The Hindu Business Line : Bidding for Delhi station makeover cancelled

NEW DELHI: Railway Ministry’s project of transforming New Delhi station into a world class one has fallen flat on its face with the civic authorities refusing permission for the mega project.

With this, the second bidding process for the station’s re-development has also collapsed, informed sources in the Railway Ministry said.

“In the absence of clearance from the civic authorities, the request for qualification (RFQ) bids sought 10 months ago for all practical purpose stands cancelled,’’ the sources said.

The objections from the NDMC (New Delhi Municipal Committee), MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi), DDA (Delhi Development Authority) and Delhi Traffic police were basically related to traffic given the station’s close proximity to Connaught Place, parki ng and sewerage problems, they said.

The world class station would have come over 86 hectares of land at an estimated cost of Rs 9,000 crore on PPP (public private partnership)mode complete with a shopping complex, separate entry and exit points and all other modern amenities. However, the y said that plan for other stations which the railways has earmarked for transformation into world class would go ahead. — PTI

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