(a) whether the Railways has taken up the project of re-development of railway stations in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of the railway stations selected under this programme;
(d) the details of the railway stations selected in the state of Andhra Pradesh; and
(e) the current status of this project?
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)
(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. 2907 BY SHRI SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY AND KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 11.03.2020 REGARDING RE-DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY STATIONS IN ANDHRA PRADESH
(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. It is Railway’s endeavour to redevelop Railway stations by leveraging real estate potential of sparable railway land and air space in and around the station, generally at no cost to Railways. For this, Railway conducts techno-economic feasibility studies of stations across the country. Based on the outcome of these feasibility studies, stations are taken up for redevelopment in phases.
(c) & (e): The work of redevelopment is in advanced stage of progress at Gandhinagar and Habibganj railway stations. Contracts have been awarded for redevelopment of Gomtinagar, Anand Vihar, Bijwasan and Chandigarh railway stations. Bids have been received for redevelopment of Safdarjung and Ajni railway stations.
(d): Detailed Project Report for redevelopment of Nellore railway station in Andhra Pradesh has been prepared.
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