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Maharashtra Cabinet approves Greenfield Pune – Nashik Semi High-Speed Rail Line

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The dream project of the citizens of Maharashtra especially Pune, Ahmednagar and Nashikwill now be fulfilled, as Maha Cabinet approves the proposal of Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.(MRIDC or MahaRail) in the Budget Session of Maharashtra Legislative Assemblyheld on 8th March, 2021. MRIDC will build a Greenfield Semi High Speed Railway Double Line with electrificationbetween Pune and Nashik. 

[Mumbai:08 March, 2021] -Railway is the backbone of economic development of any country in the world. Road and Rail transport facilities have expanded simultaneouslyin region and countries like Europe, Japan, South Korea, Russia and China. This has led to an unprecedented opportunity toachieve the sustainability and growth which is requiredfor the 21st century.However, in our country Road infrastructural facilities have been developed extensively as compared to Railway Lines.

Need for developing New Railway Line

As per the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), prior to 2014, the length of National Highways in the State of Maharashtra was 6,249 km. In 2018, the National Highway length has been increased to 17,749 km. Thus, a tremendous increase in construction of 11,500 km of National Highway roads was found in Maharashtra in just 4 years from 2014 to 2018.In comparison to that 229 km of new Rail Lines have been added in Maharashtra in last 10 years.

The following table illustrates the comparison of Roadways and Railways scenarios in India and Maharashtra:

Roadways and Railways scenario in India and Maharashtra

RegionsTotal Land Area (sq.km)Total Road length (km)Total Rail length (km)Road length Per sq.kmRail length Per sq.km
India32,00,00050,00,00067,3681.560.021
Maharashtra3,07,7136,23,9725,7842.020.018

*TheTotal Road length is obtained from Basic Road Statistics of India 2016-17 report
*The Total Rail Length is obtained from Indian Railway Civil Engineering Portal 2016 -17 report

This table shows, Maharashtra is having higher density of Roadways while the Railway network is grossly inadequate. Hence, there is a need for developing new Railway Lines in Maharashtra to meet the massive transportation requirements. This need for developing new Railway Line was much appreciated and acknowledged by
Shri. Uddhav Thackeray, Hon’ Chief Minister; Shri.AjitPawar Hon’ Deputy Chief Minister; Adv. Anil Parab Hon’ Transport Minister; Shri.Satej D. Patil Hon’ Minister for State (Transport), Secretaries and various concernedSenior Authorities at the meeting held recently on 14th January 2021.

Pune – Nashik Semi High-Speed Railway Line

The much-awaited Pune-Nashik Semi-High speed Rail Line would bring down travel time between two cities from present 06 hours to01 hour 45 mins boosting passenger and freight movements. Thus, it will facilitate the creation of Mumbai-Pune-Nashik golden triangle asan emerging economic hub.

Earlier MRIDC hadreceived “In Principal Approval”(IPA) from Ministry of Railwayson 02.06.2020and approval from Central Railway on 10.02.2020 for implementing Greenfield Semi- High Speed Broad Gauge Double Line between Pune and Nashik.

Shri. Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal, Managing Director, MahaRailwho has authored a book “Construction and Maintenance of High-Speed Railway”and has good expertise on High-Speed Trains said –“This project willbe a role model for development of new Railway Line networks in Maharashtra. This project is unique because it isthe firstBroad-Gauge Semi-High Speed Rail Line in India and in the world. It is designed in such a way that goods train, conventional passenger train as well as High-Speed train can run on the same route.”

The entire cost of the project has been pegged at Rs 16,039 Crore (including taxes) on Debt:Equity of 60:40 basis; wherein Government of Maharashtra and Ministry of Railway shall contribute equity of 20% each of the project cost. While remaining 60% will be raised from the Domestic Financial Institution. MahaRail has estimated to complete the project in 1200 days from the date of its financial closure.

Details of the proposed alignment:

  Sr. No.  Particular  Details
1Total length of the Railway Line235 Km
2Maximum Permissible Speed200 Km/Hr (with further possibility ofincrease up to 250 Km/Hr)
3Proposed Major and Minor Stations24 Stations with 11 Crossing Stations, 11 Flag Stations& 2 Terminal Stations
4Total number of Tunnels in the corridor18 numbers
5Total Viaducts on the Semi High Speed Railway Line19 numbers

Significant Features of this project:

  • This Semi High-Speed Train will start from new proposed Pune Railway station and it will be going to Hadapsar on elevated deck, from Hadapsar to Nashik the train will run on the ground and will go up to Nashik Road Railway station.
  • The Semi High Speed Trains will initially have 06 coaches designed to run at speed of 200 Km/Hr with future increment up to 250 Km/Hron the Broad-Gauge line. The number of coaches will increase to 12 and then to 16.
  • The proposed alignment is designed such that there will be no compromise on speed. It is the first low cost Semi-High-Speed corridor in the country with the provision of being synchronised with existing features of Indian Railway. 

  • Private Freight Terminals (PFTs) are planned at major stations like Chakan, Manchar, Narayangaon, Alephata and Sangamner. Also, loading and unloading facilities are planned at various stations.
  • The proposed alignment will pass through the talukas of Haveli, Khed, Ambegaon and Junnar tehsils of Pune district, Sangamner tehsil of Ahmednagar district and Sinnar and Nashik tehsils of Nashik district.
  • This Rail Line will certainly augment the revenues from the multi-fold industries like automobile hub, electronics, pharmaceuticals, sugar mills and other agricultural activities in and around the Project Influence Areas.
  • The passengers of varied travel purposes such as tourism, educations, agriculture and as well as business and daily shuttles will have ample of facilities to connect with the rest of places through this corridor.
  • All the intercity movements and transportation for both passengers and freight will flourish because of faster movement on Rail Line between Pune and Nashik.

  • The project is envisaged to yield tangible as well as non-tangible savings due to the reduction in the number of vehicles being used for transportation by roads as well as certain socio-economic benefits such as employment generation, reduction in number of accidents and reduction in pollution due to the vehicular traffic.
3D view of proposed New Multi-Storeyed Station Building at Pune Railway Station   

Other Significant projects of MRIDC

Formed with a vision to meet the growing demands for newprojects and to expedite ongoing infra projects in the state ofMaharashtra, MRIDC promises to address infrastructural demands in Maharashtra byproviding critical connectivity and capacity enhancement. With a vision, to eliminatethe Level Crossings (LC), MRIDC, within 2 years of its functioning hasstarted construction of Road Over Bridges (ROBs), Road Under Bridges (RUBs) andLimited Height Subways (LHS) at 44 locations in Maharashtra. In the first phase,MRIDC is already constructing 69 ROBs across the state. Physical construction of ROBs hasstarted at various locations in Nanded, Mumbai, Dondaicha, Pune, Karad,Nagpuretc.

To embark our journey in the Rail Line project works, MahaRail has started GaugeConversion work of Nagpur (Itwari)-Nagbhid Rail Line (116 km) in December 2019. In next 16 months,Itwari-Nagbhid Rail Line shall be commissioned. Alongside rolling out Broad Gauge Line, theroute will be electrified thereby ensuring faster movement of goods as well aspassenger trains. Once completed the Itwari-Nagbhid section would easecongestion on the Wardha-Sewagram-Nagpur route as it has become oversaturated.

Other new Railway Line projects in pipeline and approved by Board of Directors of MRIDC are Mumbai – Pune (Semi High-Speed Rail Line),Salwa – Butibori(Chord line), Gadchandur – Adilabad (New Rail Line), Pune – Ratnagiri, Aurangabad -Chalisgaon, Rotegaon -Kopergaon, Pune – Aurangabad, Pune – Nanded, Chiplun – Karad, Vaibhavwadi – Kolhapur and laying of 3rd & 4th Line between Igatpuri– Manmad. Besides this, Pune – Kolhapur (Semi High-Speed Railway line) is also in pipeline.

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