Lok Sabha Question No. 2549 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-11
Subject: New Railway Line from Vasai to Pune and Diva
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Alok Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2549 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2024

## NEW RAILWAY LINE FROM VASAI TO PUNE AND DIVA

## †2549  SHRI ALOK SHARMA

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has decided to lay a new railway line from Vasai and Pune and Diva under Mumbai Division;
- (b) if so, the present status of the said work;
- (c) the time taken to complete the said work; and
- (d) the details of the hurdles encountered in timely completion of the said work?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d): Vasai - Diva - Pune is already an existing double line section. Construction  of  Vasai  chord  line  (Double  line)  between  Naigaon  and Juchandra (6 Km) has been sanctioned. Further, to reduce congestion and meet the future demands of passengers in Mumbai and surrounding areas,  Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-II costing Rs.  8,087  crore,  MUTP-III  costing  Rs.10,947  crore  and  MUTP-IIIA costing  Rs.33,690  crore  have  been  sanctioned.  The  list  of  projects undertaken in Mumbai and surrounding areas is as under:-

| 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   | Nilaje- Kopar double chord Line ( 5 Km)                                 | 338                |
| 12   | Naigaon-Juichandra double chord line ( 6 km)                            | 176                |
|      | Total                                                                   | 16,240             |

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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