NPG recommends ₹4.31 lakh crore railway and transportation projects under PM GatiShakti

New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): The Network Planning Group (NPG) under PM GatiShakti has so far recommended 54 railways and transport infrastructure projects on the Principles of PM GatiShakti, according to Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Som Parkash.

PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP) is a transformative approach for integrated and holistic planning across concerned Ministries/Departments. National Master Plan was launched in October, 2021 with the objectives to holistically integrate.

The interventions of various Ministries/Departments and address gaps to ensure seamless movement of people, goods & services. Minimising disruptions, ensuring quick completion of works with cost efficiency are the guiding principles for development of infrastructure as per the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan.

The projects worth Rs 4,31,496.20 crore pertaining to railways, metro rail, road and transportation sectors have been now given push under the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan. These projects are-

RRTS & Metro Rail Projects

1. Metro from HUDA City Centre to Cyber City with Spur to Dwarka (Rs. 5960.00 Crore)

2. Delhi-Gurugram-SNB RRTS Project (Rs. 37987 Crore)

3. DMRTS Phase-IV – three corridors i.e., Lajpat Nagar-Saket G Block, Inderlok-Indraprastha and Rithala-Narela (Rs. 13011.25 Crore)

4. Thane Integral Ring Metro Project (Rs. 10412.61 Crore)

5. Swargate - Katraj Metro Rail Project (Extension of Corridor-1 of Pune Metro Phase -1) towards South (Rs. 3668.04 Crore)

6. PCMC - Nigdi Metro Rail Project (Extension of Corridor-1 of Pune Metro Phase -1) towards North (Rs. 3668.04 Crore)

7. Dehradun Metro Neo Project (Rs. 1852.74 Crore)

8. Noida Extension line (Noida Sector-51 to Greater Noida (Rs. 2456 Crore)

Cargo & Logistics related Projects

9. Development of Container Terminal at Tuna-Tekra, Deendayal Port on BOT Basis Under PPP Mode (Rs. 4243.64 Crore)

10. Development of Multipurpose Cargo (other than Container/Liquid) Berth Off Tuna Tekra at Gulf of Kutch at Kandla on Build, Operate and Transfer (Rs. 1719.22 Crore)

Railway Projects

11. Taranga Hill - Abu Road New Line Project (Rs. 2798.16 Crore)

12. Extension of Naupada - Gunupur Single BG line up to Theruvali, East Coast Railway (73.623 KM) ( Rs. 1165.89 Crore)

13. Una –Kunna New Rail line (40.7 Km) (Rs. 3360.64 Crore)

14. Doubling of Katihar – Kumedpur section and Katihar – Mukuria section on North East Frontier Railway (64.14 km) (Rs. 942.64 Crore)

15. Doubling between Gorakhpur Cantt.-Valmikinagar on North Eastern Railway (95.95Km) (Rs. 1120 Crore)

16. Gauge Conversion of Pachora-Jamner with extension uptomalkapur (Bodwad) of Central railway (84.34Km) (Rs. 955.4 Crore)

17. Doubling of Agthori – Kamakhya including 2nd Rail Bridge at Saraighat (7.062 km) (Rs. 1473.77 Crore)

18. Doubling of Billi-Chunar section on North Central Railway (101.58Km) (Rs. 1423.96 Crore)

19. Doubling of track between Turavur - Ambalappuzhain Southern Railway (45.86 km) (Rs. 1262.14 Crore)

20. Gauge Conversion of Nathdwarda-Devgarh-Madariya (82.542Km) of North West Railway (Rs. 968.92 Crore)

21. New Railway Line Between Kalyan to Murbad via Ambivli (28 Km) (Rs. 836.12 Crore)

22. Doubling Between Guntur - Bibinagar Stations (Rs. 2853.23 Crore)

23. Doubling of existing single line between Sabarmati ‘D’ Cabin –Sarkhej (20.10 kms) and New Double line
between Sarkhej - Dholera (Km 89.34) (Rs. 2822.44 Crore)

24. Gauge Conversion of Samlaya-Timba Road (53.53 km.) of Western Railway (Rs. 670.17 Crore)

25. Provision of Automatic Signaling with CTC in New Jalpaiguri – Guwahati (via Rangiya) & Katihar – Mukuria sections under HDN route of NF Railway (Rs. 542.43 Crore)

26. Part Detailed Estimate (Modified) for Construction of BG Double Line between Lumding and Furkating (KM 191/130 to 331/130) (140.00 km) in connection with Lumding-Tinsukia Jn-Dibrugarh (381 km) DL Project (Rs. 2123.7 Crore)

27. Proposed doubling between Mudkhed & Dhone stations via Mahbubnagar excluding Mwdchal – Mahbubnagar including Bypass at Dhone – 417.88km (Originally sanctioned as Akola-Dhone DL
626Km) (Rs. 4686.09 Crore)

28. New Railway Line between Barbil – Nayagarh – Barsun (181 Kms) (Rs. 8839.91 Crore)

29. New BG line between Jalna to Jalgaon station in Central Railway (174 Kms) (Rs. 5804.37 Crore)

30. Proposed Quadrupling between Samakhiyali and Gandhidham(53.00 Kms) (Rs. 1429.56 Crore)

31. New line between Barejadi Nandej (Geratpur)- Sanand (38.20 KM) (Rs. 961.67 Crore)

Road & Transport Projects

32. 6 lane Elevated Corridor along with development of existing 4 lane road at ground level from Aroor to ThuravoorThekku section of NH – 66 (Rs. 12.752 Crore)

33. New 6-Lane H.L./Extra Dosed Cable Bridge on River Ganga Parallel to Western Side of Existing
Digha-Sonepur Rail-Cum Road Bridge at Patna in Bihar on EPC mode (Rs. 2860.05 Crore)

34. 4-laning of Ambala-Kala Amb section of NH-72 to Shahzadpur and Part of New NH-7 from Shahzadpur to Kala Amb in Haryana and Punjab on Hybrid Annuity Mode under NH(O) (Rs. 1182.77 Crore)

35. Construction of Four Lane Highway from GazipurBallia-UP/Bihar State Border (Greenfield) section of
NH-31. Package 1, 2, 3, 4. (Rs. 3554.28 Crore)

36. Improvement and Up-gradation of Existing Road to 4–lane with Paved Shoulder from Start of
Shahjahanpur bypass to Start of Shahabad bypass (88.750 to 123.650 km) and start of Shahabad
Bypass to End of Hardoi Bypass (123.650 to 175.080 km) (Rs. 2307.47 Crore)

37. Improvement & Up-gradation of NH-734 section of Moradabad - Thakurdwara - Kashipur including
Moradabad & Kashipur bypasses in UP, Uttarakhand: Package-I: Moradabad Bypass (Rs. 1794.13 Crore)

38. Gorakhpur-Siliguri Corridor (Rs. 27545 Crore)

39. Bareilly – Gorakhpur Corridor (Rs. 26486 Crore)

40. Indo Nepal Border – Haldia Corridor (Rs. 30233 Crore)

41. Lalsot – Kishangarh – Jodhpur Corridor (Rs. 10700 Crore)

42. Pune – Ahmednagar – Aurangabad Corridor (Rs. 12229 Crore)

43. Pune – Bengaluru Expressway (Rs. 49241 Crore)

44. JNPT – Chowk Road Corridor (Rs. 1642 Crore)

45. Southern part of Hyderabad Regional Ring Road (Rs. 2659 Crore)

46. Mandi Dabwali – Panipat (Connecting Amritsar Bhatinda Jamnagar & Ambala Kotputli with NH44) (Rs. 14302 Crore)

47. Chennai - Trichy – Tuticorin EXP (Chennai – Trichy EXP &Thajavur (Pilaiyarpatti) – Tuticorin) (Rs. 30502 Crore)

48. (Jhansi) - Lakhnadon - Raipur (Rs. 14832 Crore)

49. Samba – Mansar – Udhampur (with link to Domel) (Rs. 3682 Crore)

50. (Ludhiana) – Shamli – Bareilly with spur to Dasna (Rs. 18540 Crore)

51. Hyderabad - Bengaluru (Rs. 15000 Crore)

52. Hyderabad - Nagpur (Rs. 12647 Crore)

53. Access controlled 4L with PS from Mysore to Kushalnagara section of NH-275 (Rs. 3470 Crore)

54. Construction of 4-Lane Access Controlled Greenfield Highway section (Warangal-Khammam)
from Oorugonda village at Design Ch. 112.240 Km to V. Venkatayapalem village at Design Ch. 220.480
Km (total length 108.24 Km) as a part of Nagpur-Vijaywada corridor, under other Economic Corridor
NH(O) programme on Hybrid Annuity Mode in the State of Telangana (Rs. 14055 Crore)

PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan has a digital component in the form of a GIS based platform which integrates the geospatial data related to the infrastructure in the country and planning portals of various Ministries/Departments of the Government.

To ensure better decision-making and coordination among various Central Ministries/Departments and State Governments, a three tier institutional arrangement in the form of Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS), Network Planning Group (NPG) and Technical Support Unit (TSU) has been created, both at Central and State levels. Besides NITI Aayog, there are 24 Central Ministries/Departments as part of PM Gati Shakti, represented in EGoS through their respective Secretaries.

All the infrastructure and economic Ministries/Departments at the Centre and also States/Union Territories have created their own customised planning portals which are integrated to PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan. These digital systems help data-based decision-making for integrated planning of infrastructure projects and synchronised implementation. More than 150 critical infrastructure gaps have been identified by adopting PM Gati Shakti mechanism. It aims at reducing logistics cost and supporting economic activity in the country.