(a) whether the Government have sought assistance from the World Bank for development of Railway network;
(b) if so, the amount received from the World Bank during 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 so far; and
(c) the details of works for which the said amount is to be utilised?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI DIGVIJAY SINGH)
(a) to (c) : A statement is attached.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 700 FOR 23.11.2000 BY SHRI NAMDEO
HARBAJI DIWATHE REGARDING WORLD BANK ASSISTANCE
(a): Yes, Sir. Ministry of Railways and Government of
Maharashtra have jointly approached World Bank for funding of
the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) the rail component
which shall be implemented by Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC).
(b): The amount received from the World Bank during 1998-99,
1999-2000 and 2000-2001 for MUTP is nil. The World Bank loan is under negotiation and is still to be finalised.
(c): Projects proposed for inclusion in the rail component of MUTP are as under:
1. Construction of a 5th line between Santacruz and Borivali on Western Railway.
2. Construction of an additional pair of lines between Kurla and Thane.
3. Construction of an additional pair of lines between Borivali and Bhayandar.
4. Construction of an additional pair of lines between Bhayandar and Virar.
5. Optimisation of existing Western Railway Services on the through lines. 6. Optimisation of existing Central Railway services on the through lines.
7 Optimisation of Harbour lines services.
8. Conversion of Traction power supply from DC to AC.
9. Remanufacture of EMU coaches. 10. Construction of a 5th line on Kurla-Dadar-Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai (CSTM) section. 11. Construction of a 6th line between Borivali and Santacruz. 12. Introduction of 12 car rakes on local lines of Western Railway. 13. Introduction of 12 car rakes on local lines of Central Railway. 14. Construction of new East-West Bandra-Kurla rail link.