bhubaneswar prime minister narendra modi on sunday laid the foundation stone through virtual mode for redevelopment of 25 railway stations in odisha which are among the 508 across the country that will be modernised under the amrit bharat station scheme these include mancheswar and lingaraj temple road stations in the city all the stations will be redeveloped as city centres providing proper integration with both sides of the citythe scheme envisages improvement of buildings multimodal integration amenities for differently abled landscaping promoting local art and culture sustainable and environmentfriendly solutions provision of ballastless tracks roof plazas according to their need and other facilities railway sources said apart from this the design of the station buildings will be inspired by local culture heritage and architecturethe other stations which will be redeveloped in the state are rajgangpur hirakud rairakhol khariar road baripada khurda road bhawanipatna bargarh road barpali jaleswar kantabanji balangir harishanker road sakhi gopal balugaon barbil chatrapur dhenkanal meramandali angul talcher road muniguda and damanjodialtogether 57 railway stations in odisha have been selected under the amrit bharat station scheme out of these foundation stone was laid for 25 stations in the first phase said east coast railway ecor sources governor ganeshi lal attended the function at khurda road station while union education minister dharmendra pradhan was present at hirakud ministers mps mlas and other dignitaries attended the ceremony at different stations across the state