Lucknow Station Redevelopment Project: Indian Railways Charbagh station to boast new makeover! RLDA floats RFQ

A Request for Qualification (RFQ) has been floated by Rail Land Growth Authority (RLDA).

Charbagh Railway Station Redevelopment Challenge: For the redevelopment of Indian Railways’ Lucknow railway station, a Request for Qualification (RFQ) has been floated by Rail Land Growth Authority (RLDA). Lucknow railway station redevelopment venture contains full built-in growth in addition to revamping of each LKO (NR) and LJN (NER) railway stations together with 12.23 acre business land parcel. The redevelopment of this railway station shall be performed on a DBFOT mannequin beneath two phases at a price of Rs 556.8 crores. Below this venture, state-of-the-art facilities like segregation of arrival and departure, Foot-over Bridges, air-concourse, escalator and lifts, conducive amenities for specially-abled travellers, and so on., shall be supplied with a view to guarantee a hassle-free journey expertise.

In keeping with RLDA, the deadline for the submission of RFQ from intending bidders is 24 June 2021. The price of section 1 of this redevelopment venture is estimated at Rs 442.5 crore over a interval of three years whereas the price of section 2 is prone to incur an quantity of Rs 114.3 crores over two years. In keeping with the authority, the design shall be incorporating the idea of Inexperienced Constructing. Moreover, it’ll adhere to the life-cycle price minimization strategy, which would be the hallmarks of the newly redeveloped railway station. Furthermore, the heritage look of the prevailing grand railway station constructing shall be retained beneath this venture.

RLDA talked about that the bid intends to pre-qualify in addition to shortlist appropriate candidates who shall be eligible for participation within the bid stage. It will likely be obligatory for the concessionaire to undertake Lucknow railway station’s upgradation and redevelopment, together with the ‘Station Part’ or ‘Obligatory Part’ in addition to the ‘Station Property Part,’ adopted by the station’s upkeep and operation. The developer who is chosen shall be liable for arranging and paying for all of the utilities. Moreover, the accountability of the developer may even embrace cost of taxes, infrastructure prices, scrutiny charge in addition to different cess and taxes to the native physique as per the prevailing norms.