Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu explains to Shantanu Nandan Sharma that the station redevelopment plan and the new bidding method are more transparent than the conventional Swiss challenge model. It’s the biggest ever station redevelopment programme taking place anywhere in the world. For example, we have tied up with the Odisha government for development of a railway station. Also, the Mumbai Rail Vikas Nigam Limited is entrusted to develop 18 suburban stations.We have adopted the India challenge, not Swiss challenge, for station redevelopment. There can’t be any smart city unless there’s a smart railway station.

Source: Economic Times August 05, 2017 18:32 UTC