Prayagraj: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate and lay foundation stone of around 1500 railway over bridges (ROBs) and railway under bridges and 554 Amrit stations across the country on Feb 26. Divisional railway manager (DRM) of the Prayagraj division of North Central Railways (NCR), Himansu Badoni on Saturday said this includes 46 Amrit stations under NCR and 15 under Prayagraj division.
“The present policy of the Indian Railways (IR) is a game changer and in many instances, railways have constructed the RUBs at its own cost.The railways is committed to upgrading the train services and the infrastructure and presently in Uttar Pradesh, a total of 5811 projects are in progress with a total cost of Rs 98015 crore. In the financial year 24-25, the allocation for UP is of an amount of Rs 19575 crore,” he said.
The DRM further said Amrit station scheme emphasises on number of facilities, including the overall structure of the station, integrating the same with the surrounding city areas (from both the sides), promoting multimodal connectivity, special facilities for the differently abled passengers, implementing a sustainable and eco-friendly solutions, enhancing the greenery in and around the station, introducing blast less tracks and incorporating roof plaza at stations. Badoni further said on Feb 26, the foundation stone laying ceremony of 27 Amrit stations and 189 ROBs/RUBs under NCR will be done. In terms of Prayagraj division, the foundation laying of 10 Amrit stations and three ROBs and eight RUBs will be done. Apart from this, 12 ROBs and 42 RUBs will be dedicated to the nation on Feb 26. Among the stations of Prayagraj division, foundation laying ceremony will be done of Chunar, Sonbhadra, Mirzapur, Manikpur, Kanpur Anwarganj, Govindpuri, Mainpuri, Shikohabad, Firozabad and Khurja. Apart from this, the foundation laying of 13 ROBs and 52 RUB’s will also be done, said the DRM.
“The present policy of the Indian Railways (IR) is a game changer and in many instances, railways have constructed the RUBs at its own cost.The railways is committed to upgrading the train services and the infrastructure and presently in Uttar Pradesh, a total of 5811 projects are in progress with a total cost of Rs 98015 crore. In the financial year 24-25, the allocation for UP is of an amount of Rs 19575 crore,” he said.
The DRM further said Amrit station scheme emphasises on number of facilities, including the overall structure of the station, integrating the same with the surrounding city areas (from both the sides), promoting multimodal connectivity, special facilities for the differently abled passengers, implementing a sustainable and eco-friendly solutions, enhancing the greenery in and around the station, introducing blast less tracks and incorporating roof plaza at stations. Badoni further said on Feb 26, the foundation stone laying ceremony of 27 Amrit stations and 189 ROBs/RUBs under NCR will be done. In terms of Prayagraj division, the foundation laying of 10 Amrit stations and three ROBs and eight RUBs will be done. Apart from this, 12 ROBs and 42 RUBs will be dedicated to the nation on Feb 26. Among the stations of Prayagraj division, foundation laying ceremony will be done of Chunar, Sonbhadra, Mirzapur, Manikpur, Kanpur Anwarganj, Govindpuri, Mainpuri, Shikohabad, Firozabad and Khurja. Apart from this, the foundation laying of 13 ROBs and 52 RUB’s will also be done, said the DRM.