Highlights 1 Mou signed by Venkiah Naidu, Suresh Prabhu2 Redevelopment of railway stations to be take under cities in AMRUT and HRIDAY3 Joint initiative of the Ministries of Urban Development and RailwaysIn a major initiative, railway stations and adjoining areas will be redeveloped on Smart City lines for enhancing passenger amenities, easy access to stations, enabling optimal utilization of land at railway stations, as a part of Smart City development. Both the Ministers lauded the joint initiative as a historic landmark that brings synergy in development of smart cities since there can't be a smart city without a smart railway station. M.Venkaiah Naidu said on the occasion that this convergence based city development will result in qualitative improvement in city life. OPPORTUNITIES TO CHANGE CITY LANDSCAPEMinister of Railways Suresh Prabhu said that railway stations have been the core of city development and have become congested over time. With each city required to select one area under the respective Smart City Plans in the first phase.

Source: India Today October 19, 2016 15:33 UTC