Uttar Pradesh

• 26 Dec 2022

Kashi Inter Model Station

Why In News?

On December 25, 2022, Suresh Kumar Sapra, Divisional Railway Manager of Northern Railway Division, told that the tender has been issued for the Major Upgradation Project at Kashi Railway Station in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. With this project of about Rs 336 crore, Kashi Inter Model Station will be built.

Key Points

• Suresh Kumar Sapra said that along with construction of Kashi Inter Model Station, many works including yard remodelling, complex and hotel construction will be done here. Here the work of techno feasibility survey has already been completed. DPR work will also be done by December next year.
• The project also aims to build a concourse (City Center) connecting the first and second entrances. About 10 pairs of trains stop at Kashi station daily. With this rejuvenation, the image of the station will change completely, and it will take two and a half years to rejuvenate this railway station.
• He said that apart from this, the issue of tender for charging center at Cantt station will provide facility of charging electric vehicles at Varanasi Cantt station. Electric vehicle charging facility point will start being built here from January. By March, the facility of charging all small and big vehicles including electric two-wheelers and e-rickshaws will be available here.
• At present, there is no facility in Varanasi at government or non-government level for charging e-vehicles. The charging station in Mirza Murad is only for e-buses. In such a situation, the e-vehicle charging facility point to be built at the Cantt station will prove beneficial for such vehicles.