Lok Sabha Question No. 3179 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: Modernisation of Railway Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3179 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2018

## MODERNISATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS

†3179. SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the State-wise details including that of Gujarat regarding modernisation of proposed railway stations along with the current status thereof, throughout the country;
- (b) the State-wise details of the expenditure made thereon including that in the State of Gujarat;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  complaints  regarding deficiencies in this work in a few States; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  details  of  the  steps  taken  in  this regard by the Government?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.3179  BY  SHRI  PARBHUBHAI  NAGARBHAI VASAVA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 14.03.2018 REGARDING MODERNISATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS

(a):  Presently,  modernisation  of  Railway  stations  is  taken  up  under 'Adarsh' Station Scheme. 1253 Railway stations have been identified for development  under  this  scheme.  Out  of  these,  1050  railway  stations have  been  developed  under  this  scheme  as  per  norms.  State-wise details including the State of Gujarat of these Railway stations are as under:

|   S.No. | State           |   No. of stations | S.No.   | State          |   No. of stations |
|---------|-----------------|-------------------|---------|----------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh  |                38 | 14.     | Madhya Pradesh |                35 |
|       2 | Assam           |                26 | 15.     | Maharashtra    |               104 |
|       3 | Bihar           |                38 | 16.     | Nagaland       |                01 |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh    |                12 | 17.     | Odisha         |                31 |
|       5 | Delhi           |                02 | 18.     | Puducherry     |                02 |
|       6 | Goa             |                02 | 19.     | Punjab         |                25 |
|       7 | Gujarat         |                29 | 20.     | Rajasthan      |                26 |
|       8 | Haryana         |                11 | 21.     | Tamil Nadu     |                42 |
|       9 | Himachal        |                01 | 22.     | Telangana      |                22 |
|      10 | Jammu & Kashmir |                01 | 23.     | Uttar Pradesh  |               100 |
|      11 | Jharkhand       |                21 | 24.     | Uttrakhand     |                04 |
|      12 | Karnataka       |                33 | 25.     | West Bengal    |               381 |
|      13 | Kerala          |                63 | Total   | Total          |              1050 |

Also,  As  per  Cabinet  approval,  Indian  Railways  has  decided Redevelopment of 400 A1/ A category stations on 'as is where is' basis by  inviting  proposals  from  developers  with  their  designs  and  business ideas.  In  the  1 st   phase  of  redevelopment,  following  23  stations  were taken up by Zonal railways.

|   S. No. | Name of Station    | State          | S. No.   | Name of station   | State           |
|----------|--------------------|----------------|----------|-------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Lokmanya Tilak (T) | Maharashtra    | 13       | Faridabad         | Haryana         |
|        2 | Pune               | Maharashtra    | 14       | Jammu Tawi        | Jammu & Kashmir |
|        3 | Thane              | Maharashtra    | 15       | Secunderabad      | Andhra Pradesh  |
|        4 | Mumbai Central     | Maharashtra    | 16       | Vijayawada        | Andhra Pradesh  |
|        5 | Bandra Terminus    | Maharashtra    | 17       | Ranchi            | Jharkhand       |
|        6 | Borivali           | Maharashtra    | 18       | Chennai Central   | Tamil Nadu      |
|        7 | Howrah             | West Bengal    | 19       | Kozhikode         | Kerala          |
|        8 | Visakhapatnam      | Andhra Pradesh | 20       | Yashwantpur       | Karnataka       |
|        9 | Kanpur Central     | Uttar Pradesh  | 21       | Bangalore Cantt   | Karnataka       |
|       10 | Allahabad          | Uttar Pradesh  | 22       | Indore            | Madhya Pradesh  |
|       11 | Kamakhya           | Assam          | 23       | Bhopal            | Madhya          |
|       12 | Udaipur City       | Rajasthan      |          |                   | Pradesh         |

Further,  a  dedicated  organization  viz.  Indian  Railway  Stations Development Corporation Limited (IRSDC) has undertaken redevelopment of 12 stations viz. Amritsar, Anand Vihar (Delhi), Bijwasan (Delhi), Baiyappanahalli (Bengaluru), Chandigarh, Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Gandhinagar (Jaipur), Gwalior, Habibganj, Nagpur, Surat and Shivajinagar (Pune).  The  work  of  Habibganj  Railway  Station  has  been  started.  A contract  of  civil  engineering  works  for  redevelopment  of  Gandhinagar Railway Station along with construction of a 300-room hotel on the air space of the station has also been awarded and ground-breaking done.

At present, Ministry of Railways is formulating revised schemes for station redevelopment on fast track.

The  cost  of  station  redevelopment  is  to  be  met  by  leveraging commercial  development  of  vacant  land/air  space  in  and  around  the station. Therefore, railway funds are not required for station redevelopment projects. Such projects shall generally be cost neutral to Railways. (b):  The  expenditure  on  various  Passenger  Amenities  works  including 'Adarsh' Station Scheme  is generally funded under Plan  Head -'Passenger Amenities'. State-wise details of expenditure are not maintained. An expenditure of ` 930.73 Crores has been incurred under Plan Head - 'Passenger Amenities' during the current financial year. (c):  No  such  data  regarding  deficiencies  in  work  of  modernization  of railway stations is being maintained. (d): Does not arise.

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