due to local resistance. Now Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been prepared in January 2020. DPR taken up for examination.                                        |
| 5       | Jeur-Asthi                                                   | 78               | 2017-18                       | Government of Maharashtra has been requested for sharing cost of project. Consent of Government of Maharashtra has not been received so far.                                                                 |
| 6       | Phaltan-Pandharpur                                           | 105              | 2017-18                       | Government of Maharashtra has been requested for sharing cost of project. Consent of Government of Maharashtra has not been received so far.                                                                 |
| 7       | Solapur-Tuljapur- Osmanabad                                  | 84               | 2018-19                       | Project has been sanctioned and work started.                                                                                                                                                                |
| 8       | Dhule (Borvihir) - Nardana                                   | 51               | 2018-19                       | Project has been sanctioned and work started.                                                                                                                                                                |
| 9       | Bidar-Nanded                                                 | 155              | 2019-20                       | Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been taken up.                                                                                                                                              |
| 10      | Kalyan-Murbad via Ulhasnagar                                 | 28               | 2019-20                       | Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been taken up.                                                                                                                                              |
|         | GAUGE CONVERSION                                             | GAUGE CONVERSION | GAUGE CONVERSION              | GAUGE CONVERSION                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 1       | Pachora-Jamner Gauge Conversion with extension upto Malkapur | 84               | 2019-20                       | Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been taken up.                                                                                                                                              |

| S.No.   | Name of project            | Length (km)   | Year of inclusion in Budget   | Present status                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|---------|----------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | DOUBLING                   |               |                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 1       | Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4th line  | 24            | 2016-17                       | Project has been sanctioned and work started.                                                                                                                                                                |
| 2       | Daund-Manmad               | 236           | 2016-17                       | Project has been sanctioned and work started.                                                                                                                                                                |
| 3       | Manmad-Jalgaon 3rd line    | 160           | 2016-17                       | Project has been sanctioned and work started.                                                                                                                                                                |
| 4       | Igatpuri-Manmad - 3rd line | 124           | 2018-19                       | Project has been identified by Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (MRIDC) for feasibility study and execution. Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been taken up for examination. |

Presently, 38 projects costing ₹ 73,485 crore for ₹ 5,879 km length falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra are under different stage of planning/approval/execution,  out  of  which,  797  km  length  has  been commissioned  and  an  expenditure  of ₹ 13,172  crore  has  been  incurred upto March, 2019. These include:

16 New Line projects covering a length of 2,043 km at a cost of ₹ 38,129 crore,  out  of  which,  63  km  length  has  been  commissioned  and  an expenditure of ₹ 3,479 crore has been incurred upto March 2019. An outlay of ₹ 987 crore has been provided for 2019-20.

5 Gauge Conversion projects covering a length of 1,135 km at a cost of ₹ 11,102 crore, out of which, 500 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹ 4324 crore has been incurred upto March 2019.  An outlay of ₹ 806 crore has been provided for 2019-20.

17  Doubling  projects  covering  a  length  of  2,701  km  at  a  cost  of ₹ 24,255 crore, out of which, 234 km length has been commissioned and an  expenditure  of ₹ 5,369  crore  has  been  incurred  upto  March  2019.  An outlay of ₹ 2,858 crore has been provided for 2019-20.

(d): Thorough  review  of  throughput  enhancement  projects  has  been carried out and with focused approach, the projects have been prioritized into Super Critical, Critical and other throughput enhancement projects. All out sincere and focused efforts are being made by Railway for quick execution of these projects so as to get early returns to Railway.

In order to ensure that projects are completed in time without cost overrun,  lot  of  monitoring  is  done  in  Railways  at  various  levels  (field level, Divisional level, Zonal level and Board level) and regular meetings are  held  with  the  officials  of  State  Government  and  other  concerned authorities  to  resolve  the  pending  issues  that  are  obstructing  the progress of projects.

Till 2013-14, due to overall limited availability of funds, most of the projects  were  not  progressing  satisfactorily.  Since  2014-15,  based  on physical progress of projects, last mile connectivity projects and projects for decongesting the existing routes have been given sufficient funds.  For  this  purpose,  funds  for  capacity  enhancement  projects  have been  arranged  through  institutional  financing  for  assured  funding  to viable  projects.  Thus,  there  is  no  constraint  of  funds  for  execution  of doubling / 3 rd  line / 4 th  line projects.

Average  annual  Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  and Safety works for the projects falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra, during 2014-19 has been enhanced to ₹ 4,801 crore per year from ₹ 1,171 crore per year (during 2009-10 to 2013-14). Thus, the average

Budget  allocation  during  2014-19  is  410%  of  average  annual  Budget allocation of previous five years (2009-14). Total  allocation  of  Budget  for  Infrastructure  projects  and  Safety works falling fully/  partly  in  State  of    Maharashtra,  in  2019-20  is ₹ 7,281 crore, which is 622% of average annual Budget allocation of 2009-14. During  2009-14,  292  km  (111  km  of  New  Line,  135  km  of  Gauge Conversion and 46 km of Doubling projects) have been commissioned in the State of Maharashtra at an average rate of 58 km per year. During  2014-19,  596  km  (87  km  of  New  Line,  92  km  of  Gauge Conversion and 417 km of Doubling projects) have been commissioned in the State of Maharashtra at an average rate of 119 km per year, which is 204% of commissioning during 2009-14. To ensure that projects are completed even before time, Railway has adopted the concept of incentives to the contractor in the form of bonus clause in contracts which will further enhance the pace  of execution of projects.

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