Retiring Room under PPP

RETIRING ROOM UPGRADED IN CITY RAILWAY STATION

Mysore, Nov. 5- The first of the six retiring rooms being upgraded at the City Railway Station under Public Private Partnership (PPP) was inaugurated by Vinod Kumar, Divisional Railway Manager,Mysore Division, South Western Railway (SWR) this morning.

Speaking on the occasion, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (SWR) Dr. Anup Dayanand Sadhu said that the Indian Railways have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hotel Sandesh The Prince, Mysore, for upgrading six Retiring Rooms at Mysore Railway Station under Renovation, Operate & Transfer (ROT) scheme for a period of 15 years.

"This is the first of its kind facility in a Railway Station in the entire country under the ROT scheme," said Dr. Sadhu, adding that it is being tried in New Delhi at present.

"The Hotelier will have to pay an annual sum of Rs. 10 lakh to the Railways for 15 years, with 10% escalation costs. The retiring room facility will be available only for the bonafide railway passengers and railway department officials," he said, adding that the Hotelier will have to provide all basic facilities including catering. All the six rooms are on the second floor of the building. The cost of the newly inaugurated room is Rs. 1100 per day (24 hours), said Dr. Sadhu and added that rest of the rooms will be readied within the next three months. "This move is expected to bring in higher level of professionalism in hospitality services of the Railways and more importantly Indian Railways would be able to cut down their recurring expenditure in non-core area of operations," said Dr. Sadhu. Sandesh Nagaraj, proprietor of Sandesh the Prince, was present.