Lok Sabha Question No. 1746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Routes of Bullet Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Balak Nath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1746

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2021

## ROUTES OF BULLET TRAINS

## †1746. SHRI BALAK NATH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  routes  on  which  bullet  trains  have  been  proposed  along with the details thereof;
- (b) whether any bullet train or rapid metro has been proposed in Rajasthan including Alwar; and
- (c) if so, the details of the works being carried out in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c): At present Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) project is the only sanctioned project of High Speed Rail (HSR) in the country  which  is  under  execution  with  the  financial  and  technical assistance  from  Government  of  Japan.  A  Special  Purpose  Vehicle (SPV), namely National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL)  has  been  formed  to  implement  the  Project.  The  current status of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) project is as under:-

- (i) Final Location Survey and Geotechnical investigation has been completed. Alignment has been finalized.
- (ii) Statutory  Clearances  relating  to  wildlife,  Coastal  Regulation Zone (CRZ) and Forest clearance have been obtained.

- (iii) Joint  Measurement  Survey  (JMS)  for  295  villages  out  of  297 has been completed.
- (iv) Out of total land requirement of approx. 1396 ha., about 1089 ha. land has been acquired. Land of 285 ha. in Maharashtra is yet to be acquired.
- (v)
- 1420 out of 1651 utilities have been shifted.
- (vi) Out of total 352 Km in Gujarat, civil works in 342 Km length have started in different phases from December, 2020.

Further, Ministry of Railways has assigned the work for preparation of Survey/Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the following seven HSR Limited corridors to National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL):-

- (i)
- (ii)
- Delhi-Varanasi (865kms)
- Delhi- Ahmedabad (886 kms)
- (iii) Mumbai- Nagpur (753 kms)
- (iv) Mumbai- Hyderabad  (711 kms)
- (v)
- Chennai-Bangalore-Mysore (435 kms)
- (vi)
- (vii)
- Delhi- Amritsar (459 kms)
- Varanasi-Patna-Howrah (760 kms)

The  decision  on  sanctioning  any  HSR  project  depends  on  the of outcome of DPR, techno-economic feasibility, availability resources and financing options.

The  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  has  received Detailed Project Report (DPR) from National Capital Region Transport  Corporation  (NCRTC)  for  Delhi-Gurugram-ShahjahanpurNeemrana-Behror  (SNB)  Urban  Complex  Corridor  and  SNB  Urban Complex  to  Sotanala  Corridor  of    Regional  Rapid  Transit  System (RRTS), which are part of Delhi-Gurugram-Alwar RRTS Project.

The  RRTS  projects  are cost intensive projects which  require extensive inter-ministerial consultations and their approval depends on feasibility of projects and availability of resources. The construction  activity  of  project  is  undertaken  once  the  project  is approved.

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