The ministry of railways has decided to constitute a core group for monitoring public private partnership (PPP) projects related to development of world class railway stations including the one in New Delhi.
The committee will set a clear timeframe for each of the 22 railway stations, which will be upgraded to world-class stations.
The group will take stock of the progress and also devise a format for compiling a monthly progress report. The move will give further fillip to the modernisation activities aimed at improving passenger amenities.
The group will review and strengthen other related departments of the Railway Board to enable them to deliver results as per the targets laid down for PPP projects.
The group will also formulate a list of preparatory activities to be completed by the zonal railways before any station is taken up for developing as a world class one and this would include the dedicated organisational set-up that needs to be created with in the zonal railways for this purpose.
Earlier, in a move to make the Indian Railways the world’s number one railway network, the Committee on Infrastructure approved a proposal for completing the first phase of modernisation of the New Delhi railway station through PPP before the Commonwealth Games, 2010.