The Rail Land Growth Authority (RLDA) has invited bids for the redevelopment of the New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS) once more. The railway mission, price Rs 4,700 crore, had invited bids in December final yr and the redevelopment was slated to start by the top of the monetary yr. Nevertheless, the tender was withdrawn in February this yr. After failing to get appropriate bids for the mission, the RLDA determined to divide the tenders into smaller components and re-issue tenders, mentioned sources.
This time, the rail authority has floated the tender for a mission price Rs 2,469 crore.
Below the redevelopment mission, the NDLSwill get two station buildings on the Paharganj and Ajmeri gate sides, air-concourse having arrival and departure plazas, a ready space, lifts and escalators, and a industrial retail space.
Elevated and on floor street networks are to offer seamless connectivity to the station and to decongest the roads close by.
Decongestion of the world, although the largest problem, based on officers, can even be one of many goals of the mission. “The problem right here is that we’re positioned inside a congested space. So, the station ought to decongest not simply railway work, but in addition the railway transportation,” Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had mentioned in an Indian Specific Concept Trade occasion in January this yr.
“The Prime Minister’s mandate is obvious. He says the station has to hitch each side of the town. It has to turn out to be the town heart. It needs to be a facilitator for all of the modes of transportation in that space,” he added.
The redevelopment of the station additionally goals to remodel the station as an built-in transportation hub seamlessly connecting rail, metro, bus, and different modes of transport, making certain handy and hassle-free connectivity for passengers, mentioned officers.
