Gujarat is set to become the first state to have all of its railway tracks in broad gauge. Of almost 5,000km of railway track in the state, 3,000km track has already been converted into broad gauge. The rest 2,000km stretch of railway track will be converted into broad gauge in next three years.Announcing the development, minister of state for railways KH Muniyappa on Monday said that soon Gujarat...
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Providing high security to passengers was the top priority of Railways, minister of state for Railways E Ahamed said today.Talking to newspersons after releasing the Southern Railway Time Table, he said complete security measures would be provided to passengers travelling in all trains, allaying their fears in the wake of the recent detention of the Bhubaneswar-Delhi Rajdhani Express in West Bengal...
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Providing high security to passengers was the top priority of Railways, Minister of State for Railways E Ahamed said today.Talking to newspersons after releasing the Southern Railway Time Table, he said complete security measures would be provided to passengers travelling in all trains, allaying their fears in the wake of the recent detention of the Bhubaneswar-Delhi Rajdhani Express in West Bengal...
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news.Railways Minister arrived in Parliament to present the last Railway Budget of his tenure. Though this is going to be just an interim budget, expectations are high given that this is an election year. A slash in fares is anticipated on the back of cumulative earnings of over Rs 100,000 crore in five years.Talking to presspersons early morning today, the Minister hinted at a pro-people Budget.“People...
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Ahmedabad, Oct 26 /--/ Over 2,000 km meter gauge and narrow gauge railway lines in Gujarat will be converted into broad gauge lines over the next 3-4 years, minister of state for railways K H Muniyappa said here today. On completion of work, the state will be able to boast of having the entire railway network on broad gauge lines. The minister said that 600 km lines had been converted. He said that...
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much-awaited white paperon railways is likley to be tabled in the coming session ofParliament, bringing forth its financial position and formerminister Lalu Prasad's claim of turning around the PSUbehemoth.A senior railway official said, "It (white paper) isalmost ready and final touches are being given to it.""It will have certain basic data on railways'operational and financial condition," he said...
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Pashchima Karavali RailwayYathrikara Sangha (West Coast Railway Users Association) will take a delegationto Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee this month to urge her to extend theMangalore-Yeshwantpur train up to Karwar.The association allegedthat MP Nalin Kumar Kateel misled people on the issue the related to theextension of Mangalore-Yeshwantpur Express upto Kannur in Kerala. When theextension...
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presented his sixth Railway Budget with claims of a reduction in the number of train accidents, fourteen bogies of Coromandel Express derailed this evening at Jajpur railway station in which atleast 25 passengers are feared dead while over 100 are injured.The Express train was running between Howrah and Chennai. The accident occurred in the Orissa district of Jajpur.According to reports, of the fourteen...
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The first ‘Jan Ahaar’ catering unit where economy meals will be available for railway passengers was today inaugurated at Howrah station. Railway minister Mamata Banerjee had announced set up of ‘Jan Ahaar’ stalls at several major railway stations all over the country in the rail budget. The unit would provide wholesome food cheaply as most of the items are priced below Rs 20, railway officials said....
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Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources, Pawan Kumar Bansal, said today that the Winter Session of Parliament would commence from Thursday and subject to exigencies of Government business, the session will conclude on December 21, 2009.He told mediapersons here that the session will provide 23 sittings spread over 33 days.He said the session will be devoted to essential government legislative and...
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