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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4366
TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026
MALEGAON/SATANA/SAKRI/CHINCHPADA RAILWAY LINE
4366. ADV GOWAAL KAGADA PADAVI:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) the present status of the proposed Malegaon-Satana-Sakri-Chinchpada
railway line and whether the project remains sanctioned, under survey
or pending reconsideration and if so, the details thereof;
(b) the details of the reasons for delay or stagnation including land
acquisition challenges, financial constraints, environmental clearances
or changes in traffic projections;
(c) the details of the revised cost estimates, if any, and budgetary
provisions made during the last three years;
(d) the details of the steps taken by the Government to review and revive
long-pending railway projects in country to prevent cost escalation and
public inconvenience particularly in Maharashtra; and
(e) the details of the proposed timelines for decision-making, resumption of
work and completion of such projects once bottlenecks are resolved?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (e): Chinchpada is an existing station on Surat – Jalgaon section and
Malegaon is a proposed station on ongoing Indore – Manmad Railway line
project. The Indore – Manmad new line project envisages rail connectivity
between Malegaon and Chinchpada via Nardana. The Indore – Nardana –
Dhule – Manmad New Line Project has been sanctioned at an estimated
cost of ₹18,529 crore. The project has been taken up in two phases:-
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1. Dhule – Nardana Section: Status of this section is as under:-
S.No. Activities Remarks
1. Land i. The project has been declared as a Special
Acquisition Railway Project.
ii. Competent Authority for land Acquisition (CALA)
has been nominated.
iii. A total of 219 Ha. land is acquired out of 295
Ha.
iv. Work for land acquisition in the balance section
has been taken up.
2. Major Bridge 18 out of 21 Major Bridges has been completed.
Work taken up in the balance section.
3. Road under 27 out of 46 RUBs has been completed and work
Bridge (RUB) taken up in the balance section.
2. Indore – Nardana and Dhule – Nardana Section:- An outlay of ₹268 crore
has been provided for the year 2025-26. The project has been declared as a
Special Railway Project. Competent Authority for land Acquisition (CALA)
has been nominated. A total of 325 Ha. of land is to be acquired for the
project. Work has been taken up.
A feasibility study of Malegaon - Satana - Sakri - Chinchpada New Railway
Line (148 Km) was completed. The project has low traffic projections.
Indian Railway
Projects Sanctioned:-
As on 01.04.2025, across Indian Railways, 431 Railway infrastructure
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projects (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:-
Total Length
Total Exp upto
No of Length Commissioned
Category Mar’25
Projects NL/GC/DL till Mar’25
(₹ in Cr)
(km) (Km)
New Lines 154 16,142 3,036 1,45,318
Gauge
33 4,180 2,997 22,753
Conversion
Doubling /
244 15,644 6,736 1,22,858
Multitracking
Total 431 35,966 12,769 2,90,929
Track Construction:
The details of commissioning/laying of new track across Indian Railways
are given below:-
New track
Period Average commissioning of new tracks
Commissioned
2009-14 7,599 Km 4.2 Km/day
2014-25 34,428 Km 8.6 Km/day (more than 2 times)
Zone-wise/year-wise details of all Railway projects are made available in
public domain on Indian Railway’s website.
Maharashtra
Railway Budget:
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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
Average commissioning of new tracks
Commissioned
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, including remote and tribal areas, are
sanctioned. The summary is as under:-
Category No. of Total Length Exp.
sanctioned Length Commissioned upto Mar'25
Projects (in Km) Upto Mar'25 (Km) (₹ in Cr.)
New Line 11 1,355 234 10,504
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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 1,512
Km)
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:-
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S.No. Name of the project Cost (₹ In
crore)
1 Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar)-Beed-Parli Vaijnath 4,957
New Line (261 Km)
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
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
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Increasing train handling capacity in Mumbai area:
Presently, about 120 originating Mail/Express trains and about 3200 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
Platform length extension:
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:
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SN Name of Project Cost
(in Cr.)
1 CSMT-Kurla 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-II) (17.5 km) 891
2 Mumbai Central-Borivali 6th Line (MUTP-II) (30 km) 919
Extension of Harbour Line from Goregaon-Borivali
3 826
(MUTP-IIIA) (7 km)
4 Borivali-Virar 5th & 6th Line (MUTP-IIIA) (26 km) 2,184
5 Virar-Dahanu Road 3rd & 4th Line (MUTP-III) (64 km) 3,587
6 Panvel-Karjat Suburban Corridor (MUTP-III) (29.6 km) 2,782
Airoli-Kalwa (elevated) Suburban Corridor link (MUTP-
7 476
III) (3.3 km)
8 Kalyan-Asangaon 4thLine (MUTP-IIIA) (32 km) 1,759
9 Kalyan-Badlapur 3rd& 4th line (MUTP-IIIA) (14 km) 1,510
10 Kalyan-Kasara 3rd 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.
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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 3rd 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:
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project (508 km) is the
only HSR Project 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.
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Entire land (1389.5 Ha.) for MAHSR project has been acquired. All Statutory
Clearances have been obtained. All 1651 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:
Gujarat (352 KM):
Item Progress
Foundation 352 kms.
Piers 352 kms.
Girder Casting 342 kms.
Girder Launching 331 kms.
Track Bed Construction 152 kms.
OHE Masts Erection 121 kms.
Maharashtra (156 KM):
Item Progress
Foundation 77 kms.
Piers 67 kms.
Girder Casting 9 kms.
Girder Launching 3 kms.
Out of total 12 stations, foundation works has been completed at 8 stations
(Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Anand, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, and
Sabarmati). In Maharashtra section, foundation work is in progress at 3
stations (Thane, Virar, Boisar) and excavation work at BKC station is near
completion and Casting of base slab started.
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17 river bridges have been completed. Work is in advance stage for 4 major
river bridges (Narmada, Mahi, Tapti and Sabarmati) in Gujarat & in progress
in 4 river bridges in Maharashtra. Work on Depots (Thane, Surat and
Sabarmati) is in full swing.
Civil works at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) are progressing satisfactorily.
Excavation works have achieved about 91% progress, and concreting
works are at various stages, with 100% completion of the basement slab at
Level-4. 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.
To ensure seamless passenger connectivity, the Government has planned
multi-modal integration of Bullet Train stations with the existing Mumbai
suburban railway network and upcoming metro lines. The integration
includes passenger connectivity with Metro Line-2B and Metro Line-3
through convenient pedestrian access at BKC station.
Bullet train project is a very complex and technology intensive Project.
Exact timelines for the completion of the project can be reasonably
ascertained after the completion of all associated works of Civil
Structures, Track, Electrical, Signaling& Telecommunication and supply of
Trainsets.
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
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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.
Sanction of any railway project depends 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 own operational requirements
Socio-economic considerations
Overall availability of funds
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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Various steps taken by the Government for effective and speedy
implementation of rail projects include:
Substantial increase in allocation of funds.
Delegation of powers at field level.
Close monitoring of progress of project at various levels.
Regular follow up with State Governments and concerned authorities
for expeditious land acquisition, forestry and Wildlife clearances and
for resolving other issues pertaining to projects.
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