State of the art facilities at railway stations

State of the art facilities at railway stations

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO 192

ANSWERED ON 03.08.2018

State of the art facilities at railway stations

192 Shri Sanjay Seth

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-

(a) whether the Government’s decision to modernise selected railway stations in the country with state-of-the-art facilities, is yet to be fulfilled;

(b) if so, the reasons therefor; and

(c) if not, the names of the railway stations that have been equipped with state-of-the-art facilities?
ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COAL, FINANCE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.192 BY SHRI SANJAY SETH ANSWERED IN RAJYA SABHA ON 03.08.2018 REGARDING STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES AT RAILWAY STATIONS

(a) to (c): Indian Railways had advertised its plan to offer ‘A-1’ and ‘A’ category stations on Indian Railways for redevelopment on ‘as is where is’ basis, by inviting open bids from interested parties duly providing for amenities and other requirements of the Railways. The cost of station redevelopment was to be met by leveraging commercial development of land and air space in and around the stations. Twenty three stations were initially taken up for bidding in first phase by Zonal Railways under the Program. Out of these 23 stations, bids were received for two stations only, viz. Jammu Tawi and Kozhikode stations, which are under evaluation. No bids were received for other stations.

Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited (IRSDC) have been entrusted the work of redevelopment of Anand Vihar, Bijwasan, Chandigarh, Gandhinagar, Habibganj (Bhopal), Shivaji Nagar and Surat railway stations. Works have commenced at Habibganj and Gandhinagar stations. Bids for Surat, Anand Vihar, Bijwasan and Chandigarh stations have been invited.

In addition, an MoU between Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) and NBCC India Ltd. has been signed for redevelopment of the following 10 railway stations:

Tirupati, Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Nellore, Madgaon, Charbagh (Lucknow), Gomtinagar(Lucknow), Kota, Thane new, Ernakulam Junction and Puducherry

Contracts have been finalised for Gomtinagar station and bids have been invited for Charbagh and Tirupati stations.
One station in each Division is being taken up for redevelopment through Divisional Railway Managers.

Based upon the feedback received during various interactions with developers, investors and other stakeholders, Ministry of Railways has now formulated a revised strategy for station redevelopment on fast track through simplified procedure and with improved terms like longer lease periods etc., and accordingly, a Cabinet Note has been initiated in this regard.