rajkot despite tall promises by railway ministry the station of temple town of dwarka presents a grim picture of poor amenities for the last three years forget modern facilities lakhs of pilgrims getting down at the station do not even get safe drinking water all this after repeated announcements by ministers lalu prasad and his deputy naran rathwa of developing this as a model railway station in fact railways had sanctioned rs 2 crore for giving the present station a facelift but there are no signs of any construction work in fact no contractors have come forward to bid for the development contract despite the tenders being issuedwhen contacted rajkot divisional railway manager rp nivariya admitted that work for development of model railway station has not started yetciting previous bitter experiences contractors said no one is willing to bid for the contract as it is difficult to adhere to some stern terms and conditions of the railway ministry they also alleged harassment by railway officials despite work being satisfactorily officials do not release money on time and ultimately contractors have to suffer said a local contractor requesting anonymityover 10 lakh passengers come to dwarka by trains every yearas many as eight trains arrive and depart daily and 12 trains on weekly basis despite this there are only two food stalls at the station many a time these stalls are closed and passengers are forced to go inside the town for tea food and soft drinks said vithubhai pau president of dwarka general merchants associationstray dogs filthiness and small and dirty waiting room where hardly 10 persons can be accommodated only add to the woes of passengers waiting room also remains closed many a timeas far as availability of drinking water is concerned work for reverse osmosis ro plant is almost completed and passengers would get pure drinking water in 10 days