Several key railway projects in the Mumbai region will be expedited with the Union Budget making sufficient provisions for the megapolis, railway officials said Friday.
The budget has made a provision of Rs 584 crore for various phases of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP).
The interim budget presented by finance minister Piyush Goyal has allotted Rs 7,672 crore for the Central Railway in total, of which Rs 744 crore are for various transport projects.
It will cover the Belapur-Seawood-Uran railway line project in the Mumbai region.
For the Western Railway, the budget has proposed allocation of Rs 6,128 crore to execute various existing projects.
For Mumbai, these projects include construction of a second terminal at suburban Jogeshwari, bringing in 15-car local rakes and improvement in passenger amenities.
A provision of Rs 584 crore has ben made for works planned under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project.
Mumbai is the headquarters of Central Railway and Western .
