chandigarh with the dissolution of the indian railway stations development corporation ltd irsdc by the ministry of railways the upgrade of the electronic eye surveillance cover at chandigarh railway station has been further delayed the delay came after the ministry announced to hand over the railway station development work to ambala division and the chandigarh railway station is yet to be formally handed over to it said ambala divisional manager gurinder mohan singhthe dissolution of the irsdc was announced in october this year special purpose vehicle of irsdc was constituted in 2012 after which the corporation took over city railway station in 2019 but since then no work was done now everything will be redesigned and replanned once ambala division takes over singh said after it is officially handed over we will chalk out new plans to construct chandigarh as a worldclass railway stationas part of an amenities overhaul the chandigarh railway station was to get new cctv cameras and emergency talkback systems currently 35 cctv cameras are installed at the station but their recordings and resolution are of poor quality these will be replaced with highresolution ip cameras which dont require a recording devicesingh had earlier said that they plan to have a system of 80100 cameras to cover the premises along with beautification the rs 136crore makeover project aimed at bringing an air concourse on the lines of airport terminals at all six platforms and subways to segregate passenger flow while this was earlier set to be finished by december 2021 now the work is to start afresh irsdc was also to manage passenger amenities and other infrastructures like better platforms waiting rooms washrooms eating and food stalls drinking water facilities keeping coaches clean and adequate parking facilities with latest technologies in the second stage the construction part of the station was to be taken up in which stateoftheart lounges restaurants serais and buildings were to be constructed