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7. Representations from MP/MLAs:
Shri GALLA JAYADEV, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, GUNTUR:

S.No. Representation Action taken
Guntur is NSG-3 Station. On an average
Development of Guntur Railway 21,102 outward passengers with earnings
Station: of Rs.17, 75,917/- per day are dealt at the
After selection of Thulluru Mandal of station.
Guntur District as a new Capital Area of At present 7 nos. of platforms are
Andhra Pradesh, Guntur station needs to be available. Construction work of 8th
given the status of one of the Capital platform is under progress.
Stations and providing facilities. The long At Guntur Railway station one General
pending Blue Print to improve the Guntur Waiting hall is available in front of the
Station is to be made reality at the earliest. booking office.
At PF.01, one Sleeper Waiting Hall (For
Development of western side of the Station Gents & Ladies) and One Pre-Paid AC
with another (No.8) platform par with Waiting Hall is available.
Platform No.01 so as to receive all types of At PF. 04, Two Sleeper Class Waiting Hall
trains and to provide with all facilities like is available.
Waiting Halls, Restaurant and Parking One Lift is available to cater the needs of
1 place. All the Platforms are to be connected needs of the passengers.
with a new Foot Over Bridge (FOB) provided
with Escalators wherever necessary and Work of installing two Escalators and two
convenient to passengers. Lifts is under progress.
One IRCTC Cell Kitchen (at PF No. 4) is
A foot over bridge is required at the station available for the convenience of
connecting east side (Govt, General Hospital passengers.
Road) to west side (First line of Arundalpet) Foot over bridge connecting to all
of the station for the Public to cross over to platforms with east and west circulating
other side. The participation of Guntur area work is under progress.
Municipal Corporation (GMC) wherever Development of West Terminal work is
required will also to be informed to them. under progress.

The four lions statue on top of PF-4/5
The symbolic four lions pillar on Platform station building is an old cement cast
No.04 be shifted to a prominent and statue. It is already cracked and removing
convenient place on eastern side of the it from its existing location may damage it
station giving facelift. altogether.

Provision of ramps for FOB at
various stations, for the use of
differently abled persons:

Differently abled persons are facing
difficulty due to unavailability of ramps for
FOB/due to unavailability of path way at the
end of the platforms for passage of wheel
chairs at various stations including
2 Mangalagiri, Namburu, Vejendla and
Sangam Jagarlamudi. For easy and
convenient movement of differently abled
persons, I request you to provide Ramps for
Foot Over Bridges/pathway at the end of the There is a passenger footfall of 95 per day
platforms, to facilitate boarding of trains at at this Halt station. Platform end pathways
other than main platform by differently have been provided.
abled persons, as per Railway Board
instruction vide Letter No.
2012/LM/PA/08/Policy/PWDs dated
06.06.2013

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