Lok Sabha Question No. 790 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Metro Network
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Prathap Simha, L.S. Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 790 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 07, 2023 METRO NETWORK

NO. 790 SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

Will  the  Minister  of  HOUSING  AND  URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  and  the  number  of  cities  with  a  working  and  an under-construction metro network in the country;
- (b) the financial assistance provided so far by the Union Government and the State Government for the metro construction in Bengaluru so far for each corridor;
- (c) the  details  of  noteworthy  expansion  of  the  metro  system length and technological advancements in the country during the last nine years, city-wise;
- (d) the manner in which these changes played a role in improving urban transportation; and
- (e) the extensions proposed in each of the cities and the status of their approvals?

## ANSWER

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) At  present,  Metro  Rail/Regional  Rapid  Transit  System  (RRTS) network  is  operational  in  20  cities  across  the  country  namely Delhi& 7 NCR cities (Gurugram, Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad,

Faridabad, Bahadurgarh, Ballabhgarh), Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata,  Chennai,  Jaipur,  Kochi,  Lucknow,  Mumbai,  Ahmadabad, Nagpur,  Kanpur  and  Pune.  Metro  Rail/RRTS  network  is  under construction in 19 cities across the country namely Delhi, Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Kochi, Mumbai, Nagpur,  Ahmedabad,  Gandhinagar,  Pune,  Kanpur,  Agra,  Bhopal, Indore, Patna, Surat and Meerut.

(b) Financial assistance provided so far by the Union Government and the State Government for metro construction in Bengaluru is as under:

| Particulars               | Financial assistance provided till 28.11.2023 in the form of Equity, Subordinate Debt, Pass Through Assistance (PTA) etc. ( ` in Cr)   | Financial assistance provided till 28.11.2023 in the form of Equity, Subordinate Debt, Pass Through Assistance (PTA) etc. ( ` in Cr)   | Financial assistance provided till 28.11.2023 in the form of Equity, Subordinate Debt, Pass Through Assistance (PTA) etc. ( ` in Cr)   |
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                           | Phase 1                                                                                                                                | Phase 2                                                                                                                                | Phase 2A & 2B                                                                                                                          |
| Government of India (GoI) | 7,154.61                                                                                                                               | 13,245.95                                                                                                                              | 4,568.15                                                                                                                               |
| Government of Karnataka   | 5,923.26                                                                                                                               | 12,663.63                                                                                                                              | 5,577.89                                                                                                                               |

(c) to (e) The  details  of  metro  project  operationalised  in  last  9 years are as per Annexure-I.

The details of metro projects which has been approved by Central Government as 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) project with State Government in last 9 years are,as per Annexure II.

A  number  of  technological  advancements  have  taken  place during  the  last  nine  years  in  various  Metro  Rail  operational  in  the country. Some of the noteworthy technological advancements are :

- (i) Introduction  of  Namo  Bharat  Train-  India's  first  State  of  Art Namo Bharat train with design speed of 180 kmph and operational speed of 160 kmph  has been introduced on

priority  section  between  Sahibabad  to  Duhai  Depot  on  Delhi-

- Meerut RRTS corridor;
- (ii) European Train Control System(ETCS) - World's first State of Art ETCS  level  II with Hybrid level-III radio based  train signalling  system  on  LTE  backbone    has  been  introduced  on Namo  Bharat  trains  running  on    priority  corridor  of  DelhiMeerut RRTS enhancing passenger safety to a new level.
- (iii) Platform  Screen  Door(PSD)  -    For  improved  safety  and  to reduce the risk of accidents, PSD has been jointly developed by  Bharat  Electronics  Limited  (BEL)  with  National  Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC);
- (iv) National Common Mobility Card(NCMC) - One Nation-One card i.e. NCMC work on all NCMC enabled transport systems in the country;
- (v) QR based Ticketing -QR based ticketing system has facilitated booking of tickets from Mobile based apps;
- (vi) Unmanned  Train  Operations  (UTO)  -  For  improved  efficiency and quality of service including better utilisation of resources, UTO  is  functional  in  certain  stretches  of  Delhi  Metro  Rail Corporation;
- (vii) Indigenous Automatic Train Supervision  system (i-ATS) -India's first Indigenously builtAutomatic Train Supervision Systemdeveloped by the combined efforts of DMRC and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has been implemented on Red Line of Delhi Metro.

These technological advancements have improved urban transportation drastically  which  is  evident  from  the  ridership  which has  increased  from  28  lakhs  in  2014  to  about1  crore  per  dayat present.

## ANNEXURE I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) to (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 790 FOR ANSWER ON 07.12.2023 REGARDING METRO NETWORK ASKED BY SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA AND SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

DETAILS  OF  EXPANSION  OFMETRO  SYSTEM  IN  THE  COUNTRY DURING THE LAST NINE YEARS, CITY-WISE

| Sr No   | City                                     |   Metro system length expanded during the last 9 years in the country as on 30.11.2023 |
|---------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Delhi & NCR                              |                                                                                    198 |
| 2       | Bangalore                                |                                                                                     57 |
| 3       | Mumbai                                   |                                                                                     68 |
| 4       | Kolkata                                  |                                                                                     20 |
| 5       | Hyderabad                                |                                                                                     69 |
| 6       | Chennai                                  |                                                                                     54 |
| 7       | Jaipur                                   |                                                                                     12 |
| 8       | Kochi                                    |                                                                                     27 |
| 9       | Lucknow                                  |                                                                                     23 |
| 10      | Nagpur                                   |                                                                                     40 |
| 11      | Ahmedabad                                |                                                                                     39 |
| 12      | Pune                                     |                                                                                     24 |
| 13      | Kanpur                                   |                                                                                      9 |
| 14      | Ghaziabad (Delhi-Ghaziabad- Meerut RRTS) |                                                                                     17 |
|         | Total                                    |                                                                                    657 |

## ANNEXURE II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) to (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 790 FOR ANSWER ON 07.12.2023 REGARDING METRO NETWORK ASKED BY SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA AND SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

DETAILS  OF  METRO  RAILPROJECTS  APPROVED  BY  CENTRAL GOVERNMENT  IN  LAST  9  YEARS  AS  50:50  JOINT  VENTURE PROJECTS

## METRO PROJECTS SANCTIONED

|   SL No | City                             | Name of Metro Project                                                    | Length in Kms   | Month of Sanction   |
|---------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Nagpur Nagpur Metro Rail Project | 40.022                                                                   |                 | August-2014         |
|       2 |                                  | Nagpur Metro Phase II                                                    | 43.8            | December- 2022      |
|       3 | Ahmedabad                        | Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project                                             | 40.03           | November- 2014      |
|       4 |                                  | Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase II                                    | 28.254          | February - 2019     |
|       5 | Lucknow                          | Lucknow Metro Rail Project Phase 1A                                      | 22.88           | January - 2016      |
|       6 | Chennai                          | Extn. of Chennai Metro Phase-I                                           | 9.05            | June-2016           |
|       7 | Pune                             | Pune Metro Rail Project Phase 1                                          | 33.283          | December- 2016      |
|       8 | Delhi/NCR                        | Delhi Metro Extension from YMCA chowk (Mujesar) Faridabad to Ballabhgarh | 3.205           | March- 2017         |
|       9 | Delhi/NCR                        | Delhi Metro Extn from NAJAFGARH-DHANSA                                   | 1.18            | May, 2017           |
|      10 |                                  | Delhi Metro Extn from KalindiKunj to Botanical Garden                    | 3.962           | December - 2017     |
|      11 |                                  | Delhi Metro Extn from Noida City Centre to Noida Sector 62               | 6.675           | May - 2018          |
|      12 |                                  | Noida - Greater Noida                                                    | 29.707          | June - 2017         |
|      13 | Delhi/NCR                        | Delhi Metro Extn From Dilshad Garden to New Bus stand Ghaziabad          | 9.4             | January - 2019      |
|      14 |                                  | Delhi Phase IV - 03 Priority Corridors                                   | 65.2            | March - 2019        |
|      15 |                                  | Delhi Metro Extension from Dwarka Sector 21 to IICC Extension            | 2.03            | May - 2017          |
|      16 |                                  | Millenium City Centre to                                                 | 28.5            | July - 2023         |

|    |                          | Cyber City Gurugram with spur to Dwarka Expressway   |        |                 |
|----|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------|
| 17 | Delhi, Ghaziabad, Meerut | Delhi Meerut RRTS                                    | 82.15  | February - 2019 |
| 18 | Bhopal                   | Bhopal Metro Rail Project                            | 27.87  | October - 2018  |
| 19 | Indore                   | Indore Metro Rail Project                            | 31.55  | October - 2018  |
| 20 | Patna                    | Patna Metro Rail Project                             | 32.507 | February - 2019 |
| 21 | Agra                     | Agra Metro Rail Project                              | 29.4   | February - 2019 |
| 22 | Kanpur                   | Kanpur Metro Rail Project                            | 32.385 | February - 2019 |
| 23 | Surat                    | Surat Metro Rail Project                             | 40.35  | March - 2019    |
| 24 | Bangalore                | Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase 2A & 2B           | 58.19  | June - 2021     |
| 25 | Kochi                    | Kochi Metro Phase II                                 | 11.2   | September- 2022 |

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