Waiting Areas, Shops Selling Local Products: PM Modi’s Innovative Idea of Roof Plaza Over Railway Stations
Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw described how PM Narendra Modi came up with the concept of roof plazas over railway stations as engaging and interactive urban spaces in the heart of the city
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciates detailed presentations and comes up with innovative ideas time and again. His mantra is – ‘think decades ahead’ – while visualising any development project. Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared one such idea of roof plazas over railway stations, which will help transform railway infrastructure in the next 50 years.
According to Vaishnaw, Prime Minister Modi’s attention to detail is unique and he is never satisfied with a superficial presentation. Giving the example of railway stations, the rail minister described how the prime minister came up with the concept of roof plazas as engaging and interactive urban spaces in the heart of the city. He told Vaishnaw that he had to “think 50 years ahead”.
“PM Modi initially gave us a target of 50 stations. I went to him with a presentation and even though it was a long one of over 2 hours, PM Modi wasn’t satisfied. He then called later in the evening saying this design is apt for now but we have to think 50 years ahead,” he said in a short interview to Modi Story, an initiative dedicated to PM Modi’s life story.
