Ministry of Railways has taken up prestigious project of ‘Redevelopment of Railway Stations’ so as to provide world class amenities with elegant features and give aesthetic look to the stations. As part of it, SCR has undertaken upgradation of Secunderabad station and has awarded contract to M/s. Girdharilal Construction Private Limited in October, 2022. The project has been awarded in EPC mode and is targeted for completion within 36 months i.e., by October, 2025. The cost for the execution of this project is Rs 699 crores.
To complete the work within the targeted time, necessary ground work has already commenced. In the first stage, the Lead design Director, safety consultant and Proof consultant have been appointed so as to finalize the design aspects within time. IIT Delhi has been appointed as the Proof Consultant to evaluate the upcoming structure design of the building.
Further, Topographic Survey of the site has been completed giving complete details of the location. It is done to identify the elevation of the surface proposed at different levels i.e., Basement, Ground, Mezzanine, First and Second floor levels. Also, Architects use the Topographical survey to create a 3D plot of the design for construction of the proposed Building structure, Sky concourse, FOBs, etc pertaining to the Redevelopment of station.
Geo-technic investigation i.e., Soil exploration has also been conducted at various locations of North & South terminals of station building for identifying the soil strata and to design the Building structures/Steel structures foundations suitably. A new building / structure incorporating the RPF Armory and Cash Guard are to come up as part of the Station Upgradation. This requires dismantling of Old Railway Quarters. Accordingly, these structures have been dismantled to allow commencement of construction work.
To undertake the construction activity and to monitor in real-time basis, Site Office along with Site laboratory has been established on the South Side of the existing Secunderabad Station building. Secunderabad Station is the only NSG1 category station (Non Suburban Grade 1) on the Zone handling annually more than 20 million passengers. To provide world-class facilities for the passengers, Railways has undertaken to upgrade the station with best of modern amenities within the station premises.
Shri Arun Kumar Jain, General Manager, South Central Railway has said that the progress of the station Upgradation work is being closely monitored at all levels. He said that the major objective of the station Upgradation is to redevelop and regenerate City core area with Multi modal integration and seamless movement of passengers. He also said that the new station building will have convenient pick up and drop off areas for the passengers, adequate parking facility, while decongesting the circulating area and integrating it with the city.
