The Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) on the Western region, which is
to increase Mumbai’s rail export capacity four times, has reached its
final alignment stages after the Central Railway (CR) met City
Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) to discuss Panvel’s role last
week.
Officials say that Phase I of the project from Rewari to Vadodra has already seen physical work and Cidco has shown positive signs for Phase II from Vaitarna to Nhava Sheva, which passes through Panvel. The DFC requires bits and pieces of land in and around Panvel, which amounts to almost 36 hectares.
“Cidco has given an in-principle nod for 36 hectares of land in total. The alignment will require a little manoeuvring, as there are lot of plans with regard to suburban Panvel and they will require space for those plans as well,” said an official from DFC which is the execution department from the CR.
These suburban plans are to build of four platforms, including one that will be elevated for the CST to Panvel fast corridor and the rest for the proposed Panvel to Virar and Panvel to Karjat corridors.
This will also include land towards old Panvel where the proposed coaching complex is to come up with space for keeping trains when not operational.
The push has been seen days before the railway budget on July 8, when officials hope that an announcement of its completion will give another push for the work to be completed.
Officials want to make sure that sufficient land is left for the suburban project with apprehensions that the DFC will eat into their future plans for making Panvel the next CST.
“We have already got the permissions for one km of land from the SC for the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, there we required only one km, that too only at the tip of the park, which runs along the existing Vasai to Diva lines,” added the official.
Officials say that Phase I of the project from Rewari to Vadodra has already seen physical work and Cidco has shown positive signs for Phase II from Vaitarna to Nhava Sheva, which passes through Panvel. The DFC requires bits and pieces of land in and around Panvel, which amounts to almost 36 hectares.
“Cidco has given an in-principle nod for 36 hectares of land in total. The alignment will require a little manoeuvring, as there are lot of plans with regard to suburban Panvel and they will require space for those plans as well,” said an official from DFC which is the execution department from the CR.
These suburban plans are to build of four platforms, including one that will be elevated for the CST to Panvel fast corridor and the rest for the proposed Panvel to Virar and Panvel to Karjat corridors.
This will also include land towards old Panvel where the proposed coaching complex is to come up with space for keeping trains when not operational.
The push has been seen days before the railway budget on July 8, when officials hope that an announcement of its completion will give another push for the work to be completed.
Officials want to make sure that sufficient land is left for the suburban project with apprehensions that the DFC will eat into their future plans for making Panvel the next CST.
“We have already got the permissions for one km of land from the SC for the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, there we required only one km, that too only at the tip of the park, which runs along the existing Vasai to Diva lines,” added the official.
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