Modi’s injustice: Rs 700 crore to Gujarat to upgrade 21 out of 457 railway stations

Ahmedabad, 26 August 2023
21 railway stations will be renovated in Gujarat. The average cost of a station will be Rs 50 crore. Accordingly, Gujarat should have got 1100 crores. but not so much. There are 457 railway stations in Gujarat. (See full list below) Out of which barely 5% railway stations will be upgraded. Nothing will be done about the remaining 435 stations. In this way the Narendra Modi government is doing injustice to Gujarat.

For the renovation of 508 railway stations in the country, Rs. 24,470 crore to build 508 stations in 27 states and union territories. In which 55-55 in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, 49 in Bihar, 44 in Maharashtra, 37 in West Bengal, 34 in Madhya Pradesh, 32 in Assam, 25 in Odisha, 22 in Punjab, 21-21 in Gujarat and Telangana, Andhra 18-18 are included. 15 in the state and Tamil Nadu, 13 in Haryana, 13 in Karnataka

Out of 1300 railway stations, 508 Amrit Bharat stations cost Rs. 25,000 crores would be. 55 AMRUT stations each in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, with an estimated cost of Rs. 34 stations will be developed in Madhya Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 4,000 crore each. 1,000 crore, 44 stations in Maharashtra Rs. The development will be done at a cost of Rs 1500 crore, along with the renovation of major railway stations in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. Rs 700 crore will be spent in Gujarat.

AMRUT Stations will present an overview of the cultural and local heritage of India. The Jaipur railway station will present an overview of Rajasthan’s Hawa Mahal and Amber Fort, while the Jammu Tawi railway station in Jammu and Kashmir will be inspired by the famous Raghunath Temple and the Dimapur station in Nagaland will present the vernacular architecture of 16 different tribes of the region. Each railway station will be a symbol of the country’s ancient heritage as well as modern aspirations. The Prime Minister mentioned strengthening of ‘Bharat Gaurav Yatra Trains’ connecting historical performances and pilgrimages.

This year the Railways got Rs. Got a budget of 2.5 lakh crores. Compared to the year 2014, it has increased five times. Locomotive production has increased nine times in the last 9 years. Presently 13 times more HLB coaches are being produced.

Nagaland got another station after 100 years. Dedicated freight corridors with a length of more than 2200 km have been built in nine years, which has reduced the travel time of freight trains.

Goods now reach West Indian ports from Delhi NCR in 24 hours, which used to take 72 hours earlier, other routes have also seen a 40% reduction in travel time, benefiting entrepreneurs, industrialists and farmers .

Before the year 2014, there were 6000 railway overbridges and underbridges in the country, but now this number has increased to 10,000. The number of unmanned level crossings on major lines has reduced to zero.
100 percent electrification of railway lines will be done. In nine years, the number of stations generating electricity from solar panels has exceeded 1200. Green energy is to be generated from every railway station. 70,000 coaches have LED lights and the number of bio-toilets in trains has increased 28 times as compared to 2014.

All AMRUT stations will be constructed in such a way that the norms of green building can be met.

Railways alone provides employment to more than 1.5 lakh youth.

Renovation of stations Rs. 24,470 crore at a cost of over Rs. A master plan is being prepared to develop these stations as ‘city centres’, in which proper coordination will be established from both sides of the city. This integrated approach is inspired by the city’s overall vision of holistic urban development, centered around the railway station.

Train Stations and Station Code of Gujarat

Name and code of railway stations in Gujarat is listed below. Important and main railway stations are in blue colour. For information about other train stations in Gujarat, use the search box given below this list.