Home Minister lays foundation stone for re-development of Lucknow station

Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone for Redevelopment of Gomti Nagar & Charbagh Railway Stations at Lucknow. The redevelopment project is being executed by NBCC (India) Ltd., a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Govt. of India. NBCC has been entrusted withthe Redevelopment of 10 Railway Stations across India.  The other dignitaries who were present during the ceremony were Piyush Goyal, Union Railway and Coal Minister and Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC. The redevelopment of these Railway stations shall be carried out in phases and the estimated project cost of Phase 1 is approx. Rs 374 Cr and Rs1206 Cr for Gomti Nagar and Charbagh respectively. NBCC shall be executing this project on a self-revenue generation model by commercial utilization of vacant railway land parcels. NBCC which has wide experience in constructing and developing modern day infra will carry out the redevelopment of these railway stations on lines of Smart Development to enhance passenger amenities, create congestion-free station premises, seamless integration with other modes of transport and passenger friendly services; while incorporating Green Building and Energy efficient features. “The re-development work related to the expansion & modernization of railway stations, beautification of railway premises and building world-class infrastructure, is in line with the government’s thrust to make railways as the preferred choice for travel; and NBCC is proud to bea partner of Ministry of Railways”said Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NBCC.“We will deploy the best of manpower and resources to mark this as an iconic structure in the Lucknow city”, he added.