On Wednesday, the Indian Railways made it's 'pink book' public which mentions all budget allocated to Mumbai and the rest of the country.
The old bridges of Mumbai crisscrossing the rail network will soon be a thing of the past. The Rail Ministry has provided ample funds in the Union Budget for the current financial year for rebuilding old road over bridges (ROBs) with new ones and repair wherever possible On the other hand, expansion of suburban rail network in far suburbs got a boost.
On Wednesday, the Indian Railways made it's 'pink book' public which mentions all budget allocated to Mumbai and the rest of the country.
Not only has the Railway ministry retained money allotted to Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) projects but has also decided to revive two major rail connections: CSMT-Panvel fast corridor and Panvel-Virar new suburban corridor.
Senior railway officials stated that these two multi-crore projects have been included in CTS survey of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and it has been revived from cold storage.
To begin with, the budget has made provision for the rebuilding of ROBs namely in Mumbai.
By this, the authorities mean to demolish the existing structure and then rebuild a new one. For instance, the ROB at Mumbai Central has been allotted Rs 5 crore, Mahalaxmi ROB got RS 7 crore, Dadar ROB got Rs 1.01 crore, Lower Parel-Elphinstone road ROB received Rs 9 crore, one between Charni Road and Grant Road got Rs 5 crore, at Diva they got Rs 6 crore and for Thakurli Rs 1,000.
Sources in Central Railway said that repair and replacement work on nine bridges on Vasai-Diva-Panvel route too will be carried out at a cost of Rs 15 crore. And similarly Rs 2.50 crore has been allotted for the refurbishment of bridges on CSMT-Kalyan/Karjat/Kasara section on Central Railway.
This is big money especially keeping in mind the recommendations of IIT Bombay to repair bridges.
As far as expansion of rail network is concerned, the 'pink book' has retained funding of Rs 284 crore for MUTP-3, Rs 50 crore for MUTP-3A and Rs 245 crore for MUTP-2. The officials from Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation said that they have received Rs 1,170 crore from this budget (including the 50% contribution from Maharashtra government).
These projects were announced in the Interim budget as well.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had dropped two rail corridors of a fast line between CSMT-Panvel and Panvel-Virar from MUTP-3A. "We have been asked to study these two new corridors keeping transit-oriented development in mind," said a senior railway official.
By this, they would look at the scope of developing areas falling around the stations on these two rail corridors so that people need not travel far for work.
On The Development Path
- Railway ministry retained money allotted to MUTP projects but has also decided to revive two major rail connections: CSMT-Panvel fast corridor and Panvel-Virar new suburban corridor
- The officials from Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation said that they have received Rs 1,170 crore from this budget (including the 50% contribution from Maharashtra government).
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