Lok Sabha Question No. 6188 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-04-01
Subject: Survey for New Railway Lines in Maharashtra
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6188 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2026

## SURVEY FOR NEW RAILWAY LINES IN MAHARASHTRA

†6188. SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM: DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  any  survey  has  been  conducted  for  laying  new railway  lines, gauge  of  old  lines  and  electrification  in  various  parts  of  the  country particularly in the State of Maharashtra;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  length  of  railway  lines  to  be  laid,  gauge conversion and electrification in various States including Maharashtra, location-wise; and
- (c)  the  State-wise  details  for  laying  new  railway  lines,  gauge  conversion and  electrification particularly in  Maharashtra  during  the current financial year?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c): Capacity enhancement of railway network has been taken up by Indian Railways  in  a big way  during  last  11 years. The  details of commissioning/laying of new track across Indian Railways is given below:-

| Period   | New track Commissioned   | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 7,599 Km                 | 4.2 Km/day                            |
| 2014-25  | 34,428 Km                | 8.6 Km/day (more than 2 times)        |

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## Projects Sanctioned:

As  on  01.04.2025,  across  Indian  Railways,  431  Railway  infrastructure projects  including  port-connectivity  (154  New  Line,  33  Gauge  Conversion and  244  Doubling)  of  total  length  35,966  Km,  costing approx. 6.75  lakh crore are sanctioned. The summary is as under:-

| Category                 |   No of Projects | Total Length NL/GC/DL (km)   | Length Commissioned till Mar'25 (Km)   | Total Exp upto Mar'25 ( in Cr)   |
|--------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| New Lines                |              154 | 16,142                       | 3,036                                  | 1,45,318                         |
| Gauge Conversion         |               33 | 4,180                        | 2,997                                  | 22,753                           |
| Doubling / Multitracking |              244 | 15,644                       | 6,736                                  | 1,22,858                         |
| Total                    |              431 | 35,966                       | 12,769                                 | 2,90,929                         |

Zone-wise/year-wise  details  of  all  Railway  projects  are  made  available  in public domain on Indian Railway's website.

## Some of the recently completed projects are as follows:

|   S. No. | Name of project                        |   Length (in Kms) |
|----------|----------------------------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Udhampur- Srinagar- Baramulla new line |               272 |
|        2 | Bhairabi - Sairang New Line            |                51 |
|        3 | Deoband - Roorkee New Line             |                27 |
|        4 | Churu - Ratangarh Doubling             |                43 |
|        5 | Tori-Shivpur 3rd Line                  |                44 |
|        6 | Araria - Galgalia New Line             |               110 |

|   S. No. | Name of project                                                     |   Length (in Kms) |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|        7 | Himmatnagar - Khedbrahma Guage Conversion                           |                55 |
|        8 | Bahraich- Nanpara -Nepalganj Guage Conversion                       |                56 |
|        9 | Domingarh- Gorakhpur -Kusumi 3rd Line & Gorakhpur - Nakaha Doubling |                21 |
|       10 | Vijapur - Ambaliyasan Guage Conversion                              |                43 |
|       11 | Pune- Miraj -Londa Doubling                                         |               467 |
|       12 | Manmad - Jalgaon 3rd Line                                           |               160 |
|       13 | Phephna -Indara- Mau -Shahganj Doubling                             |               150 |
|       14 | Adraj -Moti -Vijapur Guage Conversion                               |                40 |
|       15 | Katni -Bina 3rd Line                                                |               279 |
|       16 | Gandhidham- Adipur Quadrupling                                      |                21 |
|       17 | Khatuwas - Narnaul Doubling                                         |                24 |
|       18 | Penukonda- Dharmavaram Doubling                                     |                42 |

During last three years i.e. FY 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the current FY  2025-26,  306  projects  (53  New  Line,  17  Gauge  Conversion  and  236 Doubling)  of  total  length  13,968  Km  have  been  sanctioned  across  Indian Railways.

## Some of the major projects sanctioned are as follows:

|   SN | Project Name                                              | Cost (₹ in Crore)   |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|    1 | Chopan - Chunar doubling (102 Km)                         | 1,553               |
|    2 | Guntur - Bibinagar doubling (239 Km)                      | 3,238               |
|    3 | Mudkhed - Medchal & Mahbubnagar - Dhone doubling (418 Km) | 5,655               |

|   SN | Project Name                                                                                       | Cost (₹ in Crore)   |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|    4 | Samakhiali - Gandhidham Quadrupling (53 Km)                                                        | 1,571               |
|    5 | Merta City - Ras & Bypass at Merta Road new line (56 Km)                                           | 1,038               |
|    6 | Lumding - Furkating doubling (140 Km)                                                              | 2,334               |
|    7 | Ajmer - Chanderiya doubling (178 Km)                                                               | 1,813               |
|    8 | Motumari - Vishnupuram with RoR doubling (100 Km)                                                  | 1,746               |
|    9 | Bikramshila - Katareah new line with new bridge on river ganga (26 Km)                             | 2,549               |
|   10 | Gunupur - Therubali new line (74 Km)                                                               | 1,326               |
|   11 | Malkangiri - Pandurangapuram new line (174 Km)                                                     | 4,109               |
|   12 | Badampahar - Kendujhargarh new line (82 Km)                                                        | 2,106               |
|   13 | Junagarh - Nabarangpur new line (116 Km)                                                           | 3,274               |
|   14 | Buramara - Chakulia new line (60 Km)                                                               | 1,639               |
|   15 | Jalna - Jalgaon new line (174 Km)                                                                  | 7,105               |
|   16 | Bangriposi - Gorumahisani new line (86 Km)                                                         | 2,549               |
|   17 | Chandil - Anara - Damodar 3rd line (121 Km)                                                        | 2,170               |
|   18 | Bargarh Road - Nawapara Road new line (138 Km)                                                     | 2,926               |
|   19 | Sardega - Bhalumuda new double line (37 Km)                                                        | 1,360               |
|   20 | Varanasi - Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Multitracking with rail cum road bridge on river ganga (15 Km) | 2,642               |
|   21 | Jalgaon - Manmad 4th line (160 Km)                                                                 | 2,773               |
|   22 | Bhusawal - Khandwa 3rd & 4th line (131 Km)                                                         | 3,514               |
|   23 | Sambalpur - Jarapada 3rd & 4th line (127 Km)                                                       | 3,916               |
|   24 | Jharsuguda - Sason 3rd & 4th line (35 Km)                                                          | 1,181               |
|   25 | Gondia - Ballarshah doubling (240 Km)                                                              | 4,819               |
|   26 | Kharsia - Naya Raipur - Parmalkasa 5th & 6th line (278 Km)                                         | 8,741               |
|   27 | Wardha - Balharshah Quadrupling (135 Km)                                                           | 2,381               |

| SN    | Project Name                                                               | Cost (₹ in Crore)   |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 28    | Ballari - Chikjajur doubling (185 Km)                                      | 3,342               |
| 29    | Koderma - Barkakana doubling (133 Km)                                      | 3,063               |
| 30    | Itarsi - Nagpur 4th line (297 Km)                                          | 5,451               |
| 31    | Dangoaposi - Jaroli 3rd & 4th line (43 Km)                                 | 1,752               |
| 32    | Secunderabad - Wadi 3rd & 4th line (173 Km)                                | 5,012               |
| 33    | Furkating - New Tinsukia doubling (194 Km)                                 | 3,634               |
| 34    | Bakhtiyarpur - Rajgir - Tilaiya doubling (104 Km)                          | 2,192               |
| 35    | Gondia - Dongargarh 4th line (84 Km)                                       | 2,223               |
| 36    | Wardha - Bhusawal 3rd & 4th line (314 Km)                                  | 9,197               |
| 37    | Hosapete - Bellary quadrupling (65 Km)                                     | 2,372               |
| 38    | Kasara - Manmad 3rd & 4th line (131 Km)                                    | 10,154 2,668        |
| 39    | Punarakh - Kiul 3rd & 4th line (50 Km)                                     |                     |
| 40    | Gamharia - Chandil 3rd & 4th line (55 Km)                                  | 1,168               |
| 41 42 | Sainthia- Pakhur 4th Line (81 Km) Santragachi- Kharagpur 4th line (111 Km) | 1,569 2,905         |
| 43    | Nergundi - Barang & Khurda Road - Vizianagaram                             | 5,618               |
| 44    | (385 Km) Son Nagar - Andal 3 rd and 4 th Line (375 Km)                     | 13,606              |
| 45    | Gorakhpur Cantt - Valmiki Nagar doubling (96 Km)                           | 1,270               |
| 46    | Jaipur - Sawai Madhopur doubling (131 Km)                                  | 1,269               |
| 47    | Luni - Samdari - Bhildi doubling (272 Km)                                  | 3,531               |
| 48    | Narkatiaganj - Raxaul - Sitamarhi - Darbhanga & Sitamarhi                  |                     |
|       | - Muzaffarpur doubling (256 Km)                                            | 1,640               |
| 49    | Prayagraj (Iradatganj) - Manikpur 3rd line (84 Km)                         |                     |
| 50    | Tirupati - Pakala - Katpadi doubling (104 Km)                              | 1,332               |
| 51    | Ratlam - Nagda 3rd and 4th line (41 Km)                                    | 1,018               |

|   SN | Project Name                                                     | Cost (₹ in Crore)   |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|   52 | Aluabari Road - New Jalpaiguri 3rd & 4th line (57 Km)            | 1,786               |
|   53 | Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) - Parbhani (177 Km)       | 2,179               |
|   54 | Bhagalpur - Dumka - Rampurhat doubling (177 Km)                  | 3,169               |
|   55 | Itarsi - Bina 4th line (237 Km)                                  | 4,329               |
|   56 | Vadodara - Ratlam 3rd & 4th line (259 Km)                        | 8,885               |
|   57 | Devbhumi Dwarka (Okha) - Kanalus doubling (141 Km)               | 1,457               |
|   58 | Badlapur - Karjat 3rd and 4th line (32 Km)                       | 1,324               |
|   59 | Delhi - Ambala Cantt 3rd & 4th line (194 Km)                     | 5,983               |
|   60 | Gondia - Jabalpur doubling (231 Km)                              | 5,236               |
|   61 | Manmad - Indore new line (360 Km)                                | 18,529              |
|   62 | Errupelam - Amaravati - Nambur new line (57 Km)                  | 2,245               |
|   63 | Vadhavan Port and New Palghar station new double line (22 Km)    | 1,507               |
|   64 | Deshalpar - Hajipir - Luna and Vayor - Lakhpat new line (145 Km) | 2,526               |

During last three years i.e. FY 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the current FY  2025-26,  982  Surveys  (295  New  line,  13  Gauge  Conversion  and  674 Doubling)  of  total  length  67,010  Km  have  been  sanctioned  across  Indian Railways.

## Maharashtra

Railway Budget:

Budget  allocation  during  the  last  five  years  has  increased  significantly. Budget  allocation  for  infrastructure  projects  and  safety  works,  falling fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra is as under:

| Period   | Outlay                             |
|----------|------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | ₹1,171 crore/year                  |
| 2025-26  | ₹23,778 crore (More than 20 times) |

Track construction:

The  details  of  constructing  new  track  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of Maharashtra during 2009-14 and 2014-25 is as under:

| Period   | New track Commissioned   | Average commissioning of new tracks   |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2009-14  | 292 Km                   | 58.4 Km/year                          |
| 2014-25  | 2,292 Km                 | 208.4 Km/year (More than 3 times)     |

## Projects sanctioned:

As on 01.04.2025, 38 projects (11 New Lines, 02 Gauge Conversion and 25 Doubling),  of  a  total  length  of  5,098  km,  costing  ₹89,780  crore,  falling fully/partly in Maharashtra, are sanctioned. The summary is as under:-

| Category         | No. of sanctioned Projects   | Total Length (in Km)   | Length Commissioned Upto Mar'25 (Km)   | Exp. upto Mar'25 (₹ in Cr.)   |
|------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| New Line         | 11                           | 1,355                  | 234                                    | 10,504                        |
| Gauge Conversion | 02                           | 609                    | 334                                    | 4,286                         |
| Doubling/        | 25                           | 3,134                  | 1,792                                  | 24,617                        |
| Multitracking    |                              |                        |                                        |                               |
| Total            | 38                           | 5,098                  | 2,360                                  | 39,407                        |

Recently completed projects:

Details  of  some  of  the  recently  completed  projects  falling  fully/partly  in Maharashtra are as under:

|   S.No. | Project                                     | Cost (₹ in crore)   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Pune-Miraj-Londa Doubling (467 Km)          | 4,670               |
|       2 | Jabalpur-Gondia Gauge Conversion (300 Km)   | 2,005               |
|       3 | Chhindwara-Nagpur Gauge Conversion (150 Km) | 1,512               |
|       4 | Panvel-Pen Doubling (35 Km)                 | 263                 |
|       5 | Pen-Roha Doubling (40 Km)                   | 330                 |
|       6 | Udhna-Jalgaon Doubling (307 Km)             | 2,448               |
|       7 | Mudkhed-Parbhani Doubling (81 Km)           | 673                 |
|       8 | Bhusawal-Jalgaon 3rd Line (24 Km)           | 325                 |
|       9 | Jalgaon-Bhusawal 4th Line (24 Km)           | 261                 |
|      10 | Daund-Gulbarga Doubling (225 Km)            | 3,182               |

## Ongoing projects:

To further improve the Railway Infrastructure in the state of Maharashtra, following works have been taken up:-

|   S.No. | Name of the project                                            | Cost (₹ In crore)   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar)-Beed-Parli Vaijnath New Line (261 Km) | 4,957               |
|       2 | Baramati-Lonand New Line (64 Km)                               | 1,844               |
|       3 | Wardha-Nanded New Line (284 Km)                                | 3,445               |
|       4 | Indore-Manmad New Line (360 Km)                                | 18,529              |
|       5 | Wadsa-Gadchiroli New Line (52 Km)                              | 1,886               |
|       6 | Jalna-Jalgaon New Line (174 Km)                                | 5,804               |
|       7 | Daund-Manmad Doubling (236 Km)                                 | 3,037               |
|       8 | Kalyan-Kasara 3rd Line (68 Km)                                 | 1,433               |

|   S.No. | Name of the project                         | Cost (₹ In crore)   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       9 | Wardha-Nagpur 3rd Line (76 Km)              | 698                 |
|      10 | Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd Line (132 Km)         | 1,385               |
|      11 | Itarsi-Nagpur 3rd Line (280 Km)             | 2,450               |
|      12 | Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3rd Line (228 Km)        | 3,545               |
|      13 | Wardha-Nagpur 4th Line (79 Km)              | 1,137               |
|      14 | Jalgaon-Manmad 4th Line (160 Km)            | 2,574               |
|      15 | Bhusawal-Khandwa 3rd & 4th Line (131 Km)    | 3,285               |
|      16 | Solapur-Tuljapur-Osmanabad New Line (95 Km) | 2,933               |
|      17 | Panvel-Chowk Double Line (17 Km)            | 491                 |
|      18 | Wardha-Balharshah 4th Line (135 Km)         | 2,226               |
|      19 | Itarsi-Nagpur 4th Line (297 Km)             | 5,010               |
|      20 | Wardha-Bhusawal 3rd & 4th Line (314 Km)     | 9,197               |
|      21 | Asangaon-Kasara 4th Line (35 Km)            | 794                 |
|      22 | Badlapur-Karjat 3rd & 4th Line (32 Km)      | 1,324               |
|      23 | Gondia-Dongargarh 4th Line (84 Km)          | 2,223               |
|      24 | Gondia-Balharshah Doubling (240 Km)         | 4,819               |

## Surveys:

In  last  three  years,  2022-23,  2023-24,  2024-25  and  current  financial  year 2025-26, 98 surveys (29 New Line, 02 Gauge Conversion & 67 Doubling) of total  length  8,615  Km  falling  fully/partly  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra  have been sanctioned in the state of Maharashtra.

Increasing train handling capacity in Mumbai area:

Presently,  about  120  originating  Mail/Express  trains  and  about  3,200  sub urban trains are handled daily in Mumbai area. To increase train handling

capacity  at  various  stations  in  Mumbai  area,  following  works  have  been completed/taken up/planned at various stations:

|   SN | Location         | Details                                       |
|------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Bandra Terminus  | 3 Pit Lines have been completed               |
|    2 | Mumbai Central   | Platform extension for 24 LHB coaches         |
|    3 | Jogeshwari       | 2 additional platforms                        |
|    4 | Dadar            | 1 additional platform                         |
|    5 | Vasai road       | 6 platforms, 3 pit lines and 5 stabling lines |
|    6 | Panvel-Kalamboli | 5 platforms , 4 pit lines and 2 sick lines    |
|    7 | Kalyan           | 6 platforms and 4 pit lines                   |
|    8 | LTT              | 4 platforms and 2 pit lines                   |
|    9 | Parel            | 6 platforms, 5 pit lines, 6 stabling lines    |
|   10 | Virar            | 25 stabling lines                             |
|   11 | Dahanu road      | 11 stabling lines                             |
|   12 | Mira road        | 25 stabling lines                             |

In addition to above, Platform extension work at 34 stations to accommodate 15 car EMUs have been taken up.

New projects for increasing capacity:

To improve the capacity of rail network in Mumbai suburban area, 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 sanctioned.

These projects include following works in Mumbai Suburban Area:

|   SN | Name of Project                                 |   Cost ( in Crore) |
|------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|    1 | CSMT-Kurla 5 th & 6 th Line (MUTP-II) (17.5 km) |                891 |

|   SN | Name of Project                                                      | Cost ( in Crore)   |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|    2 | Mumbai Central-Borivali 6 th Line (MUTP-II) (30 km)                  | 919                |
|    3 | Extension of Harbour Line from Goregaon-Borivali (MUTP- IIIA) (7 km) | 826                |
|    4 | Borivali-Virar 5 th & 6 th Line (MUTP-IIIA) (26 km)                  | 2,184              |
|    5 | Virar-Dahanu Road 3 rd & 4 th Line (MUTP-III) (64 km)                | 3,587              |
|    6 | Panvel-Karjat Suburban Corridor (MUTP-III) (29.6 km)                 | 2,782              |
|    7 | Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) Suburban Corridor link (MUTP-III) (3.3 km)   | 476                |
|    8 | Kalyan-Asangaon 4 th Line (MUTP-IIIA) (32 km)                        | 1,759              |
|    9 | Kalyan-Badlapur 3 rd & 4 th line (MUTP-IIIA) (14 km)                 | 1,510              |
|   10 | Kalyan-Kasara 3 rd Line (67 km)                                      | 793                |
|   11 | Naigaon-Juichandra double chord Line (6 km)                          | 176                |
|   12 | Nilaje-Kopar double chord Line (5 km)                                | 338                |
|   13 | Kalyan Yard remodeling work                                          | 866                |

## New generation trains:

To enhance passenger carrying capacity, 238 rakes of 12 cars each with doors  have  been  sanctioned  under  MUTP-III  &  IIIA  at  a  cost  of  ₹19,293 crore. The process for procurement of these rakes has been taken up.

Capacity Augmentation works for Pune Area:

Presently,  about  33  originating  Mail/Express  trains  are  handled  daily  in Pune area.

To  increase  train  handling  capacity  at  various  stations  in  Pune  area, following works have been completed/taken up/planned at various stations:

|   SN | Location      | Details                                                                                |
|------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Pune Junction | 6 additional Platforms and Extension of 5 Platforms.                                   |
|    2 | Hadapsar      | Extension of 3 Platforms to handle full length trains.                                 |
|    3 | Khadki        | Raising and Extension of PF-3/4 and extension of running lines completed in July'2025. |
|    4 | Alandi        | New Coaching Terminal with 9 additional Platforms, 8 pit lines and 8 stabling lines    |
|    5 | Phursungi     | 5 Stabling Lines at Phursungi                                                          |

In  addition  to  above,  following  capacity  additional  works  have  been undertaken in Pune Area to increase the train handling capacity:

|   SN | Name of Project                                                                               |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | 3 rd Line between Hadapsar and Ghorpuri Yard                                                  |
|    2 | New Block station at Manjari Bhadrukin Pune-Daund Section and Ramtekdi in Pune-Sasvad section |
|    3 | Bidirectional Signalling in Pune Sasvad Road Section                                          |

## Bullet Train project:

Presently,  the  Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project (508 km)  is  under  execution.  The  Project  is  passing  through  the  States  of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli with 12 stations  planned  at  Mumbai,  Thane,  Virar,  Boisar,  Vapi,  Billimora,  Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati.

Entire  land  (1,389.5  Ha.)  for  MAHSR  project  has  been  acquired.  All Statutory  Clearances  have  been  obtained.  All  1,651  utilities  have  been shifted.  The  delay  in  land  acquisition  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra  has impacted the project till  2021.  The  land  acquisition  picked  up  in  2022  in Maharashtra.

## The progress of various major items so far is as under:

| Item      | Progress   |
|-----------|------------|
| Piers     | 430 kms.   |
| Girder    | 341 kms.   |
| Track Bed | 174 kms.   |
| OHE Masts | 153 kms.   |

## The progress of stations is given below:-

|   S.No. | Station      | Status                                                                                                |
|---------|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Sabarmati    | Foundation works completed, Platform slab & roof structural works and finishing works are in progress |
|       2 | Ahmedabad    | Structural works completed and finishing works                                                        |
|       3 | Anand/Nadiad | have been taken up.                                                                                   |
|       4 | Vadodara     | Foundation work completed, structural works and                                                       |

|    |              | finishing works have been taken up.                                                                |
|----|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  5 | Bharuch      | Structural works completed and finishing works                                                     |
|  6 | Surat        | Structural works completed and finishing works                                                     |
|  7 | Bilimora     | have been taken up.                                                                                |
|  8 | Vapi         | Structural works completed and finishing works                                                     |
|  9 | Boisar       | Foundation works have been taken up and in                                                         |
| 10 | Virar        | advanced stage. Structural works have been taken                                                   |
| 11 | Thane        | up.                                                                                                |
| 12 | BKC (Mumbai) | This is an underground station. Foundation works almost completed and Base Slab has been taken up. |

## The progress on the River Bridges is as under:-

|   S. No. | River Name                  | Status                                                               |
|----------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Sabarmati River (480m)      | Sub-Structure work completed, Superstructure work has been taken up. |
|        2 | Meshwa River (120m)         | Bridge construction completed.                                       |
|        3 | Vatrak River (280m)         | Bridge construction completed.                                       |
|        4 | Mohar (Shedhi) River (160m) | Bridge construction completed.                                       |
|        5 | Mahi River (720m)           | 11 out of 12 wells completed;5 spans launched                        |
|        6 | Vishwamitri River (80m)     | Bridge construction completed.                                       |
|        7 | Dhadhar River (120m)        | Bridge construction completed.                                       |
|        8 | Narmada River (1366m)       | 21 out of 25 wells completed; 4 spans launched                       |
|        9 | Kim River (120m)            | Bridge construction completed.                                       |
|       10 | Tapi River (720m)           | Foundation work has been taken up, 10 out of 12 wells completed      |

| 11   | Mindhola River (240m)                     | Bridge construction completed.                                                |
|------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 12   | Purna River (360m)                        |                                                                               |
| 13   | Ambika River (200m)                       |                                                                               |
| 14   | Venganiya River (200m)                    |                                                                               |
| 15   | Kaveri River (120m)                       |                                                                               |
| 16   | Kharera River (120m)                      |                                                                               |
| 17   | Auranga River (320m)                      |                                                                               |
| 18   | Par River (320m)                          |                                                                               |
| 19   | Kolak River (160m)                        |                                                                               |
| 20   | Daman Ganga (360m)                        | River 21                                                                      |
|      | Darotha River (80m)                       |                                                                               |
| 22   | Jagani River (360m)                       | Foundation works have been completed                                          |
| 23   | Vaitarna River (2320m) Ulhas River Branch | completed. Temporary Access Bridge (TAB)                                      |
| 24   | (120m) Desai Khadi River Bridge           | completed to start the foundation work. Geo-technical Investigation (GTI) has |
| 25   | (400m)                                    | been completed and Design work has been taken up.                             |

The work of the under-sea tunnel (approximately 21 km) has commenced, out of which  4.8  km  of tunnel  between  Ghansoli  and  Shilphata  in Maharashtra has been completed.

Further, to strengthen national transport infrastructure, provide a fillip to regional connectivity, economic growth, tourism, investment and employment  generation,  and  encourage  modal  shift  from  road  and  air transport to rail,  the  Government  has  announced  the  development of the

following seven new High-Speed Rail (HSR) corridors in the Union Budget 2026-27: -

- (i) Mumbai-Pune
- (ii) Pune-Hyderabad
- (iii) Hyderabad-Bengaluru
- (iv) Hyderabad-Chennai
- (v) Chennai-Bengaluru
- (vi) Delhi-Varanasi
- (vii) Varanasi-Siliguri

Being highly capital intensive, the decision to sanction any HSR Corridor/Project depends on many factors such as outcome of DPR, technoeconomic feasibility studies and availability of resources such as financing options etc.

## Dedicated freight corridor:

Western  DFC  also  passes  through  Maharashtra.  About  178  route  Km  of western DFC is situated in Maharashtra which is about 12% of overall route length  of  western  DFC.  76  Km  of  this  project  from  New  Gholvad  to  New Vaitarna  in  Maharashtra  has  already  been  commissioned.  Balance  works have been taken up. Connectivity of WDFC to JNPT will boost the capacity to handle cargo and container traffic from port to Delhi NCR.

## Railway Electrification:

Electrification of railway network on Indian Railways has been taken up in mission mode. So far, about 99.4% of Broad Gauge (BG) network has been electrified. The electrification in remaining network has been taken up.

## Electrification carried out during 2014-25 and before 2014 is as under:

| Period                       | Route Kilometer   |
|------------------------------|-------------------|
| Before 2014 (about 60 years) | 21,801            |
| 2014-25                      | 46,900            |

In Maharashtra, 100% of BG network has been electrified. Further, all new line/multitracking  projects  are  being  sanctioned  and  constructed  with electrification.

Sanction  of  any  railway  project  depend  upon  many  parameters/factors which include the following:

-  Anticipated traffic projections and remunerativeness of the proposed route
-  First and last mile connectivity provided by the project
-  Connection of missing links and providing additional route
-  Augmentation of congested/saturated lines
-  Demands  raised  by  State Governments/Central  Ministries/Public representatives
-  Railway's operational requirements
-  Socio-economic considerations
-  Overall availability of funds

Railway Infrastructure projects enable socio-economic development of the region including:

-  Better connectivity of the region with other parts of the country
-  Faster movement of goods and services
-  Improving logistics efficiency and reduction in transportation cost.
-  Enhance line capacity

-  Increase  in  direct  and  indirect  employment  opportunities  for  the people of the region
-  Reduced operational bottlenecks
-  Development of tourism industry and increase in industrial activities in the region.

Completion of Railway project/s depends on various factors which include the following:

-  Land acquisition by State Government
-  Forest clearance
-  Shifting of infringing utilities
-  Statutory clearances from various authorities
-  Geological and topographical conditions of area
-  Law and order situation in the area of project site
-  Number of working months in a year for particular project site etc.

All these factors affect the completion time and cost of the project/s .

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