PM Modi to lay foundation stone of 550 Amrit Bharat stations on February 26

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on February 26 lay the foundation stone of 550 Amrit Bharat stations to improve facilities at railway stations by developing rooftop plazas and city centres at a cost of Rs 40000 croreThe prime minister will also lay the foundation stone of nearly 1500 road overbridges and underbridges across different states during a function that will be conducted virtually at over 2000 railway stations officials said on WednesdayThe prime minister will join the function via videoconferencingPrizes will also be given to about 50000 school students who had participated in speech essay and poetry writing competitions on the 2047 Viksit Bharat ki Railway theme organised by the Indian Railways across 4000 schoolsNearly four lakh students participated in different competitions and about 50000 prizes will be awarded by divisional railway managers and senior railway officers during the functionThe Amrit Bharat Station Scheme was launched for the development of stations on Indian RailwaysIt involves the preparation of master plans and their implementation in phases to improve amenities at the stations through improvement of station access circulating areas waiting halls toilets liftescalators as necessary cleanliness free WiFi kiosks for local products through schemes such as One Station One Product better passenger information systemsThe scheme also involves building executive lounges nominated spaces for business meetings and landscaping keeping in view the necessity at each stationIt envisages improvement of buildings integrating the stations with both sides of cities multimodal integration amenities for persons with disabilities provision for ballastless tracks roof plazas as per necessity phasing and feasibility and creation of city centres at the station in the long termThe scheme envisages a gradual shift to sustainable and environmentfriendly solutions as per availability of funds and condition of existing assetsTo ensure smooth access it also proposes widening of roads removal of unwanted structures properly designed signages dedicated pedestrian pathways wellplanned parking areas and improved lightingThe scheme envisages highlevel platforms 760840 millimetres at all categories of stations According to the scheme the length of the platforms shall generally be 600 metresSo far 1318 stations have been selected under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme based on proposals received from zonal railways and stations located in major cities and townsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever