RKS Construction bags order worth ₹310 crore to redevelop Delhi Cantt Railway Station

New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): The Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) has issued a letter of acceptance (LoA) worth Rs 310 crore to Ram Kripal Singh Construction Pvt. Ltd. to redevlop Delhi Cantonment Railway station under Indian Railways' station redevelopment scheme. The station will be upgraded on EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) model and redevelopment work is expected to be completed within 30 months.

Tender for redevelopment of Delhi Cantt Railway Station was floated in June 2022 with an estimated cost of construction of Rs 335 crore. The scope of work broadly covers major upgradation of the railway station, including but not limited to, undertaking civil and Mechanical-Electrical-Plumbing (MEP) works for in and around station complexes.

The new station building will address the existing issues as it will not only facilitate planned pickup and drop but will also regulate entry from both sides of the station.

“The upgradation of the Delhi Cantonment Railway Station is conceived as a modern building project. The objective of the upgradation is to ensure a convenient and comfortable travel experience for passengers. We will also focus on creating easy accessibility to the station, adequate parking facilities at the station premises, and multimodal integration wherever possible with existing and future infrastructure systems. Separate arrival and departure areas will also be developed for ease of passengers,” said Ved Parkash Dudeja, Vice-Chairman, RLDA.

“The new building is likely to have escalators, lifts, food and retail shops, internal Spaces with no hidden/dark corners, CCTV surveillance with coverage up to 200m, skylight integration into the roof for maximizing daylighting, and sewage treatment plant for recycling water collected from the roof and tracks,” he added.

According to plan, the station would have separate arrival and departure areas for passengers, adequate parking facility, and universal access for better and easy movement.

The Delhi Cantonment Railway station is located near the Janakpuri area in Delhi. It is a suburban halt for trains on the Delhi-Jaipur railway line. Most of the trains plying from Delhi towards Rajasthan or Gujarat halt at this station.

The Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) is a statutory authority within the Ministry of Railways (Govt. of India) responsible for railway land and station development.