Nagpur Junction Railway Station will quickly be geared up with an enhanced ready space and sitting capability, a parking facility for two-wheelers and vehicles, 30 lifts, and 31 escalators to supply a world-class journey expertise to passengers & increase socio-economic growth in and across the station. The Indian railways in a tweet talked about that the railway station might be constructed with the imaginative and prescient of New India.
The redeveloped station will accommodate 9000 passengers throughout peak hour site visitors and might be constructed on EPC (engineering, procurement, and building) mode.
The Railway Land Development Authority (RLDA) had on June 11 floated the tenders for the up-gradation of the station, which is predicted to value round Rs 536 crores. RLDA, which undertakes the event of railway lands has 4 key mandates as part of its growth plan, specifically leasing business websites, colony and station up-gradation, and multi-functional complexes.
According to Ved Prakash Dudeja, vice-chairman, RLDA, the re-developed station might be designed as a inexperienced constructing. It may even have a inexperienced constructing certification have numerous options resembling photo voltaic panels and rain-water harvesting.
In the present situation, the variety of passengers on the Nagpur station is round 7,700 however after the station’s redevelopment, will probably be in a position to accommodate over 9,700 passengers. The west aspect and east aspect buildings might be prolonged and the parking facility might be elevated too. In addition, the station may have 30 lifts and 26 escalators.
The station is positioned on the junction of the Howrah-Mumbai, Delhi-Chennai, and Mumbai trunk traces of the Indian Railways. It is likely one of the busiest stations within the state and is classed as a non-suburban station. It belongs to A1 class stations and is likely one of the prime 100 reserving stations of Indian Railways.
Moreover, Heritage Conservation Committee has authorized the redevelopment plan of Nagpur Railway station, to be performed by the Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited (IRSDC). The plan proposes to attenuate cross-movement and muddle throughout peak hours and segregate passenger flows within the railway station.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”