Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Dec 17: Significant works have been completed at Budgam, Jammu Tawi and Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan railway stations, with additional facilities currently under execution, under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.
The scheme has been launched by the Ministry of Railways to redevelop and modernization of 1,337 Stations across the country, including key stations in J&K.
This was stated by the Union Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
The Amrit Bharat Station Scheme focuses on preparing station-specific master plans and executing them in phases to improve passenger amenities and overall station infrastructure.
Union Minister informed that the planned interventions include improvement of station access and circulating areas, integration of stations with both sides of cities, enhancement of station buildings, waiting halls, toilets, seating arrangements and drinking water facilities, provision of wider foot overbridges or air concourses based on passenger traffic, installation of lifts, escalators and ramps, improved platform surfaces and shelters, kiosks for local products under initiatives such as ‘One Station One Product’, parking and multimodal integration, amenities for Divyangjans, improved passenger information systems, executive lounges and landscaping.
The scheme also envisages sustainable and environment-friendly solutions and development of stations as city centres in the long term to promote economic activities around station areas.
So far, works have been completed at 160 stations across Indian Railways, while substantial progress has been achieved at several others.
Redevelopment of stations under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme is generally funded under Plan Head-53 ‘Customer Amenities’. For the financial year 2025-26, a fund allocation of Rs 12,118 crore has been made under this plan head, against which an expenditure of Rs 7,253 crore has been incurred up to October 2025, the Union Minister concluded.
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