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Habibganj in Madhya Pradesh will redefine the concept of a

railway station in India, becoming India’s first railway station to
be redeveloped as a public-private partnership project. It is set to
become a swanky commercial hub with shops, offices and hotels.

ave you ever seen also be self-sufficient to undertake for 10 stations. In this, NBCC
a railway station in maintenance by generating own (India) Limited will modernise and
India that has a hotel revenues. commercially develop the stations.
at its premises, ultra- The end-users could be buyers
Hmodern commercial Different models of homes, shops or commercial
shops, video game zones or virtual Indian Railway Stations establishments. NBCC has already
museums, to keep the passengers Development Corporation Limited started work at Gomtinagar, a
entertained and relaxed during (IRSDC) has roped in various Central station near Lucknow.
their journey? If not, that’s quite public sector units to do the initial
a possibility now. Under the Modi studies for station development. Another model, followed for five
government’s massive railways Habibganj railway station is stations is called the operations
redevelopment plan, stations are and management model, where
being developed with ‘airport-like’ redeveloped by IRSDC along with IRSDC initially awards the rights to
facilities. Not only will those be private firm, the Bansal Group under operate and manage the railway
constructed in a record time - and PPP model. station to experienced companies.
will be operational in the next eight- Self-development model is another It is expected to be ‘low cost and
nine months – the facilities will model which is being followed high visibility’ model.

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