Railway Ministry includes Udupi station under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme for redevelopment
- The Udupi station under Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) network that was in dire need of attention
- It has been included in the Railway Ministry’s Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS) for redevelopment.
Key Highlights
- The Ministry informed KRCL about the inclusion of Udupi.
- None of the KRCL stations were included under ABSS when it was initially announced in February 2023 in the Union Budget, covering 1,275 stations of the Indian Railway network.
- It was because KRCL continued to remain a public sector undertaking under the Railway Ministry and was not an integral part of the Indian Railways.
- The non-inclusion caused much heartburn among railway patrons on the west coast — Maharashtra, Goa, and Karnataka
- Who chided the Ministry for leaving out the network from the scheme that was launched to mark 75 years of India’s independence.
- The scheme involved creating master plans for redevelopment and executing them in a phased manner.
- The redevelopment broadly includes platform improvement with covered shelters, covered foot overbridge, improved circulating and vehicle parking areas
Prelims Takeaway
- Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
- Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. .