Lok Sabha Question No. 5574 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Modernisation of Railway Stations in Maharashtra
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Bhavana Gawali (Patil)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5574 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2022

## MODERNISATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS IN MAHARASHTRA

†5574. SHRI SANJAY JADHAV: SHRI VINAYAK RAUT: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of railway stations proposed for modernisation in different States, including Maharashtra in the country;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  checked  the  quality  of  modernisation work carried out at major railway stations of the country;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  of  railway  stations  where  such quality checks has been conducted;
- (d) whether the quality of modernisation work has been found to be substandard in certain railway stations and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (e)  the  time  by  which  the  modernisation  works  of  proposed  railway stations  are  likely  to  be  completed  in  the  country,  particularly  in Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.5574  BY  SHRI  SANJAY  JADHAV,  SHRI VINAYAK RAUT AND SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI  TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 06.04.2022 REGARDING MODERNISATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS IN MAHARASHTRA

- (a)   Presently, Railway stations are upgraded/modernized under Adarsh Station  Scheme based on identified need of providing better enhanced passenger amenities at stations. Under 'Adarsh' Station Scheme, 1253 stations  in  Indian  Railways  including  108  stations  in  the  State  of Maharashtra  have  been  identified  for  development.  Chhatrapati  Shivaji Maharaj  Terminus  in  the  state  of  Maharashtra  and  New  Delhi  Railway Railway  Station  are  being  undertaken  for  development  under  Hybrid Build  Operate  Transfer  (HYBOT)  Model  of  Public  Private  Partnership (PPP) mode. Work of redevelopment of stations is in progress at Ayodhya (Uttar  Pradesh),  Safadarjung  (Delhi),  Bijwasan  (Delhi)  and  Gomti  Nagar (Uttar  Pradesh).  Sir.  M.  Visvesvarya  Terminal  (Karnataka)  is  ready  for commissioning.  Two  stations  viz.,  Gandhinagar  Capital  railway  station (Gujarat)  and  Rani  Kamlapati  railway  station  (Madhya  Pradesh)  have been  developed  and  commissioned.  On  the  basis  of  the  experience  of these two stations, techno-economic feasibility redevelopment plans of other  stations  are  being  worked  out.  Further,  41  stations  including Bijwasan have been identified under the Major Upgradation scheme of railway stations.

Further, upgradation/ modernisation of stations on Indian Railways is a continuous and on-going process and works in this regard are undertaken as per requirement, subject to inter-se priority and availability of funds. However, priority for upgradation / modernization of stations is accorded to higher category of station over lower category of station while sanctioning and executing the work. (b)  and  (c)  Indian  Railways  has  an  inbuilt  mechanism  to  check  the by concerned  Railway  officials  as  per  guidelines  laid  down  in  the  Indian and Specification etc. and the works meeting the laid down standards only

- quality of works,  which  is being performed  at  various levels Railways Engineering Code, Indian Railways Works Manual are accepted.

(d) No major quality issues have been noted so far. The minor nature of inferior  quality  of  incidences  found  during  execution  is  corrected  then and there. Instructions of inferior quality of work and corrective action taken thereon are recorded in Site Order Book and other documents.

(e) Under 'Adarsh' Station Scheme, 1253 stations in Indian Railways have been identified for development, out of which 1213 stations so far have been developed and the remaining stations are targeted to be developed by Financial Year 2022-23.  All the 108 stations identified in  the  State  of  Maharashtra  for  development  under  Adarsh  Railway Station  Scheme  have  already  been  developed.    However,  the  Major Upgradation scheme of railway stations at this scale is first of its kind and  complex  in  nature  and  involving  multiple  stakeholders  and  also requires detailed techno-economic feasibility studies and various statutory clearances hence, no time-line can be fixed at this stage.

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