Nagpur.
Even though no new trains and projects were announced in the Railway Budget 2015-16 presented in Lok Sabha by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday (February 26) two projects figure in the Budget as far Nagpur is concerned. One project is of doubling line and the other is survey for third line. The survey is in fact in progress.
The two projects for Nagpur are:
1) Nagpur-Rajnandgaon 3rd line 228 km at a cost of Rs.1273 crore
2) 3rd line between Itarsi-Nagpur-Wardha-Ballarshah 73.8 km at a cost of Rs.54.83 lakh
Projects in Maharashtra – Railway Budget 2015-16
New Line:
- Karad-Chiplun 112 km project at a cost Rs.1200 crore
Doubling:
- Pune-Lonavala 3rd Line 64 km project at a cost of Rs.800 crore
- Pune-Miraj-Londa doubling 467 km project at a cost of Rs.4670 crore
- Wardha-Ballarshah 3rd Line 132 km project at a cost of Rs.630 crore
- Balance of 3rd line between Kazipet-Ballarsha section 202 km at a cost of Rs.2020 crore
- Nagpur-Rajnandgaon 3rd line 228 km at a cost of Rs.1273 crore
New Line Survey:
- Pune-Nasik 265 km at a cost of Rs.1.03 crore
- Manmad-Indore via Malegaon and Dhule 339 km at a cost of Rs.1.32 crore
- Rotegaon-Puntamba 27 km at a cost of Rs.4 lakh
- Ramtek-Tumsar 50 km at a cost of Rs.8 lakh
- Umarpara-Nandurbar 110 km at a cost of Rs.17 lakh
Doubling Survey:
- Igatpuri-Bhusaval 3rd Line 308 km at a cost of 3.08 crore
TRAFFIC FACILITIES:
- Extension of Platform No.10, 11, 12 & 13 to handle 24-coach trains at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai at a cost of Rs.57 crore
- JNPT yard infrastructure for long haul trains Rs.5.3 crore
- Wardha-Chitoda 2nd chord line Rs.15.4 crore
- Gaigon yard remodeling Rs.9.36 crore
PASSENGER AMENITIES:
- Extension of Cover Over Platform 15-car services at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai, Byculla, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Bhandup, Mulund and Dombivli Rs.5.1 crore
- Replacement of Foot Over Bridge at Asaongaon, Sewri, Mumbra, Masjid, Bhandup, Dadar, Diva – Rs.23.43 crore
- Replacement of Foot Over Bridge at Jalgaon – Rs.5.13 crore; at Manmad – Rs.5.71 crore
- Cover over Platform, façade improvement, second entry at Ahmednagar – Rs.2.67 crore.
SAFETY WORKS:
Road Over Bridges/Road Under Bridges/Level Crossing Gates – Rs.2993.58 crore
SURVEYS IN PROGRESS:
Reconnaissance Engineering cum Traffic Survey
- Extension of Narkher-Badnera new line to Washim via Dhanaj, Karanja, Mangrulpur 135 km at a cost of Rs.20.25 lakh
- new line between Pandharpur-Lonand 145 km at a cost of Rs.20.55 lakh
- 3rd line between Itarsi-Nagpur-Wardha-Ballarshah 73.8 km at a cost of Rs.54.83 lakh
- additional suburban line between Virar-Diva-Panvel 65 km at a cost of Rs.9.75 lakh
- New line for provision of fast corridor on harbour line between CST-Panvel at a cost of Rs.9 lakh
- new line between Pen-Thal 26 km at a cost of Rs.3.9 lakh
- new line between Betul-Chandur Bazar-Amravati 75 km at a cost of Rs.11.25 lakh
- Surajgarh-Bijapur via Bhopalpattanam 300 km new line at a cost of Rs.45 lakh
- new line between proposed new airport at New Mumbai and Thane 60 km at a cost of Rs.9 lakh
10. new line between Shirdi-ShahapurGhoti 540 km at a cost of Rs.81 lakh
11. new line between Belapur to Beed 165 km at a cost of Rs.25 lakh
12. new line between Pandharpur-Bijapur via Mangalwedha 125 km at a cost of Rs.18.75 lakh
13. new line between Pune-Baramati via Saswad-Jejuri-Moregaon 50 km at a cost of Rs.7.5 lakh
14. new line between Miraj- Kawathemahankal-Jath-Bijapur 122 km at a cost of Rs.18.3 lakh
15. new line between Karad-Kadegaon-Lenare-Kharsundi-Attapadi-Diganchi-Mahud-Pandharpur 160 km at a cost of Rs.24 lakh
16. new line between Aurangabad-Chalisgaon 95 km at a cost of Rs.14.25 lakh
17. ShaniShinganapur to AHN 40 km at a cost of Rs.6 lakh
Preliminary Engineering cum Traffic Survey
18. doubling of Amla-Chhindwara 115 km at a cost of Rs.44.85 lakh
19. Kalyan-Karjat 3rd line 46 km at a cost of Rs.18 lakh
20. doubling between Kasara-Igatpuri 4th line 16 km at a cost of Rs.6.24 lakh
21. doubling between Pune-kolhapur 326 km at a cost of Rs.1.27 crore
22. doubling between Latur Road and Kurduwadi via Latur, Usmanabad 186 km at a cost of Rs.72.5 lakh
23. new line between Ghatnandur-Shrigonda Road/Daund via Kaij, Manjarsumbha, Patoda&Jankhed 230 km at a cost of Rs.34.5 lakh
24. new line between Pune-Ahmednagar via KedgaonKasti 120 km at a cost of Rs.18 lakh
25. Karjat-Lonavala 4th line 28 km at accost of Rs.10.9 lakh
26. Bhusaval-Badnera-Wardha 3rd line 314 km at a cost of Rs.1.22 crore
Updating Survey
- doubling between Daund and Manmad 238 km at a cost of Rs.35.7 lakh
- new line between Warora-Umrer 106 km at a cost of Rs.15.9 lakh
- new line between Solapur-Tuljhapur-Usmanabad 80 km at a cost of Rs.12 lakh