Deluxe toilets to come up at 3 WR stations
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19/03/2008
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Indian Express (Mumbai)
Commuters at Bandra Terminus, Andheri and Borivali stations in the Western Railway will get to use deluxe toilets, for a price. Under the Build, Own and Transfer (BOT) scheme, these modern toilets will be constructed and owned by private parties, but eventually be transferred to the railways after about 15 years. As maintenance of toilets at stations had become a burden for WR authorities, tenders were floated under the Repair, Own and Transfer (ROT) and BOT schemes in October last year. However, WR did not get good response to ROT, as private parties quoted only 5 stations out of the 28. Under this scheme, private parties would own the existing toilets at stations after repairing them, but transfer them to the railways after 15 years. Moreover, they can charge users only as per the Railway Board rules. Two parties were shortlisted under ROT