Lok Sabha Question No. 1882 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-03
Subject: Station Redevelopment Programme
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Shrikant Eknath Shinde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1882

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.07.2019

## STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

1882. DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE:

SHRI VINAYAK RAUT: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  the  Railways  has  received  lukewarm  response from real estate players in previous tenders for railway station redevelopment programme and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has prepared Rs.1 trillion programme for the redevelopment of railway stations and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   whether the Government has adopted a cluster approach to speed up the first phase of redevelopment of railway stations and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)    the details of the companies identified for this purpose;
- (e) the names of the railway stations identified for redevelopment in the first phase of redevelopment, State-wise; and
- (f)    the time schedule fixed for the redevelopment programme?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1882  BY  DR.  PRITAM  GOPINATHRAO MUNDE, SHRI VINAYAK RAUT AND DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE TO BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  03.07.2019  REGARDING  STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

(a) to (f) : Railways had invited bids on modified bid challenge method for 23 stations for redevelopment of stations in February 2017.  Bids were received for two stations only, viz. Jammu Tawi and Kozhikode stations. A  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MOU)  was  signed  on  30.06.2017 between Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) and National Buildings Construction  Corporation  Limited  (NBCC)  for  redevelopment  of  railway stations.    As  per  this  MOU,  Contracts  for  redevelopment  have  been awarded  for  Gomtinagar,  Charbagh  (Uttar  Pradesh)  and  Puducherry (Union  Territory  of  Puducherry)  stations  in  2018-19.    Indian  Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited (IRSDC) have awarded contracts for Habibganj (Madhya Pradesh) in the year 2016 and Gandhinagar (Gujarat) in the year 2017 stations.  IRSDC has also received bids for Anand Vihar, Bijwasan, Chandigarh, Gwalior and Nagpur stations. Bids for Nellore and Surat were invited by NBCC and IRSDC respectively. However, no Bid was received.  Bid for Surat has been re-invited.

Redevelopment of stations is planned through leveraging commercial  development  of  vacant  land  and  air  space  in  and  around railway  stations.  The  revenues  realised  from  real  estate  development should  be  sufficient  to  cover  the  entire  cost  of  station  redevelopment after  meeting  the  full  expenditure  on  real  estate  development  and maintenance obligations. Since all railway stations may  not be commercially  viable  station,  the  Cost  neutrality  in  certain  cases  may have to be seen over a basket of projects on an all India basis.

Ministry  of  Railways  on  case  to  case  basis,  may  designate Zonal Railway, IRSDC, RLDA or any other Central Government agencies as the Project Development Agency. Ministry  of  Railways  though  various  agencies  is  undertaking techno-economic  feasibility  studies  of  Railway  stations.    Based  on  the outcome of the feasibility studies, stations are planned to be taken up for redevelopment in phases, especially the stations located in major cities, pilgrimage centers and important tourist destinations. Station redevelopment projects are first of its kind and complex in  nature  and  require  detailed  techno-financial  feasibility  studies  and statutory clearances from local bodies etc.  Therefore, no time-frame can be indicated at this stage. *****