India’s Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu, Deputy Chief minister of Gujarat Nitin Patel and city mayor Ashmitaben Shiroya Wednesday signed an MoU for the development of the first country’s multi-modal transport hub at Surat railway station. The Rs 5,000-cr (USD 765 million) project would be taken up under the PPP model.
Indian Railway station Development Corporation (IRSDC) has launched EOI under two bidding processes in May. Nine applicants had shown expression of interest. The evaluation process of the EOI will be carried out shortly to finalise for the prequalification criteria for moving the project ahead.
“This is a first- of-its-kind infrastructure development project, where Indian Railway station Development Corporation (IRSDC), Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation Ltd (GSRTC) and Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) have formed a JV in giving different modes of facilities to passengers, including train, city bus and long distance bus services, auto rickshaws, taxi and private vehicle services, at one place. The facilities will be given in such a way that the passengers will feel international level of travel confort,” Prabhu said.
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