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The Centre has identified 57 Railway Stations in Odisha to be taken up under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.
They are--- Angul, Badampahar, Bolangir, Balasore, Balugaon, Barbil, Bargarh Road, Baripada, Barpali, Belpahar, Betnoti, Bhadrak, Bhawanipatna, Bhubaneswar, Bimlagarh, Berhampur, Brajrajnagar, Chatrapur, Cuttack, Damanjodi, Dhenkanal, Gunupur, Harishanker 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, Parlakhemundi, Puri, Raghunathpur, Rairakhol, Rairangpur, Rajgangpur, Rayagada, Rourkela, Sakhi Gopal, Sambalpur, Sambalpur city, Talcher, Talcher Road, Titlagarh Jn
The scheme has been launched for the development of railway stations of Indian Railways. Presently, the scheme envisages taking up 1309 Stations for the upgradation & modernisation of the Indian Railways.
The scheme also envisages improvement of building, integrating the station with both sides of the city, multimodal integration, amenities for Divyangs, sustainable and environment-friendly solutions, provision of ballastless tracks, ‘Roof Plazas’ as per necessity, phasing and feasibility and creation of city centres at the station in the long term.
It also involves the preparation of Master Plans and their implementation in phases to improve the amenities at the stations like improvement of station access, circulating areas, waiting halls, toilets, lift/escalators as necessary, cleanliness, free Wi-Fi, kiosks for local products through schemes like ‘One Station One Product’, better passenger information systems, executive lounges, nominated spaces for business meetings, landscaping etc.
As per an East-Coast Railway (ECoR) press release, 25 Railway Stations have been selected for the redevelopment in Amrit Bharat Scheme in the first phase. Works for these stations have already been started. These Stations are, Sakhigopal, Mancheswar, Dhenkanal, Chhatrapur, Angul, Palasa, Meramandali, Balugaon, Lingaraj Temple Road, Talcher Road, Khurda Road, Kantabanji, Bargarh Road, Hirakud, Rairakhol, Barpali, Muniguda, Balangir, Harisankar Road, Mahasamund, Bhawanipatna, Khariar Road, Vizianagaram, Duvvada and Damanjodi Stations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will lay the foundation Stone for the redevelopment of 500 Stations under the scheme through video conferencing from New Delhi, which includes the above 25 Stations under the ECoR.
