{"id":5460,"date":"2022-12-28T12:48:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T07:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=5460"},"modified":"2025-03-27T08:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T03:08:58","slug":"renovation-of-railway-stations-under-amrit-bharat-station-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/renovation-of-railway-stations-under-amrit-bharat-station-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Renovation of railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What is Amrit Bharat Station scheme?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Amrit Bharat Station scheme <strong>envisages development of stations on a continuous basis with a long-term vision.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The scheme will <strong>subsume all previous redevelopment projects<\/strong> where work is yet to begin.<\/li>\n<li>The scheme aims at <strong>preparation of Master Plans of the Railway stations<\/strong> and implementation of the Master Plan in phases to enhance the facilities including and beyond the Minimum Essential Amenities.<\/li>\n<li>However,<strong> plans and consequent budgets will only be approved on the basis of factors such as footfall and inputs from stakeholders<\/strong>. Zonal railways have been given the responsibility of selecting stations, which will then be approved by a committee of senior railway officials.<\/li>\n<li>The model envisages <strong>low-cost redevelopment of stations <\/strong>which can be executed timely.<\/li>\n<li>The scheme also aims to <strong>relocate redundant\/old buildings in a cost-efficient manner<\/strong> so that space is released for higher priority passenger related activities and future development may be carried out smoothly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Facilities Planned under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Provision for <strong>Roof Plaza<\/strong> to be created in future<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free Wi-Fi, space for 5G<\/strong> mobile towers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smooth access by widening of roads, removal of unwanted structures, <\/strong>properly designed signages, dedicated pedestrian pathways, well planned parking areas, improved lighting etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High level platforms<\/strong> (760-840 mm) at all stations with a length of 600 metres<\/li>\n<li><strong>Special amenities<\/strong> for the disabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) Which is the only private railway station in India?<\/h3>\n<p>Habibganj railway station in Bhopal City, officially known as Rani Kamalapati railway station is India&#8217;s first private railway station.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/economy-policy\/railways-to-renovate-1-000-small-stations-under-amrit-bharat-station-scheme-122122700943_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Railways to renovate 1,000 small stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amrit Bharat Station scheme envisages low-cost, timely redevelopment of stations to enhance facilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}