Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) has issued a LOA to M/s Tractebel Engineering for providing Consultancy Services for Feasibility Study, Detailed Master Planning, Urban Designing, Engineering & Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Integrated Re-development of Ahmedabad Railway Station, Gujarat.
- In September last year, RLDA floated RFP for this contract: RLDA/RFP/CT-72 of 2020 .
- Completion of work: 195 (One Hundred Ninety Five) days
About the project:
- Indian Railways is one of the biggest landowners in the country.
- While the majority of the land of around 4.3 lac hectares is under use for Railway operations including tracks, station and yard structures, around 43,000 hectares lie vacant and unutilized.
- For development of the surplus land for commercial development, RLDA (a statutory authority) was constituted in November 2006 by an amendment to the Railway Act 1989 as a separate entity under the Ministry of Railways to undertake all tasks related to property development on railway land under the control of the Ministry of Railways.
- RLDA has been entrusted Ahmedabad Railway Station, Gujarat for redevelopment work vide Railway Board letter No. 2019/SD-II/22/07/7 dated 09.08.2019.
- The Railway Station and colony is to be redeveloped using state of art technology for giving better passenger amenities, and maximize the revenue.
Project Background:
RLDA has desired to select Consultant for Consultancy services for Feasibility Study, Detailed Master Planning, Urban Designing, Engineering & Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Integrated Re-development of Ahmedabad Railway Stationen trusted to it by Ministry of Railways for Commercial Development with the objective of providing state of art passenger amenities and maximizing revenue.
Locations:
- Ahmedabad Railway Station comes under Ahmedabad division, Gujarat, India. It is also the biggest railway station within Gujarat. It is the second-highest income generating division in Western Railways after the Mumbai Division.
- There are 12 nos. platforms at the station. The open space in front of Ahmedabad (ADI) Station towards Kalupur side is more as compared to Saras Pur Side of Railway Station which is the rear side of Station. 90% of passenger movement takes place from this Side. The main exit and entrance of Railway Station is known as Kalupur side.
- Two Minarets also exists within the Station Premises having linear distance between them about 700m. The minarets have been declared as Heritage structure by the Archaeological survey of India. The work of redevelopment of the Station can be carried out after obtaining permission from competent authority of the Archaeological Survey of India. The railway open space is falling between these heritage buildings. The rear side is called the Saraspur side and the maximum area of that side has been proposed to NHSRCL and MEGA Projects.
Source: RLDA-Tender Update | Image Credit (representational): IRSDC
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