New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of 508 Railway Stations across the country via video conferencing.

Redevelopment of 508 stations across the country would be done by spending Rs 24,470 crores. Stations across 27 states and union territories, including 55 each in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, 49 in Bihar, 44 in Maharashtra, 37 in West Bengal, 34 in Madhya Pradesh, 32 in Assam, 25 in Odisha, 22 in Punjab, 21 each in Gujarat and Telangana, 20 in Jharkhand, 18 each in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, 15 in Haryana, 13 in Karnataka and others will be redeveloped.

Addressing the gathering, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the new India is fast moving toward the goal of Viksit Bharat in Amrit Kaal.

The PM informed that almost 1300 prime railway stations in the country will now be redeveloped with modern facilities such as ‘Amrit Bharat Stations’. Out of the 1300 railway stations, the Prime Minister informed us, the foundation stone for 508 Amrit Bharat Stations is being laid today at the cost of approx Rs 25,000 crores.

He emphasized that the redevelopment project will be a huge campaign for infrastructure development in the country along with the railways as well as the common citizens.

The Prime Minister said that 55 Amrit Stations will be developed at the cost of approx Rs 4,000 crores in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, 34 stations in Madhya Pradesh at the cost of approx Rs 1,000 crores, 44 stations in Maharashtra at the cost of 1,500 crores, and prime railway stations in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala among others will be redeveloped. The Prime Minister praised the Ministry of Railways and congratulated the citizens for this historic project.

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