Amrit Bharat Station Schemeâ:Â Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ready to lay the foundation stone for 550 Amrit Bharat stations on February 26. These stations purpose to improve services by growing rooftop plazas and metropolis facilities, with an allotted finances of Rs 40,000 crore.
The Prime Minister may also lay the foundation stone for about 1,500 highway overbridges and underbridges throughout numerous states throughout a digital occasion that will probably be broadcasted at over 2,000 railway stations. Officials acknowledged on Wednesday that the Prime Minister will take part within the occasion by way of video conferencing.
During the occasion, prizes may also be distributed to roughly 50,000 college college students who took half in speech, essay, and poetry writing contests on the theme “2047 – Viksit Bharat ki Railway,” organized by the Indian Railways throughout 4,000 faculties. Nearly 4 lakh college students participated in numerous competitions, and divisional railway managers and senior railway officers will award round 50,000 prizes through the occasion.
About Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
The Amrit Bharat Station Scheme has been launched for the event of Railway stations on Indian Railways. Presently, the scheme envisages to take-up 1275 stations for upgradation and modernisation over the Indian Railway.Â
It entails the preparation of grasp plans and their implementation in phases to enhance the facilities on the stations like enchancment of station entry, circulating areas, ready halls, bathrooms, carry/escalators as vital, cleanliness, free Wi-Fi, kiosks for native merchandise by means of schemes like âOne Station One Productâ, higher passenger data programs, Executive Lounges, nominated areas for enterprise conferences, landscaping and others protecting in view the need at every station.
The scheme additionally envisages enchancment of buildings, integrating station with each side of the town, multimodal integration, facilities for Divyangjans, sustainable and environment-friendly options, provision of ballastless tracks, âRoof Plazasâ as per necessity, phasing and feasibility and creation of metropolis centres on the station in the long run.
To guarantee easy entry, it additionally proposes widening of roads, removing of undesirable constructions, correctly designed signages, devoted pedestrian pathways, well-planned parking areas and improved lighting.
The scheme envisages high-level platforms (760-840 millimetres) in any respect classes of stations. According to the scheme, the size of the platforms shall usually be 600 metres.
So far, 1,318 stations have been chosen underneath the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme primarily based on proposals obtained from zonal railways and stations positioned in main cities and cities.
(With PTI inputs)
