Railway officials here on Thursday welcomed the announcements for Maharashtra in the Union Railway Budget 2016-17 which has got an outlay of Rs 4,767 crore, while Mumbai local train commuters dubbed the budget as “disappointing” with no sops for the megapolis.
According to the Pink Book of the budget issued by Central Railway PR department, Maharashtra’s proportion in the budget 2016-17 has increased by 10 per cent in allocation from last year’s Rs 4,458 crore to Rs 4,767 crore this year.
The Railway Ministry has sanctioned 31 Road Over Bridge (ROBs), 35 subways apart from announcing seven surveys in seven different sections totaling 933 kms length tracks for Maharashtra.