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Railway infrastructure projects worth Rs.1 trillion to be completed during 2015-18
Much-awaited Namma Metro to get fully commissioned by March 2016
As per CMIE’s CapEx database, railway infrastructure projects worth Rs.1 trillion are likely to get commissioned during 2015-18. Of these, projects entailing an investment of Rs.390.6 billion are likely to come on stream in 2015-16. Four projects worth Rs.26.4 billion have got completed in the first half of the ongoing year.
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much-awaited Namma metro or Bangalore metro Phase-I (a length of 42 km) is expected to get fully commissioned by March 2016. It is one of the six projects monitored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) platform. As of now, 19.1 km of the total network is functional. Another 6.4-km stretch between Mysuru road and Magadi road will be opened to public by December 2015. A total of Rs.138.5 billion is estimated to be invested to build this rail network.
Other Major Projects to be completed by 2016 second half
Northeast Frontier Railways--> Lumding-Silchar-Jiribam BGProject--> Cost 51 billion Rs
East Central Railway--> Patna-Hajipur Ganga Bridge Project--> 29.2 billion Rs
Rapid Metrorail Gurgaon South Ltd.--> Gurgaon Metro Rail LinkPhase-II Project--> Cost 21.4 billion Rs
Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.--> Daund-Gulbarga Doubling Project--> 15.1 billion Rs
Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.--> Vijaywada-Machilipatnam-Bhimavaram Line Doubling & Electrification Project--> 15 Billion Rs
During 2016-18, Rs.612.7 billion worth of projects are scheduled for completion. Most of the large projects expected to come up during this period concern with the development of metro lines and broad gauge railway lines. Details of some of these projects are mentioned below:-
The Rs.30.9 billion-worth Badarpur-Faridabad metro line will be fully operational by December 2017. In September 2015, the 13.8-km long Badarpur-YMCA Chowk stretch covering nine stations was inaugurated. The 3.2 km-YMCA Chowk-Ballabgarh line with two more stations will be added by December 2017. The project aims to offer direct connectivity to residents of Faridabad with various parts of Delhi and vice-versa.
The second phase of Mumbai Monorail project between Wadala Depot and Jacob Circle, a distance of 11.2 km, is scheduled for completion in June 2016. The first phase of monorail corridor from Chembur to Wadala Depot (8.8 km) was launched in February 2014. The total cost of the project is pegged at Rs.30 billion.
The construction of broad gauge on Agartala-Udaipur-Sabroom railway line is expected to be completed at a cost of Rs.28.8 billion. The Agartala-Udaipur section (44 km) will be ready by March 2016 and work on the remaining stretch of Udaipur-Sabroom (68 km) is likely to get over by March 2018.
With an investment of Rs.28.5 billion, City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) will complete Phase-I of the Navi Mumbai Metro project by May 2017. It will cover a distance of 11.1 km along eleven stations between Belapur and Pendhar.
A broad gauge railway line from Bairabi to Sairang in the state of Mizoram will be built by March 2018. The scope of the project involves the construction of 23 tunnels of nine kms along with 36 major bridges and 147 minor bridges. A cost of Rs.28.2 billion is likely to be incurred in completing the project.
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