Lok Sabha Question No. 1479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-31
Subject: Trains with Multi-Model Connectivity in Mumbai
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1479 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2024

## TRAINS WITH MULTI-MODEL CONNECTIVITY IN MUMBAI

## † 1479 SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR  :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  start  trains  with  multimodal  connectivity  from  Churchgate  to  Virar,  V.T.  to  Thane and Kalyan to Karjat in view of rising crowd in the local trains of  Mumbai  in  Maharashtra  or  any  such  proposal  is  under consideration of the Government;
- b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  quantum  of  funds  to  be allocated for the purpose and the time by which this work is proposed to be started and the details in this regard;
- c) whether the Government contemplates to conduct a survey in this regard;
- d) Whether the Government proposes to run Metro trains in future on the line of local trains in Mumbai facilitating a comfortable journey to lakhs of passengers and if so, the details thereof; and
- e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1479  BY  SHRI  RAVINDRA  DATTARAM WAIKAR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 31.07.2024 REGARDING TRAINS WITH MULTI-MODEL CONNECTIVITY IN MUMBAI.

(a)  to  (e)  To  cater  the  needs  of  commuters,  presently  Suburban services,  including  AC-EMUs,  are  being  operated  in  Mumbai  area. Presently,  Western  Railway  runs  1394  services  which  include  96  air conditioned services. Central Railway also runs 1810 services which include  66  air  conditioned  services.  Besides,  introduction  of  new trains and augmentation of their loads is an on-going process. Indian Railway is strengthening/augmenting the Suburban Network in Mumbai through  Mumbai  Urban  Transport  Project(MUTP)-II  costing  ₹  8,087 crore, MUTP-III costing  ₹10,947 crore and MUTP-IIIA costing ₹33,690 crore have been taken up to avoid congestions on Mumbai suburban corridors  to  meet  the  future  demands  of  Passengers.  These  projects include following rail links in Mumbai Suburban Area:

|   S.No. | Name of project                                         |   Cost (₹ in crore) |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | 6th Line Mumbai Central-Borivali (30 km)                |                 919 |
|       2 | Extension of Harbour Line Goregaon-Borivali (7 km)      |                 826 |
|       3 | Virar-Dahanu Road 3rd & 4th Line (64 km)                |                3587 |
|       4 | 5th & 6th Line CSTM-Kurla (17.5 km)                     |                 891 |
|       5 | Panvel-Karjat Suburban corridor (29.6 km)               |                2782 |
|       6 | Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) suburban corridor link (3.3 km) |                 476 |
|       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 50:50 cost sharing  basis  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  MUTP-IIIA  projects  from  April 2023.

The fund allocated for MUTP projects for FY 2020-24 year-wise is Rs. 555 Cr. 650 Cr. Rs. 577.50 Cr and 1100.01 Cr. respectively.

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.

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