Question : DEVELOPMENT OF MUMBAI

(a) whether the Government proposes to provide financial assistance for integrated development of Mumbai to bring it at par with international standards;

(b) if so, the broad features and details of the plan, indicating phase-wise details and targets conceived thereunder;

(c) the steps taken/being taken in that direction;

(d) the amount allocated of this purpose to the State Government of Maharashtra during the last three years and the current year;

(e) the details of funds spent during the above period;

(f) whether there is any proposal to increase the allocation; and (g) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (SMT. DEEPA DASMUNSHI)

(a) to (g) The details of schemes implemented by Ministry of Urban Development for Mumbai so as to upgrade water supply, sewerage system, drainage system, roads & flyovers etc. are as under: -

(i) Under Urban Infrastructure & Governance (UIG), a sub-mission of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), 26 projects have been sanctioned for Mumbai at a total cost of 5358.48 crore wherein Additional Central Assistance (ACA) committed is 1875.47 crore. ACA of 1635.86 crore has been released.

Government has approved the proposal of Ministry of Urban Development to mandate continuation of JNNURM to sanction new project and capacity building activities till 31st March 2014.

(ii) Under the second stimulus package announced by the Government of India in January, 2009, the States, including Maharashtra, as a one-time measure have been provided financial assistance for purchase of buses for their urban transport system under the scheme for providing central financial assistance for procurement of buses for urban transport under JNNURM. The financing is meant exclusively for City Bus Service and Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) for all Mission Cities.

The Brihan Mumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking (BEST) and Navi Mumbai have been sanctioned 1150 modern Intelligent Transport System (ITS) enabled buses under JnNURM. Details are as under:

(Rs. in crore)
S.	City /	Total Fleet	Total Cost	Delivery of	Central	Total
No	Organisation	sanctioned	Approved	buses	Share (ACA)	released	in CSMC	Approved 
1	BEST	1000	284	1000	99.40	57.85
2	Navi Mumbai	150	40.5	150	14.18	12.16

S.	Project	Project Details	Present	Fund
No.	Status	Sanctioned	/released
1	Mumbai Metro Rail	The total length	Overall 85%	Out of total	Project Line-1	of the corridor	work has been	Viability	Versova-Andheri-	is 11.40 km and	completed and the	Gap Funding (VGF)	Ghatkopar Corridor	completion cost	line is likely to	grant of ` 471	is 2356.00 cr.	be commissioned by	crore, Central	The project is	later half of the	Government has	under implementation	year 2013.	released ` 235.50	on Public Private	crore and 75 crore	Partnership (PPP)/	during the	BOOT format by	financial year	Mumbai Metro which	2009-10 & 2011-12	is a Joint Venture	respectively	of M/s Reliance	Infrastructure Ltd.,	M/s Veolia and Mumbai	Metropolitan Region	Development Authority	(MMRDA). The Central	Government has	approved VGF	amounting to 20%	of the project cost	i.e. ` 471 crore	as special Additional	Central Assistance	(ACA)
2	Mumbai Metro Line-2	The total length of	Project has been	Government of	(Maharashtra)	the corridor is 31	approved, however	India has approved	Charkop-Bandra-	.871 km and the	, work is not	1532 crore VGF	Mankurd Corridor	estimated completion	yet started.	however not yet	cost is 7660.00	released.	crore. Line-2 is	a joint Venture	comprising M/s	Reliance Infrastruc	ture Ltd., SNC	Lavalin, Canada &	Reliance Communi	cation Ltd.