Demand For Improving Passenger Amenities at Hyderabad and Secundrabad Railway Stations
Hyderabad and Secunderabad Railway
Stations are under the administrative control of the South Central Railways.
Hyderabad is well-connected to Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and several other important
places of the country, through a number of trains being operated from these
stations. Every day, more than 100 trains arrive at or depart from these
stations, transporting over 1,00,000 passengers to different destinations. But there
are no facilities of lifts and escalators for the passengers at these railway
stations. The passengers are facing inconvenience in reaching the platforms for
want of lifts and escalators. The provision for lifts and escalators has been a
long-pending demand of the passengers, especially the elderly and physically challenged
ones. But till date, the railway authorities have taken no steps to install
lifts and escalators at these railway stations in order to avoid inconvenience
to the passengers.
Further, Sir, Hyderabad being the
hub of IT and pharma industries, a lot of foreigners visit the city. Therefore,
there is an urgent need to step up the facilities at these stations on par with
international standards. As a part of this exercise, it is urgently required to
upgrade the waiting rooms, retiring rooms and also install the equipment for
digital display of information relating to trains. In view of the above, I urge
upon the Central Government to direct the concerned authorities to initiate
action in this regard, immediately.
