Lok Sabha Question No. 382 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-20
Subject: Railway Line between Nashik and Pune
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 382 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.08.2025

## RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN NASHIK AND PUNE

- †*382.  SHRI BHAUSAHEB RAJARAM WAKCHAURE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted/proposes  to  conduct  any survey  to  lay  a  new  railway  line  between  Nashik  and  Pune  and Manmad-Shahpur via Akola and Belapur via Nevasa-Parli Vaidyanath in Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said railway line is proposed to be laid; and
- (c) the details of the progress made so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 382 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.08.2025.

(a)  to  (c):  To  improve  connectivity  between  Pune  and  Nashik,  following works/surveys have been sanctioned:-

|   S.No. | Name of the Work                                                | Length   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
|       1 | Nashik - Sainagar Shirdi New Double Line for preparation of DPR | 82 Km    |
|       2 | Sainagar Shirdi - Puntamba Doubling                             | 17 Km    |
|       3 | Puntamba - Ahilyanagar Doubling                                 | 77 Km    |
|       4 | Ahilyanagar- Pune New Double Line for preparation of DPR        | 125 Km   |

The physical survey work for these surveys has been completed and the Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been prepared.

After firming up of DPR, sanctioning of project requires consultation with various stake-holders including State Governments and necessary approvals  viz. appraisal of NITI Aayog,  Ministry of Finance  etc.  As sanctioning  of  projects  is  a  continuous  and  dynamic  process,  exact timelines cannot be fixed.

To  provide  connectivity  between  Pune  and  Nashik  via  Sangamner  (near Akole),  another  DPR  was  prepared  by  Maharashtra  Rail  Infrastructure Development  Corporation  Ltd.  (MRIDC),  a  Joint  Venture  company  of Government of Maharashtra (50%) and Ministry of Railways (50%).

The  proposed  alignment  in  the  DPR  was  passing  through  Narayangaon where National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), Pune has installed Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) Observatory.

GMRT has users from 31 number of countries (till 28th Cycle) that uses its services for scientific observations.

Deptt. of  Atomic  Energy  has  advised  Ministry  of  Railways  that the alignment is  passing  near  the  GMRT  Observatory  and  will  have  potential interference and harmful impact on its operations. As such, this alignment was not found acceptable due to adverse impact on the GMRT Observatory.

Belapur is an existing station on Manmad - Belapur - Ahilyanagar section. To  further  improve  the  connectivity  between  Belapur  and  Parli,  the following works have been sanctioned:-

|   S.No. | Name of the work                             | Length   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|----------|
|       1 | Ahilyanagar - Beed - Parli Vaijnath New Line | 250 Km   |
|       2 | Ahilyanagar - Belapur Doubling               | 67 Km    |

Shahpur is about 2.5 Km from existing Asangaon railway station which is located on Mumbai-Manmad route. To further improve connectivity between Manmad-Asangaon (Shahpur), following surveys have been taken up for preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR):-

|   S.No. | Name of the work                     | Length   |
|---------|--------------------------------------|----------|
|       1 | Manmad - Igatpuri 3 rd and 4 th line | 124 Km   |
|       2 | Igatpuri - Kasara 4 th & 5 th line   | 16 Km    |
|       3 | Kasara - Asangaon 4 th line          | 35 Km    |

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