Low-cost lounge to come up at Pune railway stn

PUNE: Passengers could soon have get admission to to a low-cost living room facility on the premises of the Pune railway station.

The station witnesses a passenger site visitors of more than one lakh per day. The facility control of the station will soon be passed over to the Pune-based Bharat Vikas Group (BVG).


Gautam Chheda, the affiliate vp (home and global business) of the corporate, instructed IdealNews that the corporate is fairly upbeat in regards to the undertaking. “Although it is going to take a little time, it is going to be finished. We wish to arrange the living room in the space where the baggage scanning gadget is ready up. But the spot has not been finalized and we're taking into consideration other spots on the premises as neatly,” he mentioned.


He added, “There very well may well be more than one such living room on the station. Though more main points shall be shared later, the living room shall be a low-cost one maintaining in thoughts the passengers. Different forms of amenities shall be equipped in the living room.”


A senior official from BVG mentioned the low-cost living room is predicted to be arrange close to the main front on the entrance of the station. “We are carefully having a look into the facet of offering several food choices. Though there are food choices on the station, we wish to provide passengers with a greater diversity — basically including local Maharashtrian cuisine at affordable prices,” the official mentioned.


He added that the local state cuisine choices are being planned after senior railway officials had earlier pointed out the unavailability of the same on the station. “A proposal to arrange 8 stalls on platforms 2,three,4,5 and 6 has been despatched to the IRSDC and the Central Railway place of job. These stalls will basically promote local dishes from the state together with other food and snacks. The prices shall be affordable and consistent with the prescribed price vary of the railways. We hope to get approval soon for the same in order that proper spots can also be chosen and the stalls can come up,” the official instructed TOI.


The Pune division of the Central Railway passed over the station to the IRSDC (Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited) for facility control in February. The IRSDC, which is an undertaking of the railways, had additional given a 15-year contract to BVG India for the same.
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