Budget 2024: Massive boost for Mumbai

An allocation of roughly Rs 789 crore for railways, which will take total allocation to Rs 1,578 crore when combined with the Maharashtra government's inputs, is what the city has got in the interim budget for railway projects under various phases of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP). The pink book released on Thursday has given a break-up of the detailed allocations for MUTP projects with Rs 100 crore for MUTP2, Rs 300 crore for MUTP3 and Rs 388 crore for MUTP3A, totalling roughly to Rs 789 crore.

A young man watches the presentation of the budget at Borivli station on February 1. Pic/Nimesh Dave

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"The budget allocation will further give impetus to MUTP works. All contracts for station improvement work of 17 stations have been awarded. The new Panvel-Karjat suburban corridor project work and the quadrupling work between Virar and Dahanu is also going on as per schedule. We have also started work on ground in Kalyan-Badlapur quadrupling project and the Borivali-Virar 5th and 6th lines," said Subhash Chand Gupta, chairman and managing director, MRVC. The MUTP allocation is Rs 312 crore less than that of last year, but top officials said that this was an interim budget and revised estimates are expected in the annual complete budget, which is to be tabled later this year after government formation.

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About projects

While the deadline for construction of 3-4 lines on Kalyan-Badlapur is December 2026 and is being implemented at a cost of R1,510 crore, the 5-6 rail lines on Borivali-Virar stretch is likely to be completed by December 2027 at a cost of R2,184 crore and the upgrade of 17 stations on both CR and WR is being done at a cost of Rs 987 crore. There is, however, no update in procurement of 238 AC local trains under MUTP 3 and 3A.

What are the upcoming projects

Under MUTP2:
>> The fifth and sixth lines between Parel and Kurla
>> A Sixth line between Mumbai Central and Borivali

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Under MUTP3:
The new Panvel-Karjat suburban corridor
>> A new Airoli-Kalwa corridor
>> Quadrupling of Virar-Dahanu line
>> Trespass control projects, which involve building foot over bridges along the suburban network

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Under MUTP3A
>> Improvement works in 17 stations
>> Fifth and sixth lines between Borivli and Virar
>> Third and fourth lines between Kalyan and Badlapur
>> CSMT Harbour Line signal upgrade
>> Extension of the Harbour Line from Goregaon to Borivli
>> Remodelling of the Kalyan rail yard
>> Fourth line between Kalyan and Asangaon
>> 97 new stabling lines

Rs 1,171cr
Average amount allocated to Maharashtra

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