Lok Sabha Question No. 1992 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Metro Rail System
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajkumar Chahar, Sanghamitra Maurya, Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1992

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 14, 2023 METRO RAIL SYSTEM

NO. 1992.  SHRI RAJ KUMAR CHAHAR: DR. SANGHMITRA MAURYA:

SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  extension  of  Metro  Rail  System  and  its  technological progress in the country during the last nine years; and
- (b) the role played by the said changes in improving the urban transportation, particularly in Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) to (b) - The details of metro projects operationalised in last 9 years are as per Annexure-I.

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

A number of technological progress have taken place during the last nine years in various Metro Rail operational in the country. Some of the technological progress 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  Delhi-  Meerut  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 built Automatic Train Supervision System developed by the combined efforts of DMRC and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has been implemented on Red Line of Delhi Metro. The  expansion  of  metro  rail  system  and    technological  progress have improved urban transportation drastically which is evident from the ridership which has increased from 28 lakhs in 2014 to about 1 crore per day at present. The Metro Rail Projects sanctioned by Govt. of India in the State of Madhya  Pradesh  for  Bhopal  and  Indore cities are currently under construction.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  POINT  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO  1992  FOR  ANSWER  ON  14.12.2023 REGARDING  METRO  NETWORK  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJ  KUMAR  CHAHAR, DR. SANGHMITRA MAURYA AND SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

## DETAILS  OF  EXTENSION  OF  METRO  RAIL  SYSTEM  IN  THE  COUNTRY DURING THE LAST NINE YEARS:

| Sr No   | City                                     |   Metro system length extended 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  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  POINT  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1992 FOR ANSWER ON 14.12.2023 REGARDING  METRO  NETWORK  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJ  KUMAR  CHAHAR, DR. SANGHMITRA MAURYA AND SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

DETAILS OF METRO RAIL PROJECTS 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 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 Kalindi Kunj 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 Cyber City Gurugram with spur to Dwarka Expressway | 28.5         | July - 2023         |
|      17 | Delhi, Ghaziabad,                | Delhi Meerut RRTS                                                           | 82.15        | February - 2019     |

|    | Meerut    |                                            |        |                 |
|----|-----------|--------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------|
| 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 |