Lok Sabha Question No. 1445 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Pending Railway Lines in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra including Mumbai, Konkan and Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad)
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1445

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024

PENDING RAILWAY LINES IN MADHYA PRDESH, MAHARASHTRA INCLUDING MUMBAI, KONKAN AND SAMBHAJI NAGAR (AURANGABAD)

- †1445  SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL: SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR: SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of new railway lines laid in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh during the last five years;
- (b) the number of railway lines for which work of gauge conversion, doubling,  electrification  and  signalling  has  been  started/under progress;
- (c) the  details  thereof  particularly  Sambhaji  Nagar  (Aurangabad) district;
- (d) the number of railway lines for which work is pending in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra including Mumbai, Konkan and Sambhaji  Nagar  (Aurangabad)  and  the  time  limit  fixed  for completion of the same;
- (e) the  details  thereof  along  with  time  by  which  these  pending projects are likely to be completed, project-wise; and
- (f) the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1445  BY  SHRI  GYANESHWAR PATIL,  SHRI  RAVINDRA  DATTARAM  WAIKAR  AND  SHRI  BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO  ASARAM  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 04.12.2024  REGARDING    PENDING  RAILWAY  LINES  IN  MADHYA PRDESH, MAHARASHTRA INCLUDING MUMBAI, KONKAR AND SAMBHAJI NAGAR (AURANGABAD)

(a)  to  (f):  Railway  projects  are  surveyed/sanctioned/executed  Zonal Railway  wise  and  not  State-wise  as  the  Railway  projects  may  span across State boundaries. Railway projects are sanctioned on the basis of remunerativeness, traffic projections, last mile connectivity, missing links and alternate routes, augmentation of congested/saturated  lines,  demands  raised  by  State  Governments, Central Ministries, Members of Parliament, other public representatives, Railway's own operational requirement, socioeconomic considerations etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.

## MAHARASHTRA

Railway infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra  are  covered  under  Central  Railway  (CR),  South  Central Railway  (SCR),  Western  Railway  (WR),  South  East  Central  Railway (SECR)  zones  of  Indian  Railways.  Zonal  Railway  wise  details  of Railway  projects  including  cost,  expenditure  and  outlay  are  made available in public domain on Indian Railways website.

As  on  01.04.2024,  41  Railway  projects  (16  New  Lines,  02 Gauge  Conversions  and  23  Doubling),  of  total  length  of  5,877  Km, costing  ₹81,580  crore  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra including the projects sanctioned in last 5 years and Samjbhaji Nagar

(Aurangabad) district, are at various stages of planning and implementation, out of which 1,926 Km length has been commissioned and  an  expenditure  of  ₹31,236  crore  has  been  incurred  upto  March, 2024.

The status of work is summarized as under:-

| Category                |   No. of projects |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned (in Km) | Expenditure upto March, 2024 (₹ in Cr.)   |
|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| New Lines               |                16 |                   2017 |                           166 | 8,529                                     |
| Gauge Conversion        |                 2 |                    609 |                           312 | 3,332                                     |
| Doubling/ Multitracking |                23 |                   3251 |                          1448 | 19,376                                    |
| Total                   |                41 |                   5877 |                          1926 | 31,236                                    |

Further, Construction works on the flagship High speed bullet train project  have  gathered  momentum  in  Maharashtra.  Now  100%  land acquisition  has  been  completed.  Works of bridges, aqueducts etc have been taken up.  Orders  for  3  TBMs  to  carry  out  about  21  Km  tunneling under  sea  have  also  been  placed.  Meanwhile,  all  preparatory  works required for the working of TBMs such as construction of shafts etc have also been taken up.

Western DFC also passes through Maharashtra. About 178 route Km of Western DFC is situated in Maharashtra which is about 12% of overall route length of Western DFC. 76 Km of this project from New Gholvad to New Vaitarna in Maharashtra has already been commissioned. Connectivity  of  WDFC  to  JNPT  will  boost  the  capacity  to  handle  cargo and container traffic from port to Delhi NCR.

Following major projects falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra have been sanctioned recently:-

|   S.No. | Name of the Project                            | Cost (₹ in Cr.)   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Manmad-Indore New Line (309 Km)                | 16,321            |
|       2 | Jalna - Jalgaon New Line (174 Km)              | 5,804             |
|       3 | Aurangabad - Ankai doubling (98 Km)            | 961               |
|       4 | Parbhani - Parli - Vaijanath doubling (65 Km)  | 770               |
|       5 | Jalgaon - Manmad 4 th Line (160 Km)            | 2,574             |
|       6 | Bhusawal - Khandwa 3 rd and 4 th Line (131 Km) | 3,285             |

Average  Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  and  other works falling fully/ partly in Maharashtra is as under:-

| Period   | Outlay                              |
|----------|-------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,171 crore/year                   |
| 2024-25  | ₹15,940 crore ( more than 13 times) |

Commissioning  of  sections  (New  Line,  Gauge  Conversion  and Doubling) falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra during 2009-14 and 2014-2024 is as under:

| Period   | New track    | Average commissioning of new    |
|----------|--------------|---------------------------------|
|          | Commissioned | tracks                          |
| 2009-14  | 292 Km       | 58.4 Km/year                    |
| 2014-24  | 1830 Km      | 183 Km/year (more than 3 times) |

To reduce congestion and meet the future demands of passengers in Mumbai  and  surrounding  areas,    Mumbai  Urban  Transport  Project (MUTP)-II  costing  ₹8,087  crore,  MUTP-III  costing  ₹10,947  crore  and MUTP-IIIA  costing  ₹33,690  crore  have  been  sanctioned.  The  list  of projects undertaken in Mumbai and surrounding areas is as under:

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|   SN | Name of the Project                                                    | Cost (₹ in Cr.)   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|    1 | CSMT-Kurla 5 th & 6 th Line (MUTP-II) (17.5 Km)                        | 891               |
|    2 | Mumbai Central-Borivali 6 th Line (MUTP-II) (30 Km)                    | 919               |
|    3 | Extension of Harbour Line from Goregaon to Borivali (MUTP-IIIA) (7 Km) | 826               |
|    4 | Borivali-Virar 5 th & 6 th line (MUTP-IIIA) (26 Km)                    | 2,184             |

|   5 | Virar-Dahanu Road 3 rd & 4 th Line (MUTP-III) (64 Km)            | 3,587   |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|   6 | Panvel-Karjat Suburban Corridor (MUTP-III) (30 Km)               | 2,782   |
|   7 | Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) suburban corridor link (MUTP-III) (4 Km) | 476     |
|   8 | Kalyan-Asangaon 4 th line (MUTP-IIIA) (32 Km)                    | 1,759   |
|   9 | Kalyan-Badlapur 3rd & 4th line (MUTP-IIIA) (14 Km)               | 1,510   |
|  10 | Kalyan-Kasara 3 rd Line (67 Km)                                  | 792     |
|  11 | Naigaon-Juichandra double chord line (6 Km)                      | 176     |
|  12 | Nilaje- Kopar double chord line (5 Km)                           | 338     |

## Madhya Pradesh

Railway infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh are covered under North Central Railway (NCR), West Central Railway (WCR), East Central Railway (ECR), Western Railway (WR),  Central  Railway  (CR),  South  Central  Railway  (SCR)  and  South East Central Railway (SECR) zones of Indian Railways. Zonal Railway wise details of Railway projects including cost, expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

As on 01.04.2024, 28 Railway projects (08 New lines, 02 Gauge conversions  and  18  Doubling),  of  total  length  5,345  Km,  costing ₹81,797  crore  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh including  the  projects  of  sanctioned  in  last  5  year,  are  at  various stages of planning and implementation, out of which, 1,952 Km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹36,898 crore has been incurred upto March 2024.

## The status of work is summarized as under:-

| Plan Head                |   No. of project s |   Total Length (in Km) |   Length Commissioned (Km) | Expenditure upto March, 2024 (₹ in Cr.)   |
|--------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| New Lines                |                 08 |                   1962 |                        468 | 11,091                                    |
| Gauge Conversion         |                 02 |                    809 |                        380 | 5,220                                     |
| Doubling/ Multitracki ng |                 18 |                   2574 |                       1104 | 20,587                                    |
| Total                    |                 28 |                   5345 |                       1952 | 36,898                                    |

Following major projects falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh have been sanctioned recently:-

|   S.No. | Name of the Project                            | Cost (₹ in Cr.)   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Manmad-Indore New Line (309 Km)                | 16,321            |
|       2 | Bhusawal - Khandwa 3 rd and 4 th Line (131 Km) | 3,285             |

Average  Budget  allocation  for  infrastructure  projects  and  other works, falling fully/ partly in Madhya Pradesh is as under:-

| Period   | Outlay                             |
|----------|------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹632 crore/year                    |
| 2024-25  | ₹14,738 crore (More than 23 times) |

Commissioning  of  sections  (New  Line,  Gauge  Conversion  and Doubling)  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  during 2009-14 and 2014-2024 is as under:

100%  BG  network  in  the  States  of  Maharashtra  and  Madhya Pradesh, have been electrified.

| Period   | New track    | Average commissioning of new   |
|----------|--------------|--------------------------------|
|          | Commissioned | tracks                         |
| 2009-14  | 145 Km       | 29 Km/year                     |
| 2014-24  | 2249 Km      | 224.9 Km/year (Nearly 8 times) |

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The  completion  of  any  Railway  project  depends  on  various factors like quick land acquisition by State Government,  forest clearance by officials of forest department, deposition of cost share by State Government in cost sharing projects, priority of projects, shifting of infringing  utilities,  statutory  clearances  from  various  authorities, geological and topographical conditions of area, law and order situation in the area of project(s) site, number of working months  in  a year for particular project site due to climatic conditions etc.

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