Lok Sabha Question No. 384 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: New Railway Line between Vasai to Diva, Mumbai
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 384 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2024

## NEW RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN VASAI TO DIVA, MUMBAI

- 384    SHRI BALYA MAMA SURESH GOPINATH MHATRE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has decided to lay a new railway line between  Vasai  to  Diva  under  Mumbai  division  and  if  so,  the current status of the said work;
- (b) the time taken to complete the said work; and
- (c) the details of hurdles to speed up the work?

## 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 UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  384  BY  SHRI  BALYA  MAMA  SURESH GOPINATH MHATRE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.07.2024 REGARDING NEW RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN VASAI TO DIVA, MUMBAI

(a) to (c) Vasai to Diva is already an existing double broad gauge line section.  Construction of Western DFC on parallel alignment is also in progress.  Further,  construction  of  Vasai  bye  pass  line  (Double  line) between  Naigaon  and  Juchandra  (5.73  Km)  has  been  sanctioned. Further extension of these corridors for future demands on suburban corridors is a continuous  process. Moreover,  Panvel-Virar  new suburban  corridor  is  also  taken  under  consideration  at  a  cost  of ₹ 7,184 crore on 50:50 cost sharing basis with Govt. of Maharashtra as a part of Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP).

To  avoid  congestions  on  suburban  corridors  and  to  meet  the future demands, following 10 projects have also been sanctioned:

|   S.No. | Name of project                                           |   Cost (₹ in crore) |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | 5 th & 6 th Line CSTM-Kurla (17.5 km)                     |                 891 |
|       2 | 6 th Line Mumbai Central-Borivali (30 km)                 |                 919 |
|       3 | Panvel-Karjat Suburban corridor (29.6 km)                 |                2782 |
|       4 | Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) suburban corridor link (3.3 km)   |                 476 |
|       5 | Quadrupling of Virar-Dahanu Road 3 rd & 4 th Line (64 km) |                3587 |
|       6 | Extension of Harbour Line Goregaon-Borivali (7 km)        |                 826 |

|   7 | 5 th & 6 th line Borivali-Virar (26 km)             |   2184 |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------|--------|
|   8 | 4 th line between Kalyan-Asangaon (32 km)           |   1759 |
|   9 | 3 rd & 4 th line between Kalyan-Badlapur (14.05 km) |   1510 |
|  10 | Kalyan Yard-Segregation of Main Line & Suburban     |    866 |

All  these  MUTP  projects  have  been  sanctioned  on  cost  sharing basis 50:50 between Ministry of Railways and Government of Maharashtra. However, Maharashtra Govt. was not providing requisite funds on time as per the commitment till March 2022-23, resulting in delay  in  completion  of  the  projects.  Government  of  Maharashtra  has started funding for MUTP-IIIA projects from April 2023.

The completion of Railway project depends upon various factors like  quick  land acquisition by State Government, forest clearance by officials of forest department, 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, completion of Transmission Line Works by State Power Utilities, which are beyond the control of Ministry of Railways. All these factors affect the completion time of the project. Therefore, it is not feasible to fix timelines for completion of the project.

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