5 MPs give over Rs 5cr from their development fund for railway stations

The local area development fund of members of Parliament (MP LAD) fund has turned out to be very favourable for the Indian Railways as five of the seven city MPs have together allocated Rs5.35 crore from their funds over the past two years for infrastructure development at different, major and local, railway stations across the city, besides augmenting civic facilities in railway colonies.

Updated on: Jan 29, 2017, 23:58:48 IST

Hindustan Times | By Vishal Kant, New Delhi

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The local area development fund of members of Parliament (MP LAD) fund has turned out to be very favourable for the Indian Railways as five of the seven city MPs have together allocated Rs5.35 crore from their funds over the past two years for infrastructure development at different, major and local, railway stations across the city, besides augmenting civic facilities in railway colonies.

MP Meenakshi Lekhi inaugurates an open gym at the Minto Road Railway Colony.

All seven Lok Sabha MPs in the city belong to the ruling BJP at the Centre.

Short of enough resources, railway has been sourcing funds from all quarters for infrastructure development. Senior Northern Railway officials said they had approached the MPs in the Delhi-NCR region to provide funds and most of them have responded positively.

“The response has been very encouraging. While we approached some, others have also allocated on their own. Five MPs from the Capital till now have provided funds. We recently jointly inaugurated development work with New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi. She has till now provided over Rs1 crore under MP LAD,” said Arun Arora, divisional manager (Delhi).

Other City MPs who have provided funds includes Udit Raj, Mahiesh Girri, Ramesh Bidhuri and Harsh Vardhan.

These funds are being utilised at major stations like New Delhi, Anand Vihar and Old Delhi besides local stations, including Shahadra, Sakur Basti, Azad Market, Dayabasti, Sarai Rohilla, Azadpur and Delhi Cantt.

Each member gets Rs5 crore under the scheme and they recommend allocation of funds in parts against development projects, mostly community-related work.

After BJP government came to power in 2014, the Prime Minister had advised all MPs to also allocate funds to develop railway infrastructure in their constituency.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Vishal Kant
Stationed in Ranchi, Vishal is heading the Jharkhand Bureau of Hindustan Times since November 2017. Besides leading the reporting team, Vishal tracks and writes on developments related to the state politics, economy and policy matters in Jharkhand. Prior to his current assignment, Vishal used to work in New Delhi after graduating from the University of Delhi. Vishal joined HT in the rank of Assistant Editor in August 2015 and was part of the Delhi Metro Bureau, covering a host of issues in the City-state including politics, policy---especially those related to urban traffic & transport infrastructure and railways. A native of Palamu district in Jharkhand, Vishal started his two-decade long career in the mainstream media in 2006. During this period, he has has worked in different capacity with a number of national media houses including the Financial Chronicle, India Today, Deccan Herald and The Hindu, before moving to the Hindustan Times. He holds the experience of having worked in three major mediums of mass communication--Print, Electronic and Digital. He is a proud father of two daughters.Read More

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