Without Govt. support people built a Railway station
Gurgaon: After the project was discarded by the government for 25 years, residents of Tajnagar village near Gurgaon built a railway station in the village on their own by spending Rs.21 lakh. On January 5, 2010, the station started its operations with seven local trains being scheduled to stop, reports Economic Times.
A villager said, "We have hired a vehicle to spread the message that the station is getting functional. It's no less than a festival for us and we are organizing a puja at the station. All passengers will get prasad."
It all started two years back when the Panchayat passed a resolution saying that since the Railways was not able to build a station for them, they would do it themselves. Soon, an 11-member 'gram seva samiti' was constituted and it started collecting money from villagers. Most of the people in this village are agriculturists, but everybody came forward and contributed according to their capacity. Ranjeet Singh, Former Village Sarpanch said, "Ranging from Rs.3,000 to Rs.75,000 they donated money for the station and we started construction in January, 2008."
After the final draft was laid, the Panchayat asked the railway if it would agree to stop a few trains at the station if they constructed a station with their own resources. To their surprise, the Railways agreed to make seven passenger trains (in both directions) halt at the station if it was built according to its specifications. Anant Swaroop, Northern Railways Spokesperson said, "The Railways decided to make it a halt station because a number of people would benefit from it. Financially too, the idea looked viable."
The station has two platforms. It has a kachcha platform, water, electricity and a ticket counter. It would be inaugurated by Gurgaon MP, Rao Inderjeet Singh. Villagers are requesting the government to help in making a concrete platform, a waiting room and an overhead shed.
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