Title - Railways to construct dormitory at Ludhiana railway station

LUDHIANA: For the convenience of the commuters the authorities are mulling the idea to construct a dormitory at the city railway station because there is no place where passengers can stay overnight. The divisional railway manager NC Goyal has asked the commercial officers for preparing a proposal that would be forwarded to the Delhi headquarter for the approval. The commuters have been demanding for dormitories at station where they can stay during night time.

There are four retiring rooms at the station out of which two are air-conditioned while the other two are simple rooms. On an average the occupancy of these rooms is around 60% for 12 hours but for 24 hours it is only 25%. Being the hub of industry the city is mostly is visited by the industrialist and delegates from other parts of the country and they prefer such place from where they could easily return to their city. But when it comes to see the condition of the retiring rooms there are least facilities for them so they prefer staying at some other place.

"People have several reasons to come to the city and sometimes they have to stay here but there is hardly any place for the same and r etiring roomsare not up to the mark and the authorities have not provided any kind of budget hotel here," said Rahul Jain a passenger.

"Ludhiana is A class station and facilities that are required on such category station would be provided. The officials have been told to prepare proposal and we would definitely do something for the same," said NC Goyal DRM Ferozepur rail division.