MINSITER OF RAILWAYS (SHRI NITISH KUMAR)
(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 341 BY SHRI Y.G. MAHAJAN AND SHRI KIRIT SOMAIYA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 13.12.2001 REGARDING LACK OF BASIC AMENITIES AT RAILWAY STATIONS.
(a): Details are given in Appendix.
(b): Railway stations are provided with basic infrastructural facilities at the time of construction and passenger amenities are progressively augmented as warranted by growth in passenger traffic subject to availability of funds and other relative priorities. Railways endeavour to provide essential amenities as per norms and accordingly improvements are being carried out on programmed basis. Details of expenditure in last three years on passenger amenity improvement works are given as under:-
Year Expenditure (In crore of Rs.)
1998-1999 91 1999-2000 115 2000-2001 144
(c): No, Sir.
(d): Annual review is done and action is taken to make good deficiency if any found during review.
(e): Rs. 200 crore.
APPENDIX referred to in reply to Part (a) of Starred Question No. 341 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 13.12.2001.
Names of the Railway stations selected for modernisation/upgradation/beautification (Division-wise) on the Indian Railways
Railway
Division
Stations
Central Railway
Bhopal
Bhopal, Habibganj, Hoshangabad,
Bhusawal
Akola, Bhusawal, Nasik Road,
Jabalpur
Jabalpur, Katni, Piperya, Satna
Jhansi
Agra Cantt., Faridabad, Gwalior, Jhansi, Mathura
Mumbai
Dadar, Kalyan, Lok Manya Tilak (Kurla), Mumbai CST, Thane
Nagpur
Chanderpur, Nagpur, Wardha
Pune
Pune
Solapur
Gulbarga, Solapur,
Eastern Railway
Asansol
Andal, Asansol, Durgapur, Jasidih, Madhupur, Raniganj, Kulti
Danapur
Ara, Danapur, Mokama, Nalanda, Patna, Nawada, Buxar,
Dhanbad
Dhanbad, Koderma,
Howrah
Bandel, Barddaman, Bolpur, Dankuni, Howrah, Labpur, Nabadwipdham, Sainthia, Tarakeswar,
Tollygunge,
Malda
Bhagalpur, Jamalpur, Malda Town
Mughalsarai
Mughalsarai, Gaya, Dehri on Sone.
Sealdah
Barasat, Baruipur, Biddhannagar Road, Budge Budge, Canning, Dhakuria, Dum Dum, Garia,
Ghutiari Sharif, Krishnagar Road, Madhyamgram, Murshidabad, Ranaghat, Sealdah, Sonarpur,
Ultadanga, Basirhat,
Northern Railway
Allahabad
Aligarh, Allahabad, Kanpur Central, , Tundla,
Ambala
Ambala Cantt., Anandpur Sahib, Chandigarh, Kalka, Patiala, Saharanpur, Shimla, Bhatinda
Bikaner
Bikaner, Delhi Cantt., Hisar, Rewari, Sri Ganganagar, Delhi Sarai Rohilla,
Delhi
Bagpat Road, Baraut, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Hazrat Nizammuddin, Merrut City, New Delhi, Panipat
Ferozepur
Amritsar, , Beas, Ferozepur, Jalandhar City, Jammu Tawi, Kathua, Ludhiana, Pathankot
Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Lucknow
Ayodhya, Faizabad, Lucknow, Raebareli, Varanasi, Prayag
Moradabad
Bareilly, Dehradun, Haridwar, Moradabad
N.E. Railway
Izzatnagar
Izzatnagar, Kathgodam, Pilibhit
Lucknow
Badshah Nagar, Basti, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Rawatpur,
Samastipur
Dharbanga, Samastipur, Motihari,
Sonpur
Barauni, Hajipur, Sonpur, Muzaffarpur, Begusarai
Varanasi
Ballia, Chappra, Deoria Sadar, Manduadih, Mau, Siwan,
N.F.
Railway
Alipurduar
Alipurduar Jn., Cooch Behar , Kokrajhar, New Alipurduar, New Bongaigaon, New Mal,
Sri Rampur, Mal Bazar,
Katihar
Aluabari Road., Dalkhola, Ghum, Harishchanderpur, Katihar, Kishanganj, New Jalpaiguri,
Raiganj, Siliguri Town, Jalpaiguri,
Lumding
Dharmanagar, Dimapur, Guwahati, Kamakhya, Lumding, Silchar
Tinsukia
Dibrugarh, Jorhat Town, New Tinsukia,
Southern Railway
Bangalore
Bangalore City
Chennai
Chennai Beach, Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Katapadi, Mambalam, Tiruttani,
Madurai
Madurai, Rameshwaram, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin
Mysore
Mysore, Shimoga,
Palghat
Calicut, Cannanore, Coimbatore, Erode, Mangalore, Palghat, Salem,
Triuchchirappalli
Pondicherry, Tiruchchirappalli,
Trivandrum
Alwaye, Chengannur, Ernakulam, Kanniyakumari, Kottayam, Quilon, Trichur, Trivandrum Central
S.C.
Railway
Guntakal
Dharmavaram, Guntakal, Raichur, Tirupati, Torangallu
Hubli
Hospet, Hubli, Madgaon, Vasco-de-Gama,
Hyderabad
Nanded, Kacheguda
Secunderabad
Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Warangal
Vijayawada
Guntur, Kakinada, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada
S.E.
Railway
Adra
Adra, Bishnupur, Garbetta, Ranchi,
Bilaspur
Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur,
Chakradharpur
Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Tatanagar, Chakradharpur,
Kharagpur
Bagnan, Balasore, Contai Road, Jhargram, Kharagpur, Kolaghat, Macheda, Midnapore,
Santragachi, Tamluk, Uluberia,
Khurda Road
Badakhandita, Bhadrak, Bhubneshwar, Berhampur, Byree, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Golanthra,
Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Kapilas Road, Khurda Road, Puri, Surla Road, Rahama
Sambalpur
Sambalpur, Titlagarh,
Waltair
Vishakhapatnam,
Western Railway
Ajmer
Abu Road, Ajmer, Gandhidham, Udaipur City
Bhavnagar
Bhavnagar, Gandhigram
Jaipur
Jaipur
Kota
Agra Fort, Kota, Sawai Madhopur
Mumbai
Bandra, Dadar, Mumbai Central, Surat, Navsari, Valsad, Vapi,
Rajkot
Dwarka, Rajkot
Ratlam
Indore, Ratlam, Ujjain, Chittaurgarh, Nimbahera,
Vadodara
Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Vadodara,
