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Replacement of old signboards at Banaras rly station stalled for now

Replacement of old signboards at Banaras rly station stalled for now
A worker paints the new name of Banaras railway station on the sign board replacing the old name Manduadih railway station
Varanasi: The work of replacement of old signages carrying old name Manduadih railway station following its official renaming as Banaras Railway station was stopped on Sunday as manual signboards seemed to look out of place and did not match with the ambience of the beautified station.
Besides, process of change of code of railway station in centre of railway information system (CRIS) and freight operations information system (FOIS) is still to be changed and old code of railway station still exists on tickets.

The North Eastern Railway Varanasi division spokesman Ashok Kumar said, Manduadih railway station has been beautified and modernised with an investment of Rs 36 crore in past six years. On Saturday, when the new name of the railway station was manually painted on a few sign boards, the officials found that it did not match the ambience of the station hence it was stopped. It was decided that sign boards at platforms and other places in and around the railway station will be replaced by retro-reflective boards only.
The process of replacement of new code on CRIS and FOIS platforms is in progress hence old code of Manduadih railway station is still being printed on the journey tickets as well as information boards, time tables and online information system which may confuse passengers, he said adding that this was another reason to stop the name replacement works. Kumar said that NER has decided to start the replacement work after railway board completes this process.
Divisional railway manager of NER (Varanasi) Vijay Kumar Panjiyar on Saturday had disclosed that NER received the approval letter of Indian Railway Conference Association regarding renaming of the Manduadih Railway Station as Banaras Railway Station on Friday night. The station code has also been changed from MUV to BSBS, he had said.
After receiving the letter, he along with a team of NER officials, had inspected the railway station he said. The process of replacing the name on manually painted boards, notice, glow sign and electric lighting boards in and around the railway station was started following the inspection, however, on Sunday NER claimed that these works were done on a trial basis only. Officials expressed hope that CRIS and FOIS will be updated by the railway board by Monday evening.

As per the NER officials, process of renaming of Manduadih railway station had been initiated by former minister of state for railway and now Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha in February 2019, By the end of 2019 Yogi Adityanath government accepted the proposal and forwarded it to ministry of home affairs. Principal secretary (PWD) Nitin Ramesh Gokarn said the Governor had formally renamed Manduadih railway station as Banaras Railway Station on September 16.
After the formation of NDA government, modernisation and beautification work worth Rs 36 crore was done at Manduadih station.
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