Lok Sabha Question No. 1368 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-09
Subject: Amenities at Railway Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, B. Y. Raghavendra, Sanganna Amarappa Karadi, Prathap Simha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1368 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2022

## AMENITIES AT RAILWAY STATIONS

1368. SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA:

SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  modernise  and  enhance amenities  at  various  railway  stations  in  Karnataka,  including  KSR Bengaluru, Koppal, Baiyappanahalli, Yeshwantpur, Shimogga, Gulbarga, Mysuru, Belagavi, Ghataprabha, Kudachi and Shedbal railway stations;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the allocations, if any, made by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government  has received any request from the Government of Karnataka in this regard and if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  developed  any  model  station  and  is considering  replicating  the  same  model  across  other  railway  stations and if so, the details thereof along with the basic amenities included in the said model and the action taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (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.1368  BY SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA, SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE, SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA, SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA AND SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA TO BE ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  09.02.2022  REGARDING  AMENITIES  AT  RAILWAY STATIONS

(a)    to  (c)  Presently,  Railway  stations  are  upgraded/modernized  under Adarsh  Station  Scheme  based  on  identified  need  of  providing  better enhanced  passenger  amenities  at  stations.  In  the  State  of  Karnataka, 44 Stations were  identified for upgradation under Adarsh Station Scheme. Out of these, 42 stations including Gulbarga, Belagavi, Koppal and Kudachi have been developed under the Adarsh Station Scheme and the remaining 02 stations are targeted for development in Financial Year 2022-23. The  expenditure  on  development  of  stations  under  Adarsh  Station Scheme is generally funded under Plan Head -53 'Passenger Amenities'. There are 04 railway zones, namely Central Railway, Southern Railway, South Central Railway and South Western Railway, which cater to the State  of  Karnataka.  The  amount  of  funds  allocated  in  these  04  zones under Plan Head-53 'Passenger Amenities', in the last three years  and current year is as under:-

( ` in crore)

| Zonal Railway         | 2018-19    | 2019-20    | 2020-21    | 2021-22    |
|-----------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| Zonal Railway         | Allocation | Allocation | Allocation | Allocation |
| Central Railway       | 262.67     | 235.96     | 288.77     | 230.58     |
| Southern Railway      | 147.47     | 106.74     | 213.11     | 224.57     |
| South Central Railway | 186.33     | 151.39     | 199.36     | 199.49     |
| South Western Railway | 61.22      | 82.66      | 114.8      | 153.42     |

(d)  Model station scheme was in vogue from 1999 to 2008.  Under this scheme, 594 stations on all Indian Railways were selected for upgradation  and  all  the  identified  stations  have  been  developed  under this  scheme.  Under  the  Adarsh  Station  Scheme,  various  passenger amenities such as improvement to facade of the station building, retiring room, waiting  room (with  bathing  facilities),  separate  waiting  room  for ladies,  computer  based  public  address  system,  signages,  Pay  &  Use toilets, water coolers, high level platforms, Foot Over Bridges, ramps at entry to station for Divyangjan and Senior Citizens etc. are provided at Railway  stations  identified  for  development  under  the  'Adarsh'  station scheme as per the respective category of the station.

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