Lok Sabha Question No. 4017 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Redevelopment of Railway Station
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, Shrirang Appa Barne, DHARMENDRA YADAV, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.4017 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## REDEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY STATION

4017. SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV: SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT: SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

- Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: (a) whether the World Bank has given in-principle approval for 500 million dollar loan for station redevelopment and if so, the facts thereof; (b) whether the Railways has joined hands with the Indian Army to develop railway stations that witness heavy movement of defence forces and if so, the details of the stations identified for the purpose; (c) whether the engineering wing of Indian Army has conducted a survey of such strategic stations and if so, the details thereof; (d) whether besides partnering with the army, the Railways has worked out four other funding patterns to redevelop the railway stations; and (e)    if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- ( 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. 4017 BY SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO, SHRI SHRIRANG  APPA  BARNE,  SHRI  DHARMENDRA  YADAV,  SHRI  VINAYAK BHAURAO  RAUT,  SHRI  ANANDRAO  ADSUL  AND  DR.  SHRIKANT  EKNATH SHINDE  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  10.08.2016    REGARDING REDEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY STATION

- (a): No, Madam.
- (b): Discussions have been held by the Ministry of Railways with the Ministry of Defence regarding redevelopment of railway stations serving major army settlements, with the cooperation from Ministry of Defence.  Ministry of Defence have also been requested to indicate the stations to be taken up for redevelopment  out  of  66  such  stations,  State-wise  list  of  which  is  furnished below:-

| State           | Station                                                                                  |
|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh  | Visakhapatnam                                                                            |
| Assam           | Guwahati, Rangiya, Dibrugarh Town, Silchar                                               |
| Bihar           | Danapur Cantt., Gaya, Dhanbad, Muzaffarpur                                               |
| Chandigarh UT   | Chandigarh                                                                               |
| Delhi           | Delhi Cantt.                                                                             |
| Goa             | Vasco-da-gama                                                                            |
| Gujarat         | Sabarmati, Gandhidham, Jamnagar, Vadodara, Bhuj, Porbandar                               |
| Haryana         | Ambala Cantt.                                                                            |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu Tawi, Udhampur                                                                     |
| Jharkhand       | Dhanband, Jagannathpur, Ramgharh Town                                                    |
| Karnataka       | Bengaluru Cantt., Yeshwantpur, Baiyyapannahalli                                          |
| Kerala          | Cochin                                                                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh  | Jabalpur, Piparia, Bhopal, Mhow, Neemuch                                                 |
| Maharashtra     | Pune, Kolhapur, Satara, Ahamednagar, Daund, Nagpur, Amla, Deolali, Nasik Road, Bhusawal. |
| Odisha          | Bhubaneswar                                                                              |
| Punjab          | Amritsar, Bathinda Cantt., Pathankot Cantt., Jalandhar Cantt.                            |
| Rajasthan       | Kota, Bharatpur                                                                          |
| Tamil Nadu      | Chennai, Coimbatore, Wellington/Coonoor, Arakkonam, Rameswaram, Trichy.                  |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly Cantt., Jhansi, Meerut Cantt., Mughalsarai, Varanasi Cantt.    |
| West Bengal     | Adra, New Jalpaiguri, Silliguri                                                          |

- (c): No, Madam.

(d)  &  (e):  Indian  Railway  has  also  advertised  its  plan  to  redevelop  'A-1'  and  'A' category stations on 'as is where is' basis, by inviting proposals from developers with their designs and business ideas.  The entire cost of station redevelopment is to be met by leveraging commercial development of land and air space in and around the stations.

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