Redevelopment of 25 Stations in Odisha/ECoR in Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS)
● Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji to lay the foundation for redevelopment of Stations under ABSS on 6th August 2023.
● 1309 Stations over Indian Railways will be redeveloped in this scheme.
● 508 Stations over Indian Railways will be redeveloped in the first phase.
● Upgraded facilities and passengers convenience will be provided.
● Stations under ABSS to be integrated with surrounding areas.
● Railway Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw Ji is giving priority for the Development of Rail Infra in the region along with various project works.
Bhubaneswar : The Amrit Bharat Station Scheme has been launched for development of Railway Stations on Indian Railways. Presently, the scheme envisages to take-up 1309 Stations for upgradation / modernisation over Indian Railway.
The scheme also envisages improvement of building, integrating the station with both sides of the city, multimodal integration, amenities for Divyangjans, sustainable and environment friendly solutions, provision of ballastless tracks, ‘Roof Plazas’ as per necessity, phasing & feasibility and creation of city centres at the station in the long term.
The Standard Elements of Station Design will have…
• Development of stations as ‘City Centres’.
• Integration of Both Sides of City.
• Improvement/Redevelopment of Station Buildings.
• Provision of well designed Modern Passenger Amenities.
• Well designed traffic circulation and Inter-Modal Integration.
• Uniform and well designed Signages for guidance of passengers.
• Provision of suitable Property development in the Master Plans.
• Landscaping, Local Art & Culture.
57 Stations in Odisha have been identified to be taken up under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme is as under:-
Angul, Badampahar, Balangir, Balasore, Balugaon, Barbil, Bargarh Road, Baripada, Barpali, Belpahar, Betonati, Bhadrak, Bhawanipatna, Bhubaneswar, Bimlagarh, Brahmapur, Brajarajnagar, Chhatrapur, Cuttack, Damanjodi, Dhenkanal, Gunupur, Harisankar Road, Hirakud, Jajpur-Keonjhar road, Jaleswar, Jaroli, Jeypore, Jharsuguda, Jharsuguda Road, Kantabanji, Kendujhargarh, Kesinga, Khariar Road, Khurda road, Koraput, Lingaraj Temple Road, Mancheswar, Meramandali, Muniguda, New Bhubaneswar, Panposh, Paradeep, Paralakhemundi, Puri, Raghunathpur, Rairakhol, Rairangapur, Rajagangpur, Rayagada, Rourkela, Sakhigopal, Sambalpur, Sambalpur city, Talcher, Talcher Road, Titilagarh Jn.
In the first phase, works for some Major Stations have already been started. Now, 25 Railway Stations in ECoR as well as in Odisha have been selected for the redevelopment in Amrit Bharat Scheme. These Stations are…
Sakhigopal-34.8 Cr, Mancheswar-26.9 Cr, Dhenkanal-26.1 Cr, Chhatrapur-25.6Cr, Angul-25.4 Cr, Meramandali-22.0 CR, Balugaon-21.4 CR, Lingaraj Temple Road-19.5CR, Talcher Road-18.9 Cr, Khurda Road-18.0 Cr, Kantabanji-26.3 CR, Bargarh Road-21.9Cr, Hirakud-20.8 Cr, Rairakhol-20.8 Cr, Barpali-19.9 Cr, Muniguda-19.0 Cr, Balangir-18.4Cr, Harisankar Road-16.6 CR, Bhawanipatna-15.9 Cr, Khariar Road-13.7 Cr, Damanjodi-13.9Cr under ECoR and Barbil-16.0Cr, Rajgangpur-30.0Cr, Baripada-17.0Cr and Jaleswar-23.0Cr under South Eastern Railway jurisdiction in Odisha = (Total-531.8 Cr for Odisha portion); Palasa-23.9 Cr, Vizianagaram-35.8 Cr, Duvvada-26.3 Cr = 86.0 Cr in Andhra Pradesh under ECoR and Mahasamund-15.9 Cr in Chhattisgarh under ECoR = (Total-547.7 Cr for ECoR portion).
Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi Ji, will lay the foundation Stone for the redevelopment of 508 Stations under Amrit Bharat Scheme, through video conferencing from New Delhi, where, 25 above Stations under ECoR are included.
Railway Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw Ji is giving priority for the Development of Railway infrastructure of the region along with various project works going on in Odisha and also is monitoring the developmental works regularly.
Informing the media in a Press Conference held at Bhubaneswar, General Manager, East Coast Railway Shri Manoj Sharma stated that, ECoR is also committed towards the infrastructure development of this region. Work for different infrastructural projects is going on in warfooting basis and some have been completed, recently. Altogether, 547.7 Crores will be spent for redevelopment of above 25 Stations under ECoR. Other Principal Heads of the Departments of ECoR were also present on the occasion. Shri Biswajit Sahu, Chief Public Relations Officer coordinated the Press Conference.
Stations Covered under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme:
• Total number of Stations 1309
• Stations in Odisha 57
• Stations in ECoR 57
• Total Stns covered now 508 (Over IR)
• Stations to be covered now 25 (In ECoR)
• Stations to be covered now 25 (In Odisha)
• Proposed Cost total 547.7 Crores (Stations in ECoR)
• Proposed Cost total 531.8 Crores (Stations in Odisha)
