Lok Sabha Question No. 2857 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Investment Plan for Mumbai
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, Shrirang Appa Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2857 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016

## INVESTMENT PLAN FOR MUMBAI

## 2857. SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a) whether  the  Railways  has  chalked  out  a  plan  to  invest  Rs.40,000/crore in different projects in Mumbai and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Railways has held meeting with the State Government in this regard and if so, the details thereof and the outcome therefor;
- (c) whether the Railways and the State Government would form a Special Purpose  Vehicle  (SPV)  for  this  purpose  and  if  so,  the  percentage  of partnership for this purpose;
- (d) the time by which the projects are likely to be completed; and
- (e) the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  complete these projects in a time bound manner?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

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

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2857 BY SHRI SATAV RAJEEV, SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE, SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE, DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH  SHINDE, SHRI ADHALRAO  PATIL SHIVAJIRAO, SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL, SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN, SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO  RAUT  &  SHRI  SHRIRANG  APPA  BARNE  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA ON 11.05.2016 REGARDING INVESTMENT PLAN FOR MUMBAI

(a) to (e):

1. Development of rail infrastructure in Mumbai is an ongoing exercise. Following projects have been taken up by the Ministry of Railways (MoR) in Mumbai:-

( in crore)

|   SN | Name of work                                                            |   Sanctioned cost |   Expected Expenditure upto 2015-16 |   Outlay provided 2016-17 | Target date of completion                                                     | Share of MoR & GoM   |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|    1 | Belapur- Seawood-Uran electrified double line                           |              1782 |                                 582 |                       120 | Not fixed as land in a stretch of three km is yet to be handed over by CIDCO. | 1:2                  |
|    2 | Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) Phase II                          |              5300 |                                2616 |                      1262 | 2019-20                                                                       | 1:1                  |
|    3 | CSTM- Panvel/Andheri- Running of 12 coach EMU train on Harbour corridor |               714 |                                  31 |                       160 | 2016-17                                                                       | 1:1                  |

In addition to above, MUTP Phase III has been included in Railway budget 201516  at  an  estimated  cost  of  Rs  11440  Crore  subject  to  requisite  Government clearances.

2. Minister  of  Railways  and  Chief  Minister  of  Maharashtra  held  a  meeting  on 21.04.2016 to discuss inter alia the following:
2. (i) Development  of  fast  elevated  corridor  between  CSTM  and  Panvel  on Harbour line.
3. (ii) Development of elevated corridor between Churchgate-Virar. Bandra-Virar to be taken up in Phase 1 and Churchgate-Virar to be taken up in Phase II.
4. (iii) New building for second entry of CSTM  station
5. (iv) Development of third and fourth line between Pune-Lonawala.
6. (v) Formation  of  a  Joint  Venture  Company  (JV)  with  State  Government  for taking up railway projects in the State of Maharashtra. JV will have equal partnership of Ministry of Railways and State Government of Maharashtra.

3. The completion of ongoing projects depends largely upon availability of land and funds. Railway is coordinating with State Government to ensure timely availability of  land  and  efforts  are  being  made  to  provide  sufficient  funds  to  complete  the works in a time bound manner.

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