New Delhi: Asserting that Railways' surplus land would be used for commercial purposes keeping social responsibility in mind, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has announced construction of 100 budget hotels across the country through public-private partnership.
The Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) approved by Parliament was in final shape and after earmarking the land required for dedicated freight corridors and other projects, the remaining land would be commercialy exploited, he said at the two-day Economic Editors conference.
Keeping this in view, Prasad said, Indian Railways has decided to construct at least 100 budget hotels on its land across the country to offer facilities to its passengers.
Later, Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation P K Goel said that tenders have been floated for construction or renovation of hotels in Madurai, Vijayawada, Secunderabad, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Tirupati, Kanyakumari, Rameshwaram, Ooty, Nagpur, New Jalpaiguri, Agra, Pune, Darjeeling, Habibganj (Bhopal), Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Udaipur, Sealdah and Lalgarh (Bikaner).
"IRCTC has invited bids from reputed firms incorporated/registered in India and engaged in operation and maintenance of at least two-star hotel with offering food facility. These bids are for developing, operating and maintaining ‘Rail Ratna’ brand of hotels on license basis for a period of 30 years and redevelopment, operation and maintenance and transfer of IRCTC's Rail Yatri Niwas in New Delhi and Howrah and BNR hotels in Puri and Ranchi on lease basis for 15 years", he said.
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