Ernakulam junction railway station to be redeveloped with world-class amenities on DBFOT model, Government News, ET Government

Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), a statutory physique underneath the Ministry of Railways, has invited on-line bids for shortlisting of builders for the redevelopment of Ernakulam junction railway station. Spanning throughout 48 acres, consisting of six platforms and two terminal buildings (the primary entry and the jap entry), Ernakulam junction railway station is accessible by way of public transport with the KSRTC bus stand within the north and Manorama and Valanjambalam junctions within the southern finish.

The station will probably be developed on a Design, Construct, Finance, Function, Switch (DBFOT) mannequin. The target of redevelopment is to offer world-class facilities corresponding to departure passenger entry corridor, arrival passenger exit corridor, air-concourses, F&B, baggage safety check-in space, an info/enquiry heart and disabled-friendly amenities, and many others. to commuters.

The challenge includes two elements — station part or obligatory part, and the industrial part. The challenge value of the obligatory part is estimated at ₹229 crore. The station redevelopment part is scheduled for completion in three years, based on an RLDA press launch.

RLDA performed a web based pre-bid assembly for the redevelopment of Ernakulam railway station on January 25. Over 15 individuals together with Kalpataru Group, Anchorage Infrastructure, I Squared Capital, Adani Group, GMR Group, Omaxe Group amongst others attended the assembly.

Queries and doubts have been addressed on the spot by way of video conferencing by RLDA. bidders have been additionally invited to mail of their queries for detailed responses. The final date of submission of the bid for NDLS is February 22, 2021.

“Bolstered by fast infrastructural developments, progress of the IT/ITes sector and proliferation of retail areas, Kochi is among the many quickest rising cities in India. The Ernakulam railway station is strategically positioned close to the bus stand and well-connected by means of public transportation with Kochi. Ernakulam South Metro Station has additionally come up close to the railway station. The redevelopment of the station will give a fillip to actual property and retail areas within the neighborhood and spur the regional transformation,” mentioned Ved Prakash Dudeja, Vice Chairman, RLDA.

The redeveloped station will probably be endowed with state-of-the-art facilities corresponding to two connecting concourses to each terminals, enough in-house retail, meals and drinks, superior street connectivity with town, facilities for the previous and physically-challenged passengers, inexperienced constructing design options with optimum use of pure lighting and air flow.

The concessionaire will probably be mandated to undertake the upgradation and redevelopment of the Ernakulam junction railway station and growth of the encompassing railway land and air house for industrial monetization and income technology, adopted by operation and upkeep of railway station, and many others. The developer will probably be required to hold out a complete mobility plan inside challenge land after discipline research to make sure free and unobstructive motion of varied modes of transport and pedestrians. The concession interval is 60 years.

Ernakulam refers back to the jap, mainland portion of town of Kochi in central Kerala. It’s usually dubbed because the industrial capital of Kerala. Availability of electrical energy, freshwater, a protracted shoreline, backwaters, banking amenities, presence of a significant port, container trans-shipment terminal, harbour terminal and a global air terminal have accelerated the commercial progress within the metropolis and its adjoining district.

RLDA, as a statutory physique underneath the Ministry of Railways for the event of vacant railway land, has 4 key mandates as part of growth — leasing of economic websites; colony redevelopment; station redevelopment; and multi-functional complicated growth.

RLDA is presently engaged on 62 stations in a phased method whereas its subsidiary, IRSDC has taken up one other 61 stations. The railway stations throughout India will probably be redeveloped on a PPP Mannequin as part of Good Metropolis tasks launched by the federal government of India. Within the first section, RLDA has prioritized outstanding stations like New Delhi, Tirupati, Dehradun, Nellore, Puducherry, Ernakulam, and many others. for redevelopment.

At the moment, the Indian Railway has roughly 43,000 hectares of vacant land throughout India. RLDA has over 84 industrial (greenfield) websites throughout India for leasing, and the eligible builders for every will probably be chosen by means of an open and clear bid course of. RLDA can also be dealing with 84 railway colony redevelopment tasks and has lately leased out a railway colony in Guwahati for redevelopment.