Dear Friends Kindly forward in your words

Dear Friends Kindly forward our demand to Railway ministry in your words following e-mail ids 

presidentofindia@rb.nic.in, vpindia@nic.in, manmohan@sansad.nic.in, dch@nic.in, plancom@nic.in, mr@rb.railnet.gov.in, pkbhansal@sansad.nic.in, msrm@rb.railnet.gov.in, msrb@rb.railnet.gov.in, crb@rb.railnet.gov.in

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18.02.2013

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Shri.Pawan Kumar Bansal,

Hon’ble Minister of Railways,

New Delhi.

Respected Sir,

Sub: Request to allot Rs 50 crores to develop Royapuram Railway station into another Terminal of Chennai – Regarding.

Ref: Budget 2012 - pre feasibility report to develop Royapuram into a terminal - regarding

·        Roypuram Railway station is the 3^rd Railway station of India. It was built in 1856 after Howrah in 1854 and Chatrapathi Sivaji in 1853.

·        It has vast Railway land with an extent of 62 acres; it is the 2^nd largest next to Howarh.

·        For 51 years (1856 to 1907) it was serving as the only passenger terminus for South - bound trains from Chennai.

·        After building Egmore Railway station in 1907, Royapuram was used only for Goods traffic.

·        Now a new Goods terminal has been built at Korukkupet about 5.0 Km from Royapuram. So, Royapuram Station is absolutely free to be again developed into a Passenger terminal.

·        Royapuram is situated at the heart of Chennai Metropolitan city. It is only 4.5 Km from Chennai Central.

·        It can accommodate 16 platforms and trains can be operated on three different routes. Thus Egmore Railway station can be retained as an exclusive station for South bound trains.

·        In the Pre-Budget meeting - 2012, 27 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members of Tamilnadu presented a memorandum with request to develop Royapuram into a terminus.

·        Based on the request from various sector, Hon’ble Minister of Railways Mr.Dinesh Trivedi announced in his budget speech that “A pre-feasibility study for development of Royapuram station in Tamilnadu will be taken during 2012-13” - (paragraph 38).

Now we request you Sir, to allot 50 crore rupees to develop this 157 years old Royapuram Railway station into a full-fledged modern and biggest terminal of Chennai.

Yours truly,

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