Railways in talks with NBCC to modernise two stations.

The Railways is in talks with public sector company National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd. (NBCC) to redevelop two stations - Gomtinagar in Lucknow and Bhubaneswar in Odisha, the Minister of State for Railways, Manoj Sinha, told BusinessLine.

It will be a turnkey project, but the size of the deal, among other details, is yet to be worked out.

Both projects are part of the Railways' plans to modernise as many as 400 stations. It would like to showcase a few station modernisation projects that would reflect the potential of implementing the scheme.

The Railways is already working on modernising a few stations such as Brijawasan and Anand Vihar in Delhi and Habibganj in Bhopal.

The Bhubaneswar station is being redeveloped with NBCC at the State level, Sinha added. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC, told this newspaper that talks were still on with the Railways.

“It will most likely be a turnkey project. The size of the project has not been worked out yet as Detailed Project Report (DPR) will be prepared after preliminary discussions are over,” he said.

NBCC is in talks to modernise other stations as well.

'The Railways wants to modernise 400 stations and NBCC is one company that has the required experience with respect to redevelopment projects,' Mittal added.

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