dharwad the renovated stateoftheart railway station in dharwad is waiting to be inaugurated officially the renovation work was completed in september 2021 and some of the facilities like a foot over bridge improved circulating area platform waiting rooms on the ground floor have been thrown open to the public while retiring room dormitory and new ticket counters among others are yet to made available for public use union minister pralhad joshi who is the dharwad mp evinced keen interest in getting the station renovated he wants the renovated station to be inaugurated by union railway minister ashwinkumar vaishnav and is waiting for the latters dates ashwinkumar is expected to visit dharwad in july and the station will be inaugurated soon said hubballidharwad west mla arvindbelladpassengers grievancesthere were complaints from passengers travelling by rani channamma express belagavibengaluru express and sampark kranti express trains to bengaluru that they were not being informed well in advance regarding the platform number on which the respective train will arrive the announcement about the platform comes just five minutes before the arrival of the train and passengers particularly women children and senior citizens find it difficult to reach the specified platform with their luggage even the display boards do not function properly said udaykumar kottur a retired forest official swr hubballi divisional railway manager drm arvind malkhede told toi that the problem will be sorted out aneesh hegde chief pro swr said the renovated building constructed at a cost of rs 195 crore shows a perfect amalgamation of modern architecture along with the culture of dharwad the new building provides umpteen elite facilities to the passengers such as separate ac and nonac waiting rooms for ladies and gents separate ac and nonac dormitories for ladies and gents retiring rooms food plaza caf shops and a tourist information centre the gurudev corner on the western side of the platform 1 has been renovated and is being renamed as ravindranath tagore vatika a bust of tagore and a plaque to commemorate the visit of tagore to dharwad railway station will be restored rob work on fast trackthe work on construction of railway overbridge across the kalyan nagar gate is progressing at a fast pace prahlad joshi had performed bhoomi pooja for the work in september 2021 and construction commenced after two months so far nearly 50 of the work is over the target for completion of the work is 18 months the estimated total cost of construction of rob is rs 1379 crores and it has been sanctioned on a costsharing basis with government of karnataka