Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated 103 redeveloped railway stations, unfold throughout 86 districts in 18 states and Union Territories, underneath the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. He additionally flagged off a brand new weekly practice between Bandra Terminus in Mumbai and Bikaner station in Rajasthan.
After praying on the Karni Mata temple in Deshnoke, round 30 km away from Bikaner and almost 200 km from the Worldwide Border with Pakistan, PM Modi inaugurated the redeveloped Deshnoke railway station, and just about inaugurated 102 different stations.
Of the 103 stations redeveloped at a price of over Rs 1,100 crore, 19 are in Uttar Pradesh, 18 in Gujarat, 15 in Maharashtra, 9 in Tamil Nadu, eight in Rajasthan, six in Madhya Pradesh, 5 every in Chhattisgarh and Karnataka, three every in Jharkhand, Telangana and West Bengal, two every in Bihar and Kerala and one every in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Puducherry.
A complete of 1,300 stations have been recognized for redevelopment underneath the scheme. Out of those, 157 are in Uttar Pradesh, adopted by 132 in Maharashtra and 101 in West Bengal.
Launched in 2022, the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme is a long-term plan to enhance railway stations and develop them as “metropolis centres”. In line with the Ministry of Railways, underneath the scheme, detailed plans are made for every station and the work is completed in phases, based mostly on what every station wants.
Among the many stations redeveloped underneath the scheme, Deshnoke railway station, which serves pilgrims and vacationers visiting the Karni Mata Temple, amongst others, has been closely impressed by temple structure. Whereas Begumpet railway station in Telangana incorporates design components impressed by the structure of the Kakatiya empire, Thawe station in Bihar has murals and artworks depicting Madhubani work. Dakor station in Gujarat is impressed by Ranchhodrai Ji Maharaj.
The redeveloped stations function varied amenities equivalent to entry and exit factors, ready halls, bathrooms, platforms, and roofing. Together with this, lifts, escalators, and free Wi-Fi are added wherever wanted. There are additionally higher indicators and data techniques to assist passengers. Some stations can have government lounges and particular areas for enterprise conferences. Native merchandise shall be bought at kiosks underneath the ‘One Station One Product’ scheme.
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Earlier, underneath the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, a complete of six stations have been redeveloped— MP’s Rani Kamlapati, Gujarat’s Gandhinagar Capital, Karnataka’s Sir M V Terminal, UP’s Ayodhya Dham, the primary section of the Gomti Nagar railway station, and the second entry of Odisha’s Cuttack station. A lot of them have been pilot tasks for the scheme.
In line with railway ministry knowledge, round Rs 8,000 crore was spent underneath the pinnacle of ‘buyer facilities’ for 2023-24. The anticipated expenditure goal for the final monetary 12 months 2024-25 was Rs 12,992 crore, and over Rs 12,000 crore has been allotted for FY 2025-26.
PM Modi additionally inaugurated varied accomplished electrification tasks equivalent to Suratgarh-Phalodi rail line (336 route kilometres or Rkm), Phulera-Degana rail line (109 Rkm), Udaipur-Himmatnagar rail line (210 Rkm), Phalodi-Jaisalmer rail line (157 Rkm) and Samdari-Barmer rail line (129 Rkm). He additionally laid the muse stone for the doubling of the Churu-Sadulpur rail line (58 km).