Question : Increase in Height of Platforms

(a) whether sanction has been accorded to raise the height of platform at various stations to change the roofs of COP, FOB, station building and valley gutters to provide additional high level home land platform at up loop line phase 1, to improve circulating area near home platform, to change the existing foot over bridge at this railway station, and the works related to the improvement of the layers of the platform under Bhusawal Division of Central Railway Station during the last three years;

(b) if so, the station-wise and date-wise details thereof;

(c) whether the work of construction has been completed within the time-limit;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) if not, the reasons for delay in construction; and

(f) the time by which the work is likely to be completed?

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (f) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1899 BY SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.07.2019 REGARDING INCREASE IN HEIGHT OF PLATFORMS

(a) to (f): Improvement/Augmentation of amenities at Railway Stations is an ongoing and continuous process and works in this regard are undertaken as per requirement, subject to inter-se priority and availability of funds. Various works for provision of passenger amenities like raising of height of platform/improvement to platform at 15 stations, construction of Foot Over Bridges at 21 stations, provision of cover over shed at 06 stations and construction of new station building at Burhanpur Station have been initiated at Bhusawal Division. List of the works is Annexed.
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