Lok Sabha Question No. 344 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: Projects in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Shri Praveen Patel, Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske

(a) to (g):

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 344

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2024

## PROJECTS IN MAHARASHTRA AND UTTAR PRADESH

- 344     DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL: SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of ongoing railway projects in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, their length, cost, details thereof;
- (b) list of the above projects, nature of the project, route,  likely date of completion, reasons for delay of each project;
- (c) average  annual  budget  for  Railways  in  Maharashtra  and  Uttar Pradesh in the last 10 years;
- (d) budget for 2023-24 for Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh and breakup by major heads;
- (e) list of stations selected for Amrit Bharat Scheme in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh and proposed measures for improvement;
- (f) stations  selected  for  redevelopment  in  Maharashtra  and  Uttar Pradesh; and
- (g)  stations where techno-economic feasibility studies are underway for  redevelopment  of  Thane,  Kalyan  and  Dombivali  Stations  and progress thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. ****

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (g)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 344 BY DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL  AND  SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.07.2024 REGARDING PROJECTS IN MAHARASHTRA AND UTTAR PRADESH

(a) to (d): Railway  projects  are  sanctioned  Zonal  Railway-wise  and not State-wise or Region-wise as Indian Railways' projects may span across State boundaries.

## Maharashtra

As on 01.04.2024, 41 Railway infrastructure projects (16 New Line, 02  Gauge  Conversion  and  23  Doubling),  of  total  length  of  5,877  km costing  ₹81,580  crore  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra 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. These include:-

- (i) 16 New Line projects of total length of 2,017 km costing ₹38,423 crore, out of which 166 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹8,529 crore has been incurred upto March 2024.
- (ii) 2  Gauge  Conversion  projects  of  total  length  of  609  km  costing ₹7,339 crore, out of which 312 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹3,332 crore has been incurred upto March 2024.

- (iii) 23 Doubling projects of total length of 3,251 km costing ₹35,818 crore, out of which 1,448 km length has been commissioned and an  expenditure  of  ₹19,376  crore  has  been  incurred  upto  March 2024.

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in fund allocation and commensurate commissioning of projects across Indian Railways.  Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  and  safety works falling fully/partly in the state of Maharashtra is as under:-

| Period   | Average Outlay     | Increase w.r.t. to average allocation during 2009-14   |
|----------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,171 crore/year  | -                                                      |
| 2014-24  | ₹ 7,197 crore/year | 6.1 times                                              |
| 2023-24  | ₹13,539 crore      | 11.56 times                                            |

Commissioning of infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra is as under:

| Period   | Total Track Commissioned   | Average Track Commissioned   | Increase w.r.t. average commissioning during 2009-14   |
|----------|----------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 292 Km                     | 58.4 km/year                 | -                                                      |
| 2014-24  | 1830 Km                    | 183 km/year                  | 3.13 times                                             |

In 2023-24 total 358 kms have been commissioned which is more than 6 times as compared to average commissioning during 2009-14.

Further, to avoid congestions on suburban corridors and to meet the  future  demands,  MUTP-III  costing  ₹10,947  crores  and  MUTP-IIIA costing ₹33,690 crores have been sanctioned. These projects include following additional 10 rail links :

|   S.No. | Name of project                                         |   Cost (₹ in crore) |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | 5th & 6th Line CSTM-Kurla (17.5 km)                     |                 891 |
|       2 | 6th 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 3rd & 4th Line (64 km) |                3587 |
|       6 | Extension of Harbour Line Goregaon-Borivali (7 km)      |                 826 |
|       7 | 5th & 6th line Borivali-Virar (26 km)                   |                2184 |
|       8 | 4th line between Kalyan-Asangaon (32 km)                |                1759 |
|       9 | 3rd & 4th 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 2022-23, resulting in delay in completion  of  the  projects.  Government  of  Maharashtra  has  started funding for these projects  from April 2023.

## Uttar Pradesh

As on 01.04.2024, in Uttar Pradesh, 68 Railway projects (16 New Line, 03 Gauge Conversion and 49 Doubling), of total length of 5,874 km costing ₹92,001 crore falling fully/partly in the State, are at various stages of planning and implementation, out of which 1,313 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of ₹28,366 crore has been incurred upto March 2024. These include:-

(i) 16 New Line projects of total length of 1,740 km costing ₹29,156 crore,  out  of  which  297  km  length  has  been  commissioned  and  an expenditure of ₹8,672 crore has been incurred upto March 2024.

(ii) 3  Gauge  Conversion  projects  of  total  length  of  261  km  costing ₹2,453  crore,  an  expenditure  of  ₹26  crore  has  been  incurred  upto March 2024.

(iii)  49 Doubling projects of total length of 3,873 km costing ₹60,392 crore,  out  of  which  1,016  km  length  has  been  commissioned  and  an expenditure of ₹19,668 crore has been incurred upto March 2024.

Since 2014, there has been substantial increase in fund allocation and commensurate commissioning of projects across Indian Railways.  Budget  allocation  for  Infrastructure  projects  and  safety works falling fully/partly in the state of Uttar Pradesh is as under:-

| Period   | Average Outlay    | Increase w.r.t. to average allocation during 2009-14   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,109 crore/year | -                                                      |
| 2023-24  | ₹ 8833 crore/year | 7.96 times                                             |

## Commissioning of infrastructure projects falling fully/partly in the State of Uttar Pradesh is as under:

| Period   | Total Track Commissioned   | Average Track Commissioned   | Increase w.r.t. average commissioning during 2009-14   |
|----------|----------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 996 Km                     | 199.2 km/year                | -                                                      |
| 2014-24  | 4902 Km                    | 490.2 km/year                | 2.46 times                                             |

Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors like 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  etc.  All  these  factors  affect  the  completion  time  of  the project/s.

Various steps taken by the Government for effective and speedy implementation  of  rail  projects  include  (i)  substantial  increase  in allocation  of  funds,  (ii)  delegation  of  powers  at  field  level,  (iii)  close monitoring of progress of project at various levels (iv) regular follow up with  State  Governments  and  concerned  authorities  for  expeditious land  acquisition,  forestry  and  Wildlife  clearances  and  for  resolving other issues pertaining to projects.

(e) to (g):   Ministry  of  Railways  has  launched  'Amrit  Bharat  Station Scheme' for development of Railway stations on Indian Railways. This scheme envisages development of stations on a continuous basis with a long-term approach.

It involves preparation of Master Plans and their implementation in phases to improve the amenities at the stations like improvement of station access, circulating areas, waiting halls, toilets, lift/escalators as necessary, platform surfacing and cover over platform, cleanliness, free Wi-Fi, kiosks for local products through schemes like 'One Station One Product', better passenger information systems, Executive Lounges,  nominated  spaces  for  business  meetings,  landscaping  etc. keeping in view the necessity at each station.

The scheme also envisages improvement of building, integrating the station with both sides of the city, multimodal  integration, amenities for Divyangjans, sustainable and environment friendly solutions, provision of ballastless tracks  etc., as per  necessity, phasing  and  feasibility  and  creation  of  city  centres  at  the  station  in the long term.

So far 1324 station have been identified under this scheme out of which 128 stations are located in the State of Maharashtra  and  157 stations are located in the state of Uttar Pradesh.  Master Planning at Thane and Kalyan Railway Stations has been taken up which is an iterative process requiring optimization and details. Therefore, no timelines can be given at this stage.

The  names  of  stations  identified  for  development  under  Amrit Bharat Station Scheme in the State of Maharashtra are as following:

|   S. No. | State       |   Count | Name of Stations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|----------|-------------|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Maharashtra |     128 | Ahmednagar, Ajni (Nagpur), Akalkot Road, Akola, Akurdi, Amalner, Amgaon, Amravati, Andheri, Aurangabad, Badnera, Balharshah, Bandra Terminus, Baramati, Belapur, Bhandara Road, Bhokar, Bhusawal, Borivali, Byculla, Chalisgaon, Chanda Fort, Chandrapur, Charni Road, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Chinchpokli, Chinchwad, Dadar, Daund, Dehu Road, Devlali, Dhamangaon, Dharangaon, Dharmabad , Dhule, Diva, Dudhani, Gangakher, Godhani, Gondia, Grant Road, Hadapsar, Hatkanangale, Hazur Sahib Nanded, Himayatnagar, Hinganghat, Hingoli Deccan, Igatpuri, Itwari, Jalgaon, Jalna, Jeur, Jogeshwari, Kalyan, Kamptee, Kanjur Marg, Karad, Katol, Kedgaon, Kinwat, Kolhapur, Kopargaon, Kurduwadi, Kurla, Lasalgaon, Latur, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Lonand, Lonavla, Lower Parel, Malad, Malkapur, Manmad, Manwath Road , Marine Lines, Matunga, Miraj, Mudkhed , Mumbai Central, Mumbra, Murtajapur, Nagarsol , Nagpur, Nandgaon, Nandura, Narkher, Nasik Road, Osmanabad, Pachora, Palghar, Pandharpur, Parbhani, Parel, Parli Vaijnath, Partur, Prabhadevi, Pulgaon, Pune Jn., Purna, Raver, Rotegaon, Sainagar Shirdi, Sandhurst Road, Sangli, Satara, Savda, Selu, Sewagram, Shahad, Shegaon, Shivaji Nagar Pune, Solapur, Talegaon, Thakurli, Thane, Titvala, Tumsar Road, Umri, Uruli, Vadala Road, Vidyavihar, Vikhroli, Wadsa, Wardha, Washim, Wathar, Nandurbar, Phaltan |

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